Lead Consultant - Data Ops Engineer

Job Title: Lead Consultant - Data Ops Engineer

Career Level - E

Introduction to role

Operations IT is a global IT capability supporting the Global Operations organization. We partner with various Operations capability areas including Pharmaceutical Technology Development, Manufacturing & Global Engineering, Quality Control, Sustainability, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Global External Sourcing and Procurement. Our operations span across hub sites in the UK, Sweden, US, and China, as well as our Global Technology Centres in India and Mexico.

Our work directly impacts patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. With a passion for impacting lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning, and more, we offer a dynamic and challenging environment with countless opportunities to learn and grow. This is your chance to be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry, and change lives.

Accountabilities

Leadership & Strategy
- Assess current state of platforms, define future state needs, identify gaps, recommend new technology solutions and strategic business execution improvements, and support product roadmap development consistent with overall strategic needs.
- Understand data mesh and data product WoW, apply technology and tools to improve data product WoW.

Data Foundation Platforms
- Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of robust Data Foundation services for Snowflake and integration tools.
- Responsible for both PlatformOps and FinOps where applicable.
- Manage and optimize the technology stack, ensuring alignment with security, architecture, compliance, and performance standards.
- Ensure automation is at the heart of our processes and technologies to ensure effective and responsive delivery timeframes.
- Provide technical support to the project delivery organization throughout the project lifecycle.
- GitHub Actions Development – writing up new actions as per business needs (e.g., composite or dockerized).

Quality Assurance
- Implement and oversee robust quality assurance processes to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and security of data.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of the data foundation platforms.

Essential Skills/Experience
- Strong experience with Snowflake administration and development is essential.
- Extensive experience in implementation & management of data, analytics & AI platforms.
- Extensive experience in CloudOps, DevOps, DataOps, and infrastructure setup and maintenance.
- Experience with Airflow and dbt.
- Experience with Python and Linux.
- Experience with DevOps practices (CI/CD, GitHub Actions).
- FinOps experience - cost optimization in Snowflake, AWS.
- Experience with IaC with Terraform.
- Strong knowledge of BI landscape, data warehouse solutions, including cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake.
- AWS experience with (but not limited to) EC2, S3, IAM, r53, DynamoDB, Lambda, RDS, ECR, EKS, Networking.
- Experience in knowledge graph platforms.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies.
- A proven track record of working in engineering technologies with the technical expertise and ability to make connections between technology and delivering business value. Pharma sector experience is a plus.
- Strong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills with AZ teams, peers, and third-party suppliers.
- Ability to work in diverse multinational teams and proven ability to influence others to achieve positive outcomes.
- Experience in Docker, Jira, NodeJS, Artifactory, SonarQube (a plus).

Desirable Skills/Experience
NA

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

AstraZeneca offers an environment where you can make a positive impact within a team dedicated to delivering more medicines to patients quicker and more affordably. With investment, leadership support, and a clear plan for growth, we are committed to making people's lives better. Our inclusive community supports each other on our journeys while embracing diverse opportunities for global careers.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our team!

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.