Job Title: Consultant - DevOps Platform Engineer

Career Level - C3

Introduction to role

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. We span the entire value chain of a medicine from discovery, early- and late-stage development to manufacturing and distribution, and the global commercialization of primary care, specialty care-led and specialty care medicines that transform lives. At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on encouraging an outstanding workplace culture that drives innovation and collaboration. Here, we encourage our teams to express different perspectives - making you feel valued, energized, and rewarded for your ideas and creativity.

AstraZeneca is currently looking for a Platform Engineer to join our R&D IT Development Platform Management team to manage and maintain our Analytics & Reporting platform, which is GxP compliant and supports the important function of running clinical trials both internally and across external partners. This platform includes EntimICE, SAS Grid, SAS LSAF, SAS Viya, and Visual Analytics software suite with a mixture of hosted solutions and on-prem solutions based primarily on SAS technology. You will be part of our core product team operating under the BizDevOps model, working multi-functionally with other team members such as Product Lead, DevOps Lead, Release Manager, Business Analysts, QM’s, and key team members such as Business Partners and Product Owners.

Accountabilities

Participate in business requirement gathering and design activities with business & IT customers as part of the product team

Perform delivery activities through Design/Build/Test/Deploy phases for regular releases on A&R product

Deploy patches and any version upgrades for on-prem applications and coordinate with the vendor for hosted solutions that fall under A&R landscape

Develop SAS Macros based on API’s and perform unit testing

Maintain configuration specification documentation for both functional and integration configurations

Prepare SDLC documentation, KB articles, confluence documentation

Ensure that all system security and control procedures are implemented and maintained

Generate and implement ideas to streamline our integration landscape to simplify BAU support

Solve issues, supervise key metrics, and maintain overall health of the platform

Serve as an SME on the A&R platform for IT and business partners across regions and business areas

Work with centralized integration team and Globalscape teams to maintain legacy integration interfaces

Work with software vendors on product requirements and issues related to the platform, security set-up, and functional configuration

Apply JIRA for requirements, tasks, validation/testing, and shipment activities during releases

Solve day-to-day incidents, service requests, and work towards incident-reduction and automation of service-related activities. Update Service Now (ticket management tool) for all events with respect to incidents, service requests, changes, and problems

Essential Skills/Experience

Proven experience in engineering and software architecture design

Experience in Programming with BASE SAS

Experience of working in agile teams using methodologies such as SCRUM, Kanban, and SAFe

Experience with Security and Authentication and SSO topics (related to the access of source data, the access of data within SAS on the SAS servers across different business organizations as well as SAS integration with tools such as Active Directory/LDAP/Kerberos)

Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently

Ability to provide technical system solutions, resolve overall design direction, and provide hardware recommendations for sophisticated technical issues

Experience planning and developing support processes and adhering to standard methodologies

Knowledge of support processes like Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and experience working in support teams

Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, Git, & Service Now

Demonstrate willingness and demeanor to take on different roles within the product team as when opportunity arises

Desirable Skills/Experience

Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS & Azure)

Understanding of SAS Viya architecture

SAS platform administration in a multi-node GRID environment on Linux with SAS 9.4M7

Knowledge of file systems, storage devices, and ACL’s

Experience working with R & Python Programming

Knowledge of CI/CD practices and utilization of Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

Experience with automated testing tools such as JIRA (X-Ray), UFT or equivalent experience & Leapwork

Knowledge of Splunk, Snaplogic & reporting with Power BI

Familiar with GxP systems and working in regulated environments

Familiar with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and non-SQL databases such as Mongo DB

Passion for learning, innovating, and delivering valuable software to people

Date Posted

Closing Date

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.