Senior Data Engineer (DevOps/DataOps)
Role onsite in Barcelona - 3 days at the office and 2 days at home.
Introduction to role
As a Senior Data Engineer(DevOps/DataOps) in the Drug Development Data Platform (3DP), you will support solution development, testing, provide technical leadership, and take responsibility for delivery. This is a business facing role and your communication and technical skills are equally important; you will be setting expectations, reportingprogress and managing relationships with senior stakeholders.
You will have a broad range of knowledge and experience across data & analytics. You will work almost exclusively on our AWS data platform. You will join a team that has delivered cloud solutions, such as the development of auto-scaling containerised ETL. Similarly, we have built an automated ETL test harness which integrates with our evolving CI/CD processes.
You'll be part of a team of engineers who work closely with IT colleagues across the world in Mexico, Spain, India, and the UK. You would be a technical point of reference in the team and need a collaborative delivery approach to be successful. We prefer to use Agile but choose the appropriate approach for the team and stakeholders. So, experience of a variety of delivery management approaches will come in useful. You will provide technical support throughout our software development lifecycle, from the initial development of a technical design based on a blueprint, right through to hypercare.
Essential skills and experience
Good experience of big data, ETL & cloud techniques, and tools (we currently use AWS-based Python, Terraform, Glue,S3, SQS)
Experience of triaging and addressing tickets via ticketing solutions
Experience working in the DevOps/DataOps lifecycle
You must have experience working in a global team
You are able toliaise with, and build strong relationships with business colleagues
You will be able to design and document development best practices
You must have strong analytical and data manipulation ability
You must have experience of technical leadership in data and analytics
You will need great interpersonal skills & a collaborative approach to delivery
Desirable skills and experience
You are very likely to have experience of Agile practicesusing tools such as Jira
Experience of Angular JS, Java, Oracle, and PostgreSQL
Experience of Snowflake, DBT, Redshift (inc. Spectrum) and Aurora
Experience of visualisation technologies (we are focused on Power BI)
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.
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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.
