Job Title: Associate Director - DevSecOps & Cloud Engineering Global Career Level: E Role: Individual contributor role Location: Manyata Tech Park, Bangalore. About Alexion At Alexion, our mission is to transform the lives of people affected by rare diseases through the development and delivery of innovative medicines as well as supportive technologies and healthcare services. Introduction to role At AstraZeneca, we are accelerating our digital transformation by enabling secure, scalable, and compliant technology platforms that power scientific innovation, business operations, and patient outcomes. You will serve as a technology leader responsible for advancing DevSecOps practices, cloud engineering capabilities, platform engineering, and cybersecurity. Working closely with stakeholders, cybersecurity teams and engineering teams, you will champion a culture of automation, security-by-design, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. This role combines strategic leadership, technical depth and organizational influence to improve engineering productivity, reduce technology risk, strengthen cybersecurity posture, and accelerate delivery of business value across the enterprise. Accountabilities Driving technical innovation and adoption of emerging cloud technologies and standard methodologies Providing architectural guidance for cloud migrations and modernization initiatives Conducting architecture reviews and ensuring adherence to established standards Managing technical risks and recommending mitigation strategies Establishing and maintaining user documentation and runbooks Design and manage multi-account architectures using Control Tower and Organizations; establish standards and reference designs; drive FinOps and cost optimization. Build Terraform frameworks with modules, state management, and policy enforcement; define Ansible standards; implement Policy as Code (AWS Config). Implement DevSecOps practices, design security-by-default architectures; implement vulnerability scanning (Trivy, Qualys, AWS Inspector, SonarQube); implement secrets management. Design monitoring platforms (CloudWatch / Prometheus / Grafana / ELK); leverage AI tools and capabilities for anomaly detection and auto-remediation, implement AIOps and Observability. Design CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications; architect blue-green and canary deployments; establish artifact management standards. Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance and reviews; mentor engineers; evaluate tools and technologies; collaborate across teams; establish standard processes and documentation. Essential Skills/Experience 8+ years in DevSecOps/Cloud Engineering with deep hands-on technical expertise 5+ years architecting enterprise-scale AWS solutions in production environments AWS expertise: VPC/Transit Gateway, IAM/SSO, EC2/EKS/ECS/Fargate, Lambda, RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB, S3/CloudFront, CloudWatch/X-Ray, Inspector, Security Hub, Config, Control Tower, Organizations IaC expertise: Expert-level Terraform (modules, workspaces, state backends, policy integration) and Ansible (roles, collections, automation at scale) CI/CD experience: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI with complex pipeline architectures Security automation: Hands-on with vulnerability scanning, SAST/DAST, secrets management, policy as code, and compliance automation Container orchestration: Production Kubernetes/EKS experience including cluster management, service mesh, and security Observability: Implementation of monitoring/logging/alerting platforms with AIOps capabilities (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK) Programming: Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tooling Communication: Excellent presentation and documentation skills for technical and executive audiences Collaboration: Proven ability to work across teams and influence technical direction Desirable Skills/Experience Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, AWS Security Specialty, Kubernetes (CKA/CKS), Terraform Associate/Professional Industry experience: Regulated environments (pharmaceutical, healthcare, financial services) with GxP, HIPAA, or SOC 2 compliance experience Methodologies: Deep knowledge of Platform engineering, SRE principles, and FinOps frameworks Multi-cloud: Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures Emerging technologies: Serverless architectures, AI/ML platforms 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. AstraZeneca offers the chance to work at the forefront of rare disease biopharma where complex biology meets advanced technology to create transformative medicines for people with devastating conditions. At Alexion within AstraZeneca Rare Disease, work is driven by a deep connection to patients’ lived experiences and a clear purpose that shapes decisions every day. The environment combines the agility of a biotech with the reach and resources of a global organization—encouraging curiosity, transparent science, ethical decision-making, and continuous learning. Teams collaborate across disciplines to explore rare opportunities in areas of high unmet need while investing in personal growth through tailored development programs that build both technical mastery and empathy for patients’ journeys. Ready to help build AI-powered data platforms that change what is possible for people living with rare diseases? Apply now! We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Date Posted 28-Sept-2026 Closing Date 31-Oct-2026 Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact accommodations@Alexion.com. Alexion participates in E-Verify. For over three decades, patients and their caregivers have been at the center of everything we do. Every day, we are inspired to follow the science and think differently to create better outcomes for them and their families. Our mission is driven by understanding who they are as unique individuals, not solely defined by their diseases. We’re a leading rare disease company with a diversified projects. Our pioneering legacy in rare diseases is rooted in being the first to translate the complex biology of the complement system into transformative medicines over the past three decades. Today, we continue to push the boundaries of science and deepen our understanding of rare diseases with patient-centricity at the core. This knowledge allows us to innovate and evolve into new areas where needs are unmet and provide an opportunity to help people fully live their best lives.

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