Specialist IS Architect - Platform

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Job Description

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.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be part of the SCRUM development team under the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Medical Data Analytics and Insights Product Team and primarily focus on delivering Analytics capabilities across Global Medical business organization. The selected individual will be responsible for architecting, design and develop integration and data pipelines, analytics solutions and engage with validation engineers, product owner, architects and the members of the development team.

This role requires expertise in architecting solution based on Databricks framework, Developing API integrations framework and experience with reporting tools like Tableau, The architect will develop technical solutions using Enterprise Datalake and ETL technology platforms. Additionally, collaboration with various global teams is required to ensure seamless integration and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in architecting end-to-end software development lifecycle and be a Scaled Agile practitioner. This role demands the ability to drive and deliver against key organizational strategic initiatives, foster a collaborative environment, and deliver high-quality results in a matrixed organizational structure.

The ideal candidate will architect and design solutions and support the implementation of software solutions that meet the unique needs of our medical teams. They will provide day to day operations, data standardization, ad hoc query, reporting, technical support, training, data

Roles & Responsibilities:

• As a Specialist IS Platform Architect Lead the design, aid development, and deployment of advanced data integration solutions for Global Medical teams, enabling actionable insights across diverse business capabilities.

• Design integrated solutions and analytical summarized dimensional data models and datasets to augment visualization applications and dashboards

• Aid Development platform team with design, development of backend infrastructure and integrated views using AWS, Databricks notebooks with Python, sql, node.js

• Drive innovation in data analytics by introducing advanced techniques (e.g., AI, predictive analytics, dynamic storytelling) to highlight trends and opportunities.

• Drive API based integration capabilities to integrate the Global Medical ecosystem

• Monitor and enhance the performance of data pipelines, ensuring optimal load times and usability.

• Ensure data integrity, quality, and compliance with regulatory standards, such as HIPAA and GDPR.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable visualization solutions.

• Present data insights n solutions to senior leadership, enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization.

• Train and mentor team members and business users on the effective use of analytics best practices.

• Establish and monitor KPIs and data load pipelines

• Drive cross-functional collaboration with engineering, data science, and business teams to streamline workflows and enhance efficiency.

• Drive the implementation of reusable, scalable frameworks for visualization solutions to support global reporting needs.

• Support ad-hoc and strategic reporting requests with customized data visualizations tailored to business needs.

Technical Expertise & Innovation

• Stay updated with emerging trends and tools in data and analytics, incorporating innovative solutions into the team's workflows.

• Advocate for the adoption of cutting-edge tools and methodologies to elevate the organization's visualization capabilities.

• Collaborate on the development of a centralized data lake and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

• An ongoing commitment to learning and staying at the forefront of AI/ML advancements

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The [vital attribute] professional we seek is a [type of person] with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree / Master's degree / Bachelor's degree and 8 to 13 years of Information Systems experience

• Technical Expertise in architecting visualization solutions and applications such as Tableau, Power BI, or React js equivalent.

• Proficiency in integrating data and hands on experience with AWS, SQL, Python, R, or other data analysis programming languages.

• Strong understanding of medical data models, including Field Medical, Medinfo, and SciComm frameworks.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong project management skills, with experience leading cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Architecting, data analytics, visualization, or business intelligence, preferably within the pharmaceutical, life sciences, or healthcare industry.

• Demonstrated experience in managing global data projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.

• Advanced certifications in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau Certified Professional, Microsoft Power BI Certification).

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and experience in integrating data visualization solutions with cloud-based architectures.

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical users

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights

• Strong skills in analyzing and modeling large datasets, with expertise in creating aggregate data models and enabling ad-hoc reporting.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Work experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience using and adopting Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• An ongoing commitment to learning and staying at the forefront of AI/ML advancements.

Professional Certifications

• SAFe for Teams certification (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.

• Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals.

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

• Strong ability to inspire and lead teams, fostering collaboration and accountability.

• Proactive approach to identifying challenges and implementing data-driven solutions effectively.

• Proven ability to work with cross-functional and multicultural teams to deliver on shared goals.

• Flexibility to manage evolving priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Equal opportunity statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with 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