Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Sr Data Engineer

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. We are seeking a Sr Data Engineer to join our team to develop an insight driven sensing capability with a focus on revolutionizing decision making. As part of this role you will be designing and developing robust data models, data pipelines and data products as part of a product team of data scientists, business analysts, and software engineers. The team will rely on your expertise in automating the transformation and manipulation of data to generate insights while building this visionary new capability for Amgen.

Responsibilities

• Determine which tools and architectures are available for pipeline development based on the data source format and current technologies
• Develop data flow pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from various data sources in various forms, including custom ETL pipelines that enable model and product development
• Build data products and service processes which perform data transformation, metadata extraction, workload management and error processing management to ensure high quality data
• Collaborate with Data Scientists to normalize and clean data in order to produce robust and high quality data assets
• Support Data Science team with model design by anticipating and engineering features needed to drive model development and insight generation
• Provide clear documentation for delivered solutions and processes, integrating documentation
• Ensure that data engineering applications are aligned with the overall architectural and development guidelines
• Identify and implement internal process improvements for data management (automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability)
• Partner with business stakeholders and other technical team members to identify and acquire data sources that are most relevant to business needs and goals
• Demonstrate deep technical and domain knowledge in order to propose potential solutions
• Mentor junior data engineers on best practices in the industry and in the Amgen data landscape

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree

OR

Master’s degree and 3 years of Information Systems experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Information Systems experience

OR

Associate degree and 10 years of Information Systems experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Information Systems experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with teams of data scientists, software engineers and business experts to drive insights
• Strong understanding of relevant data standards and industry trends
• Ability to understand new business requirements and prioritize them for delivery
• Proficient in one of the coding languages (Python, Java, Scala)
• Hands on experience writing SQL using any RDBMS (Redshift, Postgres, MySQL, Teradata, Oracle, etc.).
• Experience with Schema Design & Dimensional data modeling.
• Experience with AWS Services like EC2, S3, Redshift/Spectrum, Glue, Athena, RDS, Lambda, and API gateway.
• Experience with software DevOps CI/CD tools, such Git, Jenkins, Linux, and Shell Script
• Experience with Spark, Hive, Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming, and Airflow.
• Hands on experience using Databricks/Jupyter or similar notebook environment.
• Experience working in an agile environment (i.e. user stories, iterative development, etc.)
• Experience working with test-driven development and software test automation
• Experience working in a Product environment

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and improve your potential along your career journey
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

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for a career that defies imagination

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