The Process & Transform Lead Engineer may be an application manager with practical experience in operating and maintaining data engineering platforms. They will have the ability to lead a team of administrators and subject matter experts that provide support and best practice to consumers of the platform while still able to contribute as an individual. They will also play a leadership role on smaller initiatives and projects overseeing other engineers and may be a subject matter expert in their specialized field. The Process & Transform Lead Engineer will pair with other Services Engineers, Leads, and Architects to design, build, test, deploy and manage Data Availability Services solutions.

The role will involve:

• Analysing and improving the Software Development Lifecycle, standards, patterns and processes within the Data & Analytics domain
• Optimizing performance and improving efficiency of Data Availability Services through automation, monitoring and mentoring
• Supporting, maintaining and developing the applications and infrastructure that underpin the SDLC
• Supporting observability of the platforms operated

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation 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. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

Key skills and experience

• You will have a proven track record of operating and maintaining infrastructure and software solutions used in the data engineering space
• You will have shown that you are capable of leading others
• You will have strong experience in delivering automation and process improvements,
• You will have delivery experience across key elements of the data & analytics domain,
• You will need great interpersonal skills & a collaborative approach to delivery,
• You will be able to demonstrate an ability to understand business needs and translate them into a solution,
• You must have strong analytical and data manipulation ability,
• You will have experience of technical leadership in data and analytics.

Desirable technical skills & experience

• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (we use Jenkins, Apache Airflow, Nexus, Git with development in Python, Java, Groovy),
• Experience developing solutions using Azure Power Apps,
• Experience of automated testing,
• Experience of creating and administering data warehouses and data marts (Snowflake, MySQL, PostGreSQL, Oracle, Redshift),
• Experience of ETL & cloud techniques and tools (we currently use: Talend, Informatica, Qlik Replicate, Fivetran and dbt Cloud for data movement and transformation; AWS data & analytics services such as S3, SQS, SNS, Redshift, Postgres, Aurora, MySQL, EMR, HIVE, PIG, Spark; we are expanding into Azure, GCP, Alibaba),
• Experience of real-time system monitoring platforms (Splunk, ELK stack, CloudWatch),
• Experience of visualisation technologies like PowerBI,
• Familiarity with creating bespoke graphical user interfaces and application APIs,
• Experience of building scalable high availability analytics solutions,
• Experience of data analysis - profiling, investigating, interpreting and documenting data structures,
• Familiarity with data modelling techniques and hands on modelling experience (our relational databases are third normal form and star schema),
• Agile practices, especially being a SCRUM Master.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/ies where the role is advertised.

Date Posted
11-jul-2023

Closing Date
19-sept-2023

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.