Engineering Lead – Scientific Computing Platform

Engineering Lead – Scientific Computing Platform 

Introduction to Role:

Join AstraZeneca, a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. We are more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. We are a unique workplace culture that encourages innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives and are made to feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

Accountabilities:

As the SCP Engineering Lead, you will lead an agile engineering team and set the technical strategies to meet future scientific computing needs, where machine learning and AI are increasingly playing a major role in drug discovery at AstraZeneca. You will be responsible for the technical direction and architecture decisions including compute, storage, networks and applications, actively steering evolution towards a true hybrid cloud platform. You will also drive efforts to improve overall utilisation and efficiency through user training, communities of practice and in-depth collaboration.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Bachelor's, Masters or Doctorate degree in a quantitative or engineering field or equivalent work experience delivering innovative HPC and/or AI/ML solutions
- Proven track record in developing and operating HPC at scale
- Demonstrated knowledge of HPC and high throughput computing, including relevant compute, storage & network technologies
- A deep understanding of cloud technologies and engineering paradigms, especially AWS
- Strong passion for DevOps, cloud-native architecture, and infrastructure as code
- Experience cultivating the values, culture, and team topology conducive to impactful & empowered DevOps teams
- Background or interest in biology or medicine is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
- Experience in a similar role within the IT industry

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives 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 unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we dare to lead, applying our problem-solving attitude to identify and tackle opportunities across the whole enterprise. Our spirit of experimentation is lived every day through our events like hackathons. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class technology and data solutions. Our work unlocks the potential of science. We optimise and revolutionise AstraZeneca by maximising efficiencies and finding new ways to drive productivity. From automation to data simplification.

Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. 

Apply now to be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry and change lives!

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.