Job title: Senior Consultant – Cloud Engineer
Company: AstraZeneca
Job description: JOB TITLE : SENIOR CONSULTANT
CAREER LEVEL: D2
Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives
Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.
ABOUT OUR IT TEAM
It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross- functionally and broadly together.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We have exciting opportunities for Java, Unix &SQL technical person to impact Drug Discovery projects, working as part of global Discovery Chemistry and Screening within the Science & Enabling unit’s IT department.
The purpose of the service is to provide a set of well-maintained applications supporting R&D processes at all R&D sites. The applications are anything from local to global and non-regulated, non-critical to critical and regulated.
The effect of the service is to ensure stability and reliability of applications. It delivers ongoing maintenance and changes if required covering both commercial (COTS) and in-house developed (Bespoke) applications.
The purpose of the service team is to provide an agile, responsive and knowledgeable Application Service to AZ Research & Development community globally across all R&D sites.
Each member of the team should be focusing on positive business outcomes and customer satisfaction in each interaction with the user community.
The service is coordinated globally and provides support, maintenance and availability of in scope applications through local support teams at major R&D sites to allow direct interaction with customers. AZ Chennai supports applications used from early Discovery phases to late stage Clinical, safety and regulatory and safety. The applications are running on either cloud or AZ supported platforms and clients e.g. Windows 7/10, Vista, Lab PC and Linux workstations.
The service manages enhancements, changes and releases into the R&D application estate in a controlled and coordinated way.
These set of applications provide novel approaches for scientists to generate models of data and to archive such models to communicate these to drug projects.
Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
The scope of the service covers a large set of scientific solutions. It is essential to have a good understanding of the business context and the R&D Processes where the solutions are being used. Working with a specific application often requires in-depth understanding of the business process and scientific awareness in all R&D Domains.
Analyzing and further developing Algorithms as well as business workflows are a common activity in the team.
The java, Unix &Oracle Consultant will work closely with the technical team lead, operational service manager and the E2E capability service manager to ensure sophisticated and on-time delivery and service of the different applications. They will also collaborate closely with different application support teams, vendors, scientists driving the delivery of world class IT services. They will be responsible for ensuring Application Support teams deliver services according to the defined business requirements, adhere to AstraZeneca global standards, agreed Service Level Agreements and are managed in accordance to the IT Service Delivery Framework (ITIL).
To be successful in delivery, they must work very closely with the Application specialists and the Middleware specialist in the infrastructure teams, when resolving incidents and problems as well as when testing and deploying new version of application code or Middleware components.
Another important part of a successful delivery of the service is the close and direct relation with our customers. Each team member will have regular contact with our customers via phone, IM’s or email.
We expect all members of the team to work in an Agile and Lean way, using fit for purpose, low overhead processes to underpin the work.
Essential Skills:
5 to 7 years of experience in advance web development and software design
Proficiency in traditional software programming languages including Java/J2EE (essential), and scripting languages like Python
Proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS.
Understanding of basic Serverless architecture standard methodologies
AWS core services such as RDS, S3 and Dynamo DB, Auto Scaling, load balancer, CloudWatch, EC2, EBS, Elastic Cache, Route 53 and IAM, CloudFront, Cloud Formation
Ability to apply a basic understanding of cloud-native applications to write code
Knowledge in all aspects of DevOps (source control, continuous integration, deployments, etc.)
Experience with CI CD tools (Ansible, Jenkins, Sonar Qube, Artifactory, , GitHub, , , Maven etc) and should have implemented them in the past.
Ability to write code using AWS security standard methodologies (e.g., not using secret and access keys in the code, instead using IAM roles)
Strong analytical skills to solve and model complex business requirements
Good understanding of how to interact with AWS (AWS SDK, AWS API, Command Line Interface, AWS CloudFormation)
Understanding of common database technologies (e.g. backup/restoration, replication/mirroring)
Experience with process tools (JIRA, Confluence)
Experience Application servers (e.g, Weblogic, JBOSS, etc)
Ability and willingness to learn new technologies
Solving problems and good development experience with Oracle or any other RDBMS
Working knowledge of PL, SQL
Extensive skill in SQL – preferable database Oracle
Well versed with Linux commands and scripting
Demonstrated ability to apply technical knowledge to multiple systems and support multiple business groups and applications
Personal Attributes:
Keen to acquire new skills and work on new technology products
Experience working with global teams
Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment
Logical mind with keen analytical skills
Clear and concise communication, written and verbal
Ability to respond well to pressure
Good interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively across team boundaries
Educational Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science/Electronics or equivalent
Supplementary Experience: (Useful additional skills)
Familiarity with life sciences (Pharma) domain concepts, workflow and terminology
Knowledge /education in Science or specifically in Chemistry
Experience working with ORMs like Hibernate
Any Experience with package installation in Database
Shell scripting
Any experience with WebLogic server
Experience with writing ETL scripts
Attitude to support business critical applications
Experience in setting up and managing application environments
Preferable Industry
Experience from any below pharmaceutical development areas (domains) below would be an added advantage:
Drug Development: Discovery Chemistry & Screening
Reporting to:
Selected candidate will work directly with Nitya Narasimhan
WHY JOIN US ?
We’re a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.
We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.
SO, WHAT’S NEXT?
Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
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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 30-Apr-2022
Closing Date
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.
Expected salary:
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Job date: Mon, 02 May 2022 03:30:24 GMT
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