JOB TITLE: CONSULTANT

CAREER LEVEL: C3

Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company 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.

ABOUT OUR IT TEAM

It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross- functionally and broadly together.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Coordinate activities with data source application owners to ensure integration, data integrity and data quality. Provide production support for all ETL Processes. Maintain and manage technical metadata and documentation for data warehousing and ETL processes
• Be an SME and take ownership of the application.
• Ensure the data is delivered to the customers at the right time as per agreed SLA.
• Accountable for job monitoring, execution, troubleshoot any issues, identify the root cause and fix any bugs as and when required.
• Address any queries raised by the business in a timely manner and within the stipulated SLA time.
• Monitor Service now for any user created tickets and resolve within the SLA agreed upon.
• Strive to identify opportunity of improvements in the application and develop expertise on implementing any continuous improvements.
• Proactively raise any gaps identified during the operations and follow up with the concerned team until closure.
• Coordinate with upstream/downstream application teams and the key stakeholders for any data issues, outages or impact arising due to any changes.
• Ensure that a thorough impact analysis and testing is carried out for any upstream changes impacting the application.
• Ensure that the defined metrics of AZ are adhered.
• Helps in creating necessary supporting documents for the applications.
• Send out appropriate status updates as and when required.
• Being flexible to work in shifts and extend helping hands during critical times.

Essential skills required

• ETL background with 4 to 6 years of experience
• Hands-on experience in AWS Services like EMR, S3, Athena, RDS, Redshift etc. is required
• Scripting knowledge(Unix/Python) and SQL expertise is must.
• Knowledge on any of the scheduling tools (Airflow preferably)

WHY JOIN US ?

We’re a network of entrepreneurial self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.

We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Date Posted

17-Aug-2021

Closing Date

16-Sep-2021

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.