Sr. Data Engineer – Veeva Integration Lead

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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Sr. Data Engineer – Veeva Integration Lead

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the overall data architecture and integration of Amgen’s Veeva Vault Platform. This role involves defining the data integrations vision, creating roadmaps, and ensuring that IT strategies align with business goals. The role will be working closely with collaborators to understand requirements, develop data integration blueprints, and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. The role will be involved in defining the Veeva Vault Platform data integration, guiding technology decisions, and ensuring that all implementations adhere to established architectural principles, Veeva’s and the Industry’s standard methodologies.

• Collaborate with broader collaborator community with their data needs, including data quality, data access controls, compliance with privacy and security regulations.

• Works with Enterprise MDM and Reference Data to implement standards and data reusability.

• Contribute and support consistency to data governance principles.

• Maintain documentation on data definitions, data flows, common data models, data harmonization etc.

• Partner with business teams to identify compliance requirements with data privacy, security, and regulatory policies for the assigned domains

• Build strong relationships with key business leads and partners to ensure their needs are met.

• Be a key team member that assists in design and development of the data pipeline for Veeva Vault platform

• Create data pipelines and ensure data quality by implementing ETL processes to migrate and deploy data across systems

• Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration solutions

• Take ownership of data pipeline projects from inception to deployment, manage scope, timelines, and risks

• Identify and resolve complex data-related challenges

• Explore new tools and technologies that will help to improve ETL platform performance

• Participate in sprint planning meetings and provide estimations on technical implementation

• Work with data engineers on data quality assessment, data cleansing and data analytics

• Share and discuss findings with team members practicing SAFe Agile delivery model

• Automate and Optimize data pipeline and framework for easier and cost-effective development process.

• Advice and support project teams (project managers, architects, business analysts, and developers) on cloud platforms (AWS, Databricks preferred), tools, technology, and methodology related to the design, build scalable, efficient and maintain Data Lake and other Big Data solutions

• Experience developing in an Agile development environment, and comfortable with Agile terminology and ceremonies.

• Stay up to date with the latest data technologies and trends.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree with 4 - 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR

• Bachelor’s degree with 6 - 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR

• Diploma with 10 - 12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field

Must-Have Skills:

• Solid understanding of architecting Veeva Vault Platforms/Products

• Strong knowledge of Data Lake technologies like Databricks, and etc.

• Experience in Mulesoft, Python script and REST API script development

• Extensive knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks, technologies and methodologies

• Experience with system integration and IT infrastructure

• Experience with data, change, and technology governance processes on the platform level

• Experience working in agile methodology, including Product Teams and Product Development models

• Proficiency in designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.

• Have collaborator and team management skills

• Have the ability to lead and guide multiple teams to meet business needs and goals

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Good Knowledge of Global Pharmaceutical Industry

• Understanding of GxP process

• Strong solution design and problem-solving skills

• Solid understanding of technology, function, or platform

• Experience in developing differentiated and deliverable solutions

• Ability to analyze client requirements and translate them into solutions

• Working late hours

Professional Certifications:

• Veeva Vault Platform Administrator (mandatory)

• SAFe – DevOps Practitioner (preferred)

• SAFe for teams (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent critical-thinking and problem-solving skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Demonstrated awareness of how to function in a team setting

• Demonstrated awareness of presentation skills

Shift Information:

This position requires you to work a later shift and may be assigned a second or third shift schedule. Candidates must be willing and able to work during evening or night shifts, as required based on business requirements.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.