Short Title : Senior Engineer

Career Level: D3

Job Description / Capsule

The Solution Engineer will work alongside Solution Architect(s) on a specific capability in this instance Data & Analytics accorss; Manufacturing, Quality, Supply chain etc. The role will ensure that the Solution Architect can hand off technical details, implementation and some of the architecture governance related tasks and questions to a Solution Engineer which means Operations IT could leverage Solution Architects for priority projects. The role will provide a platform for interested individuals who are from a BA / Support / Application development background to ease into Solution Architect role at a much early stage in career. The role requires individual to update Solution Blueprints and sometimes draft a brand new Solution Blueprint based on a reference architecture developed by Solution Architect(s).

Typical Accountabilities

Solution Engineer

The role will be accountable to provide solution design support to a Solution Architect in one of the below focused domains of architecture.

• Data
• Application
• Infrastructure

• Designs architectures based on a reference architecture, update solution blueprints for projects or solutions that address business/application/data/infrastructure requirements.
• Works with Business Analysis and Solution Engineering functions and supports functional & technical requirements management, including driving software selection processes together with Solution Architect.
• Do Proof of Concepts to best make recommendations regarding new technologies, tools and techniques that would provide value & benefit to the business.
• Able to translate technical issues, architecture, and concepts to a non-technical audience like PMs, Bas etc. on a regular basis.
• Support the Build and Run teams during development and BAU phases.
• Present Solution Blueprint(s) to Ops IT Architecture Board and Enterprise Architecture Review Board.
• Work with third party suppliers as required.
• Develop strong knowledge and expertise in at least one architecture domain.
• Contributes to the development of the Architecture Capability within Information Services, by documenting and sharing knowledge and best practices with Ops IT Architecture community.

Education, Qualifications, and Experience

Essential

• Relevant technical degree or equivalent
• Proactive in getting all required information from stakeholders to perform the job.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Experience working in a global organization where stakeholders and project team members are geographically dispersed.
• Experience in developing innovative solutions,  updating blueprints.

Desirable

• Demonstrated initiative, strong customer orientation, and cross-cultural working.

Skills and Capabilities

Essential

• Strong networking skills with good internal/external links
• Well developed communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language
• Awareness of developments in the marketplace for domain focus and potential impact to AZ IS

Technical:

• Technology skills – experience of several of these are desirable:

Business Intelligence:

• SAP HANA
• SQL Data Warehousing
• ETL / Replication technology
• Analytic Tooling; Qlikview / PowerBI
• Big Data Skills (Hadoop/Spark/Hive)
• SQL / R / Phyton
• Advanced / Data Science Skills

Data:

• Data Catalogues & Meta Data
• Data proling Technologies ie Talend, Collibra

Desirable

• Proven business acumen
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry and of competitor activity, on a particular architecture and Information Management
• Ability to work well in diverse, multinational teams and proven ability to influence others to achieve positive outcomes
• Demonstrated initiative, strong customer orientation.

Key Relationships to reach solutions

Internal (to AZ or team)

• BRM / Business Analysts
• Application/Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering
• Supplier Management
• Portfolio Mgt / Project Management Service Delivery
• Enterprise Architecture

External (to AZ)

• Third Party suppliers
• Vendor / System integrators Support

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, gender, 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.