Cloud Engineer

The life sciences industry plays a significant role in advancing healthcare and improving the quality of life – in many cases, saving millions of lives globally. At BASE life science, this is the motivation for everything we do, aimed at pushing boundaries, seeking excellence, and making a lasting difference through consulting expertise and data-driven solutions.

Who is BASE life science?

Founded in 2007, BASE life science is a business and technology consulting enterprise working exclusively in the life sciences industry.

From our headquarters in Denmark and offices in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, we serve customers across the globe. With a deep understanding of the life sciences industry, we work hand in hand with customers to identify, develop, and implement strategic initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, and overall success through tailored solutions.

Our partnership with industry-leading solution providers, including Veeva, Salesforce, IQVIA, Benchling, and MediSpend ensures that our clients harness the full potential of the most innovative solutions on the market.

About the role

Are you looking forward to being at the forefront of implementing AI in the Life Science Industry?

As a Cloud Architect, you will play a pivotal role in our team, designing, developing, and optimizing cloud solutions to meet the needs of our clients while focusing on the best practices in cloud technologies and architectures.

As a Cloud Architect your responsibilities include:

• Play an instrumental role in the design, development, and maintenance of different state-of-the-art data cloud architectures.
• Be part of a multidisciplinary team implementing CI/CD and cloud infrastructure by using Terraform.
• Analyse cloud services, detect different strengths and limitations, comparing the services to define which is the best strategy for processing data as well as staying updated with the latest trends and best practices in cloud technologies and architectures.
• Implement and oversee data security measures, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations in highly regulated environment.
• Design and implement robust, scalable solutions for our clients in the pharmaceutical industry, leveraging cloud technologies with the harmony of AI.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Lead the integration of various data sources and systems, ensuring seamless data flow and accessibility.
• Collaborate with the sales team to create proof of concepts (PoCs) and demonstrate technical feasibility of proposed solutions.

We offer this position in Madrid or Barcelona, Spain.

What makes you the best person for this job?

For this role, it is crucial to be a good self-starter, self-trainer, able to work independently, a problem solver and able to lead projects effectively. Also, if you enjoy working in a global environment, interact efficiently and remotely with all your key partners, and are not afraid of changes, you will succeed in a professional and dynamic international top team like ours.

On top of this, you have the following competences:

• A bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in solution architecture/cloud engineering, with a deep focus on cloud solutions and data integration. (Azure is a high plus but solid knowledge of AWS and/or GCP are also considered).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Strong ability to adapt quickly to customer custom infrastructure and contribute effectively to their specific needs and challenges.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Expertise in designing microservices and serverless architectures.
• Experience with API design and integration to support data sharing across platforms.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience in agile methodologies and project delivery frameworks.
• Strong programming and scripting skills (e.g. Python, SQL, bash).

It will be a plus if you have these additional capabilities:

• Experience with Azure OpenAI resources.
• Experience with life science specific upstream source systems e.g. Veeva.
• Proven experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Experience with SDKs and APIs for integrating third-party services and customizing platform functionalities.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for application deployment.
• Relevant certifications e.g. AZ-303, AZ-304, SAA-C03, SAP-C01 etc.

What makes us the best employer for you?

BASE life science has been recognized as an outstanding workplace, earning us the Great Place To Work certification in Spain, Germany, Switzerland, United States and the United Kingdom.

We are proud to represent 35+ nationalities among our colleagues, and firmly believe in the power of diverse perspectives and characteristics to drive truly innovative solutions and achieving excellence.

At the heart of our organization lies a foundation grounded in five core values: team spirit, trust, openness, ambition, and execution. We cultivate an environment that champions flexibility, placing confidence in our employees to successfully complete tasks while upholding a healthy work-life balance. Additionally, we place significance in cross-functional collaboration, where niche skills and specialisms are valued and challenging the status quo is encouraged.

Additionally, we offer you:

• Health insurance.
• Remote work friendliness.
• Ongoing learning and development.
• Flexible schedules to fit your work to your routine.
• Contributions to physical, social, and emotional health.
• Home office setup with laptop and other electronic devices.
• The chance to help make a difference for patients around the world.

Interested?

If you find this position intriguing, don’t delay—submit your application in English at your earliest convenience. We are continuously reviewing and assessing all incoming candidates and eagerly await your application.

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