Senior Platform Engineer
About this opportunity
Introduction to the Role
Are you ready to design secure, plug-and-play platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to build and deliver software safely at speed?
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be a senior DevSecOps builder responsible for designing and delivering Golden Pipelines, reusable infrastructure modules, GitHub Actions workflows, and standardized templates. You will turn complex requirements into secure, scalable capabilities that allow product teams to focus on their applications rather than the underlying engineering foundations.
You will act as a subject-matter expert and technical lead, guiding complex designs and helping other engineers grow their capabilities. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role without formal people-management responsibilities.
Accountabilities
Golden Pipelines and Templates: Design and deliver secure, compliant Golden Pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, and reusable infrastructure templates for enterprise use.
Terraform Module Engineering: Design and build modular, scalable, secure, and reusable Terraform modules using advanced Infrastructure as Code patterns.
DevSecOps by Design: Embed SAST, DAST, SCA, software bill of materials generation, supply-chain security controls, and protections against pipeline threats.
Secure Architecture: Lead technical design across serverless, container, compute, networking, and hybrid environments.
Secure CI/CD Patterns: Define and implement secure CI/CD patterns that can be adopted consistently across engineering teams.
Automation and Tooling: Build automation and internal tooling using Python or Go, applying appropriate testing and software-engineering practices.
Testing and Quality: Define and implement testing strategies for Infrastructure as Code, scripts, and automation, using tools such as Terratest where appropriate.
Technical Leadership: Guide Platform Engineers, review designs and technical work, and help the team make secure, scalable engineering decisions.
Documentation and Enablement: Produce clear architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and implementation guidance that enable teams to use platform capabilities effectively.
AI and Innovation: Apply AI tools responsibly to accelerate development, testing, security analysis, and secure design while improving platform quality and delivery speed.
Essential Skills and Experience
Strong experience designing and building enterprise platform or DevSecOps capabilities.
Strong experience with AWS across serverless, compute, networking, and security services.
Advanced expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code design patterns.
Strong programming or scripting skills in Python or Go, including testing practices.
Deep understanding of DevSecOps practices, including: SAST, DAST, and SCA
Software bills of materials and supply-chain security
Secure CI/CD pipeline design
Experience implementing least privilege and security-by-design architectures.
Strong knowledge of cloud security, networking, and system design.
Experience building scalable, reusable, and non-monolithic solutions.
Ability to lead complex technical work and guide engineers without formal management authority.
Strong technical communication and documentation skills.
Desirable Skills and Experience
Kubernetes and container-orchestration experience.
Hybrid or on-premises architecture experience.
Azure exposure.
Knowledge of modern application stacks such as Java, .NET, or React.
Experience with Terratest or comparable Infrastructure as Code testing tools.
Experience applying AI tools to development, testing, and secure design.
What Success Looks Like
Secure, reusable, and scalable platform templates are delivered and widely adopted.
Security controls are embedded by default across platform solutions.
Security risks and configuration errors are reduced across engineering teams.
Platform capabilities are compliant, developer-friendly, and easy to consume.
DevSecOps capabilities and platform offerings continuously improve.
Other engineers benefit from effective technical guidance and increase their ownership over time.
Why AstraZeneca
At AstraZeneca, your platform engineering expertise will help teams build and deliver software more securely and efficiently in support of our mission for patients.
You will collaborate with engineers, architects, security specialists, and product leaders to simplify complexity and create reusable solutions at enterprise scale. We value curiosity, technical excellence, kindness, and continuous improvement, giving you opportunities to explore cloud-native technologies, automation, security practices, and AI-enabled engineering.
Call to Action
If you are ready to act as a senior technical builder, shape secure platform patterns, and guide the delivery of reusable capabilities at enterprise scale, join AstraZeneca as a Senior Platform Engineer.
Date Posted
22-jul-2026
Closing Date
13-ago-2026
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.
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How this role compares
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Salary context
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Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
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Seniority mix
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Therapeutic area mix
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