JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Accountabilities
- Maintain deep working knowledge of data platforms/data products and infrastructure aligned with commercial IT.
- Build, test, deploy, and maintain data pipelines.
- Provide technical expertise to peers and 3rd party development suppliers to ensure consistency with AZ IT and Commercial IT standards.
- Work with platform delivery resources to validate business and functional requirements.
- Evaluate new technologies/application features and recommend technology and business strategic roadmaps.
- Demonstrate expert understanding of AstraZeneca’s data product application development processes.
- Mentor junior staff members through technical training sessions and project reviews.
- Serve as an internal consultant for IT and business partners across regions and business areas (Commercial, Medical).
- Partner with Platform Success Leads on continuous improvement opportunities within platform and product level backlogs.
- Identify new hardware/software technologies to fit specialized business needs.
- Identify issues with current processes and propose changes to enhance IT effectiveness.
Essential Skills/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Prior experience in an Information Services/Information Technology environment with good business acumen
- Proven experience of managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers
- Minimum 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience in the position offered, as a Data Analyst or related
- Minimum 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience with ETL experience building complex data models/pipelines/products
- Strong data engineering skills with AWS cloud platform
- Experienced in Agile Development techniques and Methodologies
- 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience working with Databricks, Workflows, and Apache Airflow
- Experienced with building AWS or Azure cloud-based data pipeline
- 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience with Python, Spark
- Expertise in Continuous Integration and Deployment methods delivered as part of an agile team
- Evidence of designing, shaping, and implementing innovative solutions and driving any changes
- Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language
- A broad understanding of cloud architecture
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work within both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies
- Proven experience of managing and coaching/mentoring junior engineers
- Proven experience of developing and managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Experience working within a quality and compliance environment and application of policies, procedures, and guidelines
- Customer Experience
- Prior significant experience working in Pharmaceutical or Healthcare industry IT environment
- Experience working with IQVIA Claims, National and subnational sales data