Specialist IS Architect

What you will do

As a Specialist IS Architect at Amgen, you will be responsible for designing and implementing information system architectures to support business needs. You will analyze requirements, develop architectural designs, evaluate technology solutions, and ensure alignment with industry best practices and standards. Your expertise in system architecture, strong problem-solving abilities, and ability to communicate complex technical concepts will enable you to deliver robust and scalable IT solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Be the owner and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Active Directory (on-premises and Azure), PKI, Oracle LDAP and various related systems and work as the liaison between the business and the technical staff to provide a translation of business requirements/issues to technical requirements/issues and vice-a-versa.
• Define a service strategy, roadmap, and execution plan to deliver high impact business value and partner with the other Identity teams to engineers to implement solutions for cloud, mobile and on-premises applications.
• Conduct, lead, or provision technology and service reviews to baseline and set service improvement goals and initiatives
• Provide support and consultation to clients or project teams to identify requirements and assist with application configurations and deployments utilizing Amgens directories
• Monitor operational and performance statistics for managed systems to ensure reliability and availability and work with the operations team to maintain growth statistics, space forecasts, etc. Oversee production change control schedule and participates in change control processes
• Resolve issues escalated from Amgens operational support vendor and provide expert level troubleshooting for issues that bridge subject areas and technologies beyond team capabilities
• Create and maintain technical documentation such as SOPs, design documents, operational drawings, manuals, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• Masters degree and 4 years of Information Systems experience or related field OR
• Bachelors degree and 6 years of Information Systems experience or related field OR
• Associates degree and 8 years of Information Systems experience or related field OR

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong Microsoft Active Directory skills including AD LDS and Azure AD
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
• Strong knowledge of LDAP directories
• Strong knowledge of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
• Good working knowledge of DNS and WINS
• Experience with mobile device authentication and management
• Experience with managing regulated systems - FDA/SOX
• Scripting skills such as PowerShell, Perl, VB Script, etc.
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with IS Security
• Experience with Agile Methodology
• Proficiency in scripting and automation is a plus

Professional Certifications:

• Microsoft, GCP or AWS Cloud (preferred)
• Identity Provisioning or Security Certification (preferred)
• Microsoft Azure Certification (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
• Team oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills

This position requires you to work a later shift and may be assigned a second or third shift schedule. Candidates must be willing and able to work during evening or night shifts, as required. Potential Shifts (subject to change based on business requirements): Second Shift: 2:00pm 10:00pm IST; Third Shift: 10:00 pm 7:00 am IST.