Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title - Associate Director - Enterprise Data Architecture
Career Level - F
Introduction to role
Our Enterprise Architecture Team is responsible for enterprise strategy and standards in Data and Data Search. We collaborate closely with data delivery teams across Business Technology Group (BTG) IT teams and data governance teams SET Area Data Offices (SEDO), supporting the build of AstraZeneca data products including Data Mesh and analytical solutions. Our global Enterprise Architecture (GEA) Practice specializes in Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Data Search, Data Modelling, and Data Analysis. We design key aspects of the data world for AstraZeneca across our global customer businesses, offering critical services focused on the search, ingestion, extraction, processing, transformation, transport, storage, and representation of knowledge. We use leading processes and methods to achieve enduring outcomes for projects and business-as-usual working, leading on enterprise-level, cross-organizational information architecture. The GEA practice is creating an exciting new role of Data Search Enterprise Architect to join our team and help us design and implement scalable and efficient search solutions for our data products. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining search architectures, algorithms, and frameworks that enable fast and accurate retrieval of data from various sources and formats. You will also collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and product managers to understand the business requirements and deliver high-quality search solutions.
Accountabilities
Design and develop search architectures, algorithms, and frameworks for data products
Optimize search performance, relevance, and accuracy
Implement and test search solutions using various technologies and tools
Monitor and troubleshoot search issues and anomalies
Research and evaluate new search technologies and trends
Document and communicate search best practices and standards
Integrate new systems and functions like security, performance, scalability, reliability, and data recovery
Research new opportunities and create methods to acquire search data
Gain approval from various stakeholders across AstraZeneca
Develop measures that ensure data accuracy, integrity, and accessibility for search
Continually monitor, refine, and report data management system performance for search
Drive across teams, time zones, and articulate data search architecture, strategy, and visions
Essential Skills/Experience
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent number of years of experience in a Computer Science or Data Management related field.
Experience in framing and delivering enterprise search data architecture/master and reference data management architectural thinking, and its practical application.
Experience in the use of conceptual and logical data search modelling technologies.
Experience in defining and working with Enterprise and data search regulatory governances.
The role holder will possess a blend of data search architecture/data design, analysis, and search engineering skills.
Experience in known industry IT architectural patterns and IT architecture ways of working/methodologies.
Understands data search Platforms concepts and cloud-based containerization strategies for hybrid cloud environments.
Understanding the appropriate data search structure and technology based on business use case and completely familiar with data lifecycles.
Data search visualization, data search migration, and data search modelling.
Relational database management systems
DBMS software, including SQL Server
Database and cloud computing design, architectures, and data lakes.
Hadoop technologies like Pig, Hive, and MapReduce.
Agile methodologies and enterprise resource planning implementation.
Machine learning, predictive modelling, and natural language processing.
Data mining and modelling tools.
Desirable Skills/Experience
Experience in a data search architect role with practical examples of designing and providing data engineering/architectural blueprints that have been implemented.
Experience in Agile data definition scrums.
Experience in the use of tooling, e.g. metadata cataloguing tools, data modelling tools, EA tools.
Understanding of or familiarity with Data Mesh approaches (as distinct from Data Fabric or Data Platform).
Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or C#
Experience with search platforms and frameworks such as Sinequa Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene, or Vespa
Programming languages including Java, Python, C/C++, as well as unified modelling language.
Application server software as well as backup and archival software.
Systems development lifecycle and project management.
Data management and reporting technologies, predictive analytics, data visualization, and unstructured data.
Applied mathematics and statistics.
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.
At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on 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. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems while driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now!
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.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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