The Product and Engineering Excellence team in R&D IT is looking for a technically skilled DevOps Tooling Engineer.  

You’ll be joining a team whose job it is to boost engineering productivity and developer experience. We work across a large engineering group so orientate our Products and Services to maximise their outcomes using an iterative Product Management approach. 

You will work to provide whole Software Delivery Life Cycle tooling guidance, reusable artifacts (such as GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, Backstage templates etc.) and provide expertise in implementing DevOps and SRE best practices across whole R&D IT.  

Tasks:  

Design, develop and maintain reusable tools for R&D IT with Enterprise standards 

Create and maintain reusable artifacts like GitHub Actions, GitHub Workflows and repository templates 

Build User Guides and/or automate adoption for reusable artifacts 

Contribute to tools and processes that enable adherence to standards in R&D IT 

Contribute to inner source culture propagation in R&D IT 

Enable R&D IT teams to adopt DevOps best practices 

Skills & Experience  

Knowledge of DevOps, SRE and development best practices 

Python (FastAPI experience is a plus)  

Kubernetes 

TypeScript 

Bash and/or PowerShell Core 

Extensive applied experience in code management and CI/CD tools - especially GitHub (including GitHub Actions) 

Useful Experience 

Experience with Backstage – as a user, creator or maintainer 

Experience enabling diverse engineering teams 

*Expectation of working in the office 3 days a week statement
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite ambitious thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our outstanding and bold world.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law.*

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.