Consultant - Platform Engineer

Job Title: Consultant - Platform Engineer

Career Level - C3

Introduction to role

AstraZeneca is seeking an IT Integration Engineer to join our R&D IT Team. This role involves managing and maintaining our GxP-compliant product integrations, which are part of our Clinical Development Platforms and used across all therapeutic areas. As a member of our OCD Integration team, you will collaborate with Product Leads, DevOps Leads, and technical engineers to drive innovation and efficiency.

Accountabilities

Key Responsibilities:

- Build Integration pipelines in alignment with Standard architectural patterns.
- Create reusable artefacts wherever possible.
- Build User Guides and Best-practice for Tool adoption and usage.
- Utilize vendor-based products to build optimal solutions.
- Provide full-lifecycle tooling guidance and reusable artefacts to product teams.
- Collaborate with Integration Lead and vendor teams to build and manage integrations.
- Participate in continuous improvement discussions with business and IT stakeholders as part of the scrum team.
- Solve day-to-day BAU Tickets.

Essential Skills/Experience

- At least 4-6 years of experience & hands-on in Snaplogic & its associated Snap Packs.
- At least 2+ years of experience related to API Terminologies and API Integration - preferably Mulesoft.
- Excellent SQL knowledge pertaining to Relational databases including RDS, Redshift, PostGres, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, DynamoDB.
- Good understanding of ETL pipeline design.
- Adherence to IT Service Delivery Framework on AD activities.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work, meet deadlines, and work independently.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Experience with process tools (JIRA, Confluence).
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with people across the globe with diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Experience working in agile teams using methodologies such as SCRUM, Kanban, and SAFe.
- Experience in integrating CI/CD processes into existing Change & Configuration Management scope (i.e., ServiceNow & Jira).

Desirable Skills/Experience

- ITIL practices (change management, incident and problem management, and others).
- Experience in GxP or SOx regulated environments.
- Proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS.
- Exposure to AWS Cloud Engineering and CI/CD tools (such as Ansible, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
- Exposure to Infrastructure As Code (CloudFormation, Terraform).
- Good understanding of AWS networking and security configuration.
- Passion for learning, innovating, and delivering valuable software to people.
- Experience with dynamic dashboards (e.g., PowerBI).
- Experience in Python programming.
- Experience with Snaplogic & Mulesoft integration platforms - Administration (nice to have).