Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Consultant - Data Engineer
Career Level: C3
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to run high-impact data platforms at scale and see your decisions translate into faster, smarter outcomes for patients and the business? Join a team where the reliability, security, and efficiency of our data stack directly accelerates how insights flow from idea to action.
Based in Chennai, you will administer and evolve Databricks and Redshift Serverless on AWS, keeping production stable while unlocking performance and cost efficiency for analytics and machine learning. You will coordinate ETL/ELT end to end, maintain strong governance, and enable colleagues to move from proof of concept to enterprise-grade solutions with confidence.
Do you thrive where platform administration meets SRE and data engineering? This role places you at the nexus of operations and delivery, partnering closely with engineers, analysts, and vendors to set standards, solve complex issues, and improve benchmarks for how we use data to drive impact.
Accountabilities:
Platform Operations: Provision and lead Databricks workspaces, cluster policies, and Workflows; administer Redshift Serverless workgroups and name spaces; lead all aspects of Linux runtimes. Your ownership ensures availability, reliability, and a consistent operating model from day one.
User and Access Governance: Implement IAM/RBAC and Unity Catalog permissions, handle Redshift roles and data-level controls, and implement least-privilege. You will protect critical data while enabling teams to move quickly.
Performance and Cost Optimization: Monitor and tune PySpark/Spark SQL and Redshift Serverless; apply right-sizing and cost controls to deliver faster pipelines and predictable spend that scales with demand.
Security and Compliance: Implement encryption, key and secret management, patching, and hardening; maintain audit and lineage logging. Your efforts underpin trust in our data and alignment to regulatory expectations.
Automation and SRE: Use Bash/Python and CI/CD to codify infrastructure and deployments; set up monitoring, alerting, SLIs/SLOs, and runbooks. You will reduce toil, increase repeatability, and improve time to recovery.
Data and ETL Operations: Orchestrate and support ingestion and transformation pipelines across S3, Databricks, and Redshift; implement data quality checks and resilient recovery. Your work keeps insights flowing to the people who need them.
Incident and Change Leadership: Lead incident response and root-cause analysis; plan and implement changes, releases, and maintenance windows; communicate clearly with customers to minimize risk and downtime.
Release Management: Own GitHub strategy, tagging, and protection rules; run pull requests and code reviews; maintain CI/CD workflows for Databricks jobs, notebooks, and IaC with robust versioning and rollback plans.
Communication and Collaboration: Produce clear documentation and handovers; partner with engineers, DBAs, and vendors. You will align teams with varied strengths around shared standards and outcomes.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Databricks: PySpark and Spark SQL, Delta Lake guidelines, Workflows/Jobs, cluster policies, Unity Catalog governance, and cost controls.
Redshift Serverless: Workgroup administration, RPU management, query monitoring rules, performance tuning, Spectrum/external tables, COPY/UNLOAD to S3, snapshots/restore, security and permissions.
Unix/Linux: System administration (users/groups, SSH, systems, networking, filesystems), Bash scripting, log management, and OS hardening.
AWS: S3, IAM, CloudWatch/Cloud Trail, basic VPC concepts, budgeting and tagging.
DevOps/IaC: Git and GitHub (branching, PRs, Actions), CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
Support: Strong troubleshooting experience across Spark/SQL/OS; on-call readiness and clear incident communications.
Educational Background: B.E/B.Tech/MCA/MSc (or equivalent experience)
Overall Experience: 5 - 6 years
Shifts and On-Call: Rotational Shift: 06:00-15:00 (First) or 09:00–18:00 (General) or 14:00–23:00 (Second); Weekend: On-call support once per month (Saturday and Sunday)
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Cloud Infrastructure: Amazon EC2, S3, and exposure to PostgreSQL.
Tooling and Process: Jira and ServiceNow for ITSM.
Orchestration and Workflow: Airflow (or similar).
Fast learner, proactive problem solver, able to grasp new technologies and concepts.
Preferable Industry: IT, Manufacturing, Pharma, or similar enterprise environments.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite 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.
Why AstraZeneca:
Join a global, mission-led company where data and digital capabilities power every function—from freeing scientists to do more discovery to reimagining enterprise processes. You will work with curious, kind, and ambitious colleagues who put unexpected teams in the same room to spark bold thinking, using predictive analytics, smart automation, and modern data platforms to solve real problems that matter to patients. Here, you will be trusted to act, supported to learn, and encouraged to challenge how things have always been done—so your governance expertise translates directly into safer, faster impact at scale.
If you are ready to turn thorough governance into an impetus for responsible innovation, take the lead and help us set the standard for credible data and AI today!
Date Posted
11-Jun-2026Closing Date
13-Jun-2026AstraZeneca 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.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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