JOB TITLE : SENIOR CONSULTANT

CAREER LEVEL:D1

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

Should take ownership of application management for the clinical or regulatory domain

• Operational delivery of Application Management services to the agreed service levels (SLA), including the planning of daily and long-term team capacity management activities.
• Ensuring that the IT Service Delivery Framework is adhered to by your team members under their jurisdiction (Incident, problem, change, and release management)
• Application availability Management. Understand the Customers' requirements for IT service availability, mapping this to the capabilities of all the elements of the technology stack to ensure that availability targets in all areas are measured and achieved, and that they match or exceed the current and projected needs of the business.
• Ensuring that the applications and their underlying platforms are monitored in accordance with application needs and best practice.
• Ensuring bugs/ defects are identified and remediated. Ensuring that the operational impact of any proposed solution is understood and agreed where appropriate.
• Operational execution of the recovery actions detailed in the application recovery plan.
• Implementation of patches which have been identified by appropriate third parties and for the successful application of the patch in adherence to the IT Support Framework. Operational impacts need to be understood and agreed where appropriate. This includes ensuring that a full technical assessment for the underlying platforms is completed.
• Implementation of application upgrades
• Operationally managing all middleware and application components, increasing capacity as required and needed, in a proactive approach.
• Completing the Application Life Cycle plans for individual applications, which incorporate all attributes of the technology stack, to the required level of detail and any investment plans required.
• Recommending continuous improvement solutions to the technical team lead, Operational Service Manager and E2E Capability Service Manager. These recommendations are based on analysis of trends identified through service operation, monitoring and outputs from service health checks.
• Maintaining and updating all documentation associated to the service throughout its lifecycle, including but not limited to AZBORG and CMDB
• A key partner in accepting the service into live operation through the Service Introduction Process.
• Reviewing the performance of the applications within the capability and agreeing mitigation actions and where appropriate with the Service Line Lead.
• Undertaking the application risk management activity and communicating and agreeing the aggregated risk position.
• Producing an aggregated performance report that is linked to the business performance reporting such that IT performance can be clearly aligned to business outcome.
• Any audit, providing information, data etc.
• Application rationalization. Recommending rationalization opportunities when application functionality or technology is the same. Executing the activities to rationalize.
• Decommissioning and Service Retirement, executing the Process and completing the decommissioning activities for middleware and application components.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

• Knowledge on maintaining the Pipeline Pilot Platform which includes installation (around 2-6 years of pipeline pilot platform and protocol development)
• Licensing and its renewal, administration of the platform and the web ports.
• Adequate knowledge on Oracle PL SQL.
• Experience in developing / maintaining Biovia Pipeline pilot protocols is mandatory
• Experience with and knowledge of Chemo Informatics/ Bioinformatics.
• Preferable to have candidates with education in Bio/ Chemo Informatics. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Perform work without significant direction.

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?

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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.

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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.