Job Title: Senior Consultant - Data Ops Engineer

Introduction to role

Are you ready to embrace novel and varied challenges while working across the business? As a Senior Consultant - Data Ops Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of driving innovative transformation on our journey to becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. You'll connect with different functions, areas, and roles, supported by leaders who aspire to break down boundaries and draw on inter-functional takeaways. This dynamic environment offers countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether you're exploring new technologies or transforming the roles and work of colleagues. Join us in unleashing the power of our latest innovations in data, machine learning, and technology to turn complex information into life-changing insights.

Accountabilities

1. Leadership & Strategy

• Guide the development, execution, and implementation of roadmaps for data foundation platforms.
• Assess current state of platforms, define future state needs, identify gaps, and recommend new technology solutions.
• Understand data mesh and data product WoW, apply technology and tools to improve data product WoW.

2. Data Foundation Platforms

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of robust Data Foundation services.
• Handle 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 for effective delivery timeframes.

3. Innovation

• Drive innovation by staying informed about technology trends and thought leadership.
• Find opportunities for innovation and promote initiatives to enhance the data foundation platform's capabilities.

4. Partner Collaboration

• Act as a liaison between IT and Business Units, fostering strong communication and understanding.
• Partner with enterprise platform teams and architecture to ensure alignment and influence partners.

5. 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.

6. Project Technical Management

• Work collaboratively with technical and business resources from internal and external sources.
• Design and implement cloud solutions following standard methodologies in security and code patterns.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Extensive experience in implementation & management of data, analytics & AI platforms.
• Extensive experience in CloudOps, DevOps, DataOps and infrastructure setup and maintenance.
• Experience in Data Foundation technologies (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Data Catalogue (e.g., Collibra), Data Quality (e.g., Monte Carlo) & integration tools like Fivetran, Snaplogic, Qlikreplicate).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with complementary teams and partners.
• Influencer and negotiator who can align executives and senior partners to a shared vision.
• Relevant technical degree or equivalent.
• GitHub Actions Development – Create and maintain GitHub Actions developed in-house.
• Python.
• GitHub reusable workflows.
• Consistent record of working in engineering technologies with technical expertise.
• Ability to develop and champion innovation opportunities.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Awareness of use case specific GenAI tools available in the market.
• Possess working knowledge of basic prompting techniques.
• Stay up-to-date with developments in AI and GenAI.

AstraZeneca is where innovation meets large-scale impact. We connect across the whole business to power each function to better influence patient outcomes. Our inclusive team brings together diverse areas and external partners, pooling from an unrivaled source of knowledge. We thrive on being exposed to multiple subject areas, constantly decoding business needs and applying our technical know-how to add greater value. Here, you can raise your personal profile while chipping in to improving lives across the world.

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

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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.