Senior BI Engineer

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 commercialization 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

What you’ll do

• Ensure alignment to appropriate ServiceNow SLAs and set processes
• Plans all activities associated with implementation and maintenance of platforms & solutions
• Simplify ways of working and managing platforms in the overall e2e platform service management process
• Drive & manage effective multi-tenancy embracing shared platform approach, security, audit & compliance, performance, usability, automation, product lifecycle, disaster recovery, infrastructure and software release version upgrades planning & execution
• Establish Release and Quality Management processes and standards, ensure code quality and consistency, alignment to standards for both central and federated development workstreams
• Ability to analyze, identify, document and remediate complex problems within the technology stack
• Proactively identify trends, determine incident root causes, and manage adverse events from identification to resolution
• Good understanding of data warehousing, data models, dashboard development with applied experience on analyzing structured datasets
• Strong and effective inter-personal and communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively professionally with a diverse group of users and staff.
• Participate in on-call rotations and be available for issue resolution activities
• Coach other Engineers in the team

Essential for the role

• 5+  years of progressive Visualization platforms & applications build, maintenance and platform support experience and running production support operations
• Engaged in e2e lifecycle activities of Visualization platforms & applications Design, Build, Test, Maintenance & Production Support

The Visualization Senior Platform Engineer role essential and must have specializations include:

• Production Support Operations
• Databases – SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Oracle and so forth
• Strong and Advanced Knowledge in SQL concepts
• Service Management – ServiceNow
• Visualization Services & Tooling : PowerBI, Power Platform

It is desirable and good to have below listed skills & experience in relevant areas

• Microstrategy
• Snowflake,AWS
• CI / CD Tools – Jenkins, Bamboo
• Code Version Management Tools – BitBucket [GIT]
• e2e Software Lifecycle Management

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Any stream of engineering Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working in a global organization with multi-partners, stakeholders and team members are spread out in a diverse culture environment
• Good knowledge & experience in IT Service Management - Change, Release, Incident and Problem Management processes
• Good knowledge & experience e2e Software Lifecycle management & Service delivery
• Good knowledge & experience working with RDBMS and Visualization services, technologies & platforms
• Good knowledge & experience on Visualization platforms system administration, governance and application maintenance
• Ability to learn and understand new technological trends & concepts
• Good listening, presentation; written & verbal communication & stakeholder management skills
• Good analytical & logical reasoning ability with a proactive approach to problem solving and inter/intra personal skills

Desirable

• Exposure to platforms observability & service health monitoring tools
• Understanding of pharmaceutical / life-sciences business process & data models
• Possess good knowledge of Change, Release, Incident and Problem Management processes

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?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

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.

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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.