Job Description

Senior Manager – Migration Solution Architect

The Opportunity

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our companys’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

A Migration Solution Architect is responsible for designing and overseeing the entire cloud migration process, ensuring that the organization's applications, data, and infrastructure are moved to the cloud efficiently and securely. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that cloud migrations are executed smoothly, cost-effectively, and securely, enabling organizations to leverage the benefits of cloud computing.

What will you do in this role

Conduct a thorough assessment of the existing IT environment to determine migration readiness.

Develop a detailed migration strategy and roadmap tailored to the organization's needs.

Design a target cloud architecture that meets performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements.

Create blueprints and technical specifications for the migration. Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Lead the migration process, including data transfer, application rehosting, replatforming, or refactoring.

Contribute to capacity modelling and planning while supporting the design of service component capacity.

Continuously monitoring and optimizing the cloud environment for performance, cost-efficiency, and resource utilization.

Work within a matrix organizational structure, reporting to both the functional manager and the project manager.

Participate in project planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring alignment with both functional and project goals.

What should you have

Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.

7+ years of hands-on experience working with technologies – any cloud platform, Windows or Linux, any scripting language and cloud security frameworks 

Cloud Platforms: Proficiency in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or other cloud platforms.

Networking: Understanding of virtual networks, VPNs, and firewalls.

Operating Systems: Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.

Scripting and Automation: Skills in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Security Best Practices: Familiarity with cloud security frameworks and compliance.

Problem-Solving: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.

Product and customer-centric approach.

Experience with other programming language (Python, Java) is a nice to have.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Data Modeling, Design Applications, Release Management, Requirements Management, Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

03/6/2025

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Requisition ID:R333929