Specialist IS Architect

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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today. 

Specialist IS Architect

What you will do

As a Specialist IS Architect at Amgen, you will be responsible for designing and implementing information system architectures to support business needs. You will analyze requirements, develop architectural designs, evaluate technology solutions, and ensure alignment with industry best practices and standards. Your expertise in system architecture, strong problem-solving abilities, and ability to communicate complex technical concepts will enable you to deliver robust and scalable IT solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Own Amgen’s single sign-on environments including Okta, Microsoft Azure and Amgen’s multifactor authentication services and Amgen’s B2B environment providing solutions for external partners

• Be the subject matter expert for single sign-on and communicate complex technology solutions across differing audiences including technical, managerial, business executives, and/or vendors.

• Be the technology lead for enterprise projects, including migration of on-premises WAM solutions to the Cloud. Engineer and implement single sign-on solutions for cloud and mobile authentication

• Monitor operational and performance statistics for systems, perform preventative maintenance, and automate routine procedures. Periodically meet with Managed Service Provider to review SLA’s, KPI’s etc. Provide ISM management which includes change control review and approval, root cause analysis reviews and submissions, configuration library management, service metric evaluation and analysis, and report generation.

• Be accountable and responsible for executing and following through with system owner assigned tasks and compliance related requests.

• Create and maintain technical documentation such as SOPs, design documents, operational drawings, manuals, etc.

• Enhance information competence at Amgen by answering technical and procedural questions for less experienced team members; teaching improved processes; mentoring team members.

• Conduct routine hardware and software audits of servers and applications to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 4 years of Information Systems experience or related field OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Information Systems experience or related field OR

• Associate’s degree and 8 years of Information Systems experience or related field OR

Must-Have Skills:

• Ability to analyze and interpret complex data to identify and remediate issues

• Experience supporting Identity Provisioning platforms

• Sharp learning agility, problem-solving and analytical thinking

• Working knowledge of Web Access Management and SSO technologies (Okta, Azure, Ping Federate, SAML, OAuth, and OpenID/Connect)

• Experience with multi-factor authentication methods and risk-based authentication

• Scripting skills such as PowerShell or Python

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Experience and background of B2B concepts and architecture, application and reverse proxies, SSO, and multi-factor authentication

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with IS Security

• Experience with Agile Methodology

• Proficiency in scripting and automation is a plus

Professional Certifications:

• Microsoft, GCP or AWS Cloud (preferred)

• Identity Provisioning or Security Certification (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully

• Team oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills

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.

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 an accommodation.

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