Digital Lab - Cloud Engineer at AstraZeneca
Chennai, TN
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Aug 11, 2026
Chennai, TN
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cloud/platform engineering role at AstraZeneca focused on designing, automating, and operating AWS infrastructure that supports lab and product teams across a global pharmaceutical enterprise. The work spans infrastructure-as-code authoring, CI/CD pipeline development, container platform operations, observability, and security/compliance embedding. Suited to a mid-level engineer with hands-on AWS and IaC experience who is comfortable writing code and automation tooling rather than purely administering existing systems.
Mid level · 4+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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Why we read it this way (7)
The job posting does not specify a work location city or country explicitly, though AstraZeneca is a UK-headquartered company and the posting references an office attendance expectation (minimum three days per week). No US city or CBSA is identifiable; the US-based flag is set to false as the primary location appears to be outside the United States.
The role title carries no seniority level. The 4–7 year experience range and the scope of work (contributing alongside senior engineers, receiving guidance on networking) support a Mid-level classification rather than Senior.
The posting is a genuine hybrid between software/IaC development (15-1252) and infrastructure/systems administration (15-1244). The emphasis on building reusable modules, writing pipelines, and coding automation tips it toward 15-1252, but the operational and administration duties are substantial.
Many AWS service names (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, RDS, Route 53) appear together in a single familiarity bullet under Essential Skills; they are captured individually as required skills since they sit in the required section.
AI tool proficiency (using and validating AI-assisted engineering tools) is listed as a required skill in the Essential Skills section; GitHub Copilot and equivalents are listed under Desirable, so the general AI-tool capability is captured via the required skills and the specific tools are marked preferred.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
At least one AWS or Kubernetes certification is preferred but not required — not captured as a skill per the schema rules (certifications are not named technologies).
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