Principal Cloud Engineering Architect

Here, the answers aren't always available. So, you'll need to bring a fearless, self-starter mindset to navigate uncharted territories. You'll harness your ceaseless energy to discover and make the necessary connections with colleagues to shape the future and achieve maximum impact., Are you ready to connect strategy with cloud engineering to accelerate how life-changing medicines reach patients with Evinvoa? Do you thrive on shaping reusable patterns that scale securely across an enterprise while mentoring engineers to do their best work?

In this principal architect role, you will set the blueprint for how we build and operate multi-tenant platforms on AWS. You will guide developer teams in Barcelona, align DevOps with business goals, and embed security and compliance into everything we deliver. Your impact will be felt in faster, safer product delivery and technology choices that stand up to the demands of a global, highly regulated environment.

You will bring a well-rounded attitude, joining dots between future technology trends, business needs, solution development and ways of working. Working across functions, you will help change how teams collaborate, standardize, and innovate, creating cloud foundations that enable our science and operations to move at pace.

Accountabilities: Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Provide hands-on guidance to developer teams in Barcelona, ensuring their technology needs are met while adhering to enterprise standards. Foster a culture of learning and collaboration and lead the adoption of AWS CDK and cloud automation standard methodologies.

Scalable Multi-tenant Architecture: Architect and manage AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK, designing modular, maintainable codebases and building multi-tenant platforms that scale reliably across products and regions.

Reusable Patterns and Standards: Develop and promote reusable cloud architecture patterns to accelerate best-practice adoption across the enterprise, reducing duplication and improving consistency and speed.

Multi-functional Alignment: Partner with product management, security and other partners to align DevOps strategies with business outcomes, ensuring cohesive development and operational workflows.

Embedded Security and Compliance: Implement DevSecOps best practices, including IAM security, encryption standards, and compliance with GXP, GDPR, HIPAA and NIST, so platforms are secure by design and audit-ready.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and methodologies, recommending pragmatic improvements that keep our cloud architecture innovative, efficient and fit for purpose.

Risk Management: Identify risks associated with technology decisions and design mitigation strategies that balance speed, safety and business priorities., Your wellbeing means a lot to us, and we're here to support you through all of life's ups and downs. That's why we offer an unpaid leave policy, annual leave, reduced-hours timetables and a host of benefits, including a retirement plan, long service award, and health and travel insurance.

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., Seize ownership and excel with autonomy to enjoy the constant rush of ground-breaking discovery. Your ability to anticipate sudden shifts and adapt swiftly will prove critical as you make your mark in an environment that rewards initiative and resilience., * Proven experience providing technical leadership and guidance to developer teams, including distributed teams in Barcelona.

• Deep expertise in AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and standard methodologies for cloud automation.
• Track record architecting and managing scalable, multi-tenant AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK, with modular and maintainable codebases.
• Ability to develop and promote reusable cloud architecture patterns to accelerate best-practice adoption across an enterprise.
• Experience partnering with product management and security to align DevOps strategies with business goals and ensure cohesive workflows.
• Hands-on implementation of DevSecOps guidelines including IAM security, encryption standards, and compliance with GXP, GDPR, HIPAA and NIST.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and methodologies to recommend improvements to the technology stack.
• Strength in identifying technology risks and developing mitigation strategies aligned with business goals.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience with containers, Kubernetes and serverless architectures on AWS.
• Expertise in multi-account governance, landing zones, and infrastructure-as-code patterns beyond CDK (e.g., Terraform).
• Background working in global, highly regulated environments with audit readiness.
• Ability to drive cost optimization, reliability engineering and observability practices at scale.
• Influence and leadership in communities of practice to set and evolve enterprise standards.
• Fluency in English; Spanish language skills to support collaboration with Barcelona teams.
• Prior experience mentoring architects and shaping cloud architecture roadmaps.

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.

Why choose AstraZeneca Spain? AstraZeneca Spain is a rising force in our global business. With headquarters in Madrid and our global hub in Barcelona, we've become an important international centre of excellence in the fight against critical disease. Boasting vibrant universities and business schools, the Barcelona ecosystem is a place where scientists can thrive. We attract a diverse workforce from across the globe, shining a beacon for innovation in a country that's committed to clinical development. We invite you to bring your talents to Barcelona where our respiratory medicine R&D and Global Marketing centre offers opportunities in R&D, IT, Commercial and HR. Or join us in Madrid and shape our growth in our BUs (Respiratory, Oncology & CVRM ), and a range of Corporate functions. Additionally, you can find sales roles throughout the country. Together, we're contributing to a world-leading pipeline of therapeutics and delivering life-changing medicines to patients. Who do we look for? Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca Spain, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. Alongside technical expertise, colleagues have the resilience, energy and collaborative mindset to change lanes, work with different teams and start projects from scratch. Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Madrid or Barcelona, 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., 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. Sales Representative Oslo, Norway 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. See Thomas's Story 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. Sales Representative California, United States 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. See Larry's Story 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. Sales Representative Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 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. See Stephanie's Story 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, inclusivity, balance and sustainability. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you., Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do, and our different views, experiences and strengths enrich our culture. There's no salary gap at AstraZeneca, and the number of female employees has increased by four per cent over the last three years. We've also made all positions fully accessible., The success of AstraZeneca is founded on innovation, creativity and diversity. Discover what this means for you. Great culture, great work assignments, supportive management. Rotation opportunity within the company. They value our people. see our latest Glassdoor reviews here