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: Lead Consultant - Network Reliability
GCL: E
Introduction to role
The NRE Lead Consultant will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of network technology at AstraZeneca. You will be responsible for the implementation, operation, and optimization of all network products, ensuring they meet the highest standards. Collaborating closely with Network Product Engineering, TSM teams, and other technology teams such as Cyber Security, Cloud, and Workplace Enterprise Services, you will deliver resilient network services to our customers.
Accountabilities
Scope
- In collaboration with relevant stakeholders, ensure that technology-based solutions and services are fully supported by the right architectures, systems, and operating models.
- Lead all aspects of Network Services including Projects, Operations, Optimization, Automation, and Security.
- Partner with cross-technology teams to innovate, develop, and deploy Next Gen Wireless Network, LAN/WAN, Cloud, Security, and conferencing and collaboration technology solutions.
- Understand evolving work trends in design, engineering, and modeling applications to support underlying network infrastructure.
- Participate in a NetDevOps operating model to accelerate change delivery.
- Work on Service improvement activities and complete them within target dates.
Responsibilities
- Own network implementation, operations, reliability, and processes, translating AZ's strategic vision into Network solution engineering.
- Demonstrate proficiency in one or more technology domains to solve complex and mission-critical problems.
- Perform regular audits to proactively identify and remediate network risks or issues.
- Evaluate business requirements and identify solutions for applying business, information, and technology elements to solve specific problems.
- Influence portfolio investments for key technology solutions in line with strategic roadmaps.
- Ensure network operational support at scale for Block, Object, and File both on-premises and in the public cloud.
- Collaborate with the automation team to design, code, test, and deliver software to automate repetitive and manual operational work.
- Troubleshoot priority incidents, engage in blameless postmortems, and ensure permanent closure of incidents.
- Develop software for reliability and scale with minimal refactoring or changes.
- Successfully implement infrastructure weekend changes in product and environment.
- Identify gaps between applicable requirements and current procedures/controls; drive resolution of mitigating controls.
- Develop and implement solutions that strengthen business operating models, enhance client experience, and improve efficiency and controls.
- Work with business partners to design and implement enhancements to existing processes or business applications.
- Prepare high-quality CRD, HLD, and LLD design documents.
- Sequence activities, schedule tasks, and prepare project plans.
- Plan and conduct meticulous wireless network tests and generate detailed test reports from performance, security, scale, and resiliency perspectives.
- Design and implement wireless solutions in multi-tenant environments.
- Possess good knowledge of public cloud connectivity including Cloud exchange, direct connect, Express route to Public Cloud providers.
Essential Skills/Experience
- CCIE/CCNP or equivalent certification with a minimum of 10+ years of relevant working experience, including the last 5 years in large-scale network architecture design implementation and support network deployment, implementation, and operations.
- TOGAF or equivalent and ITIL certifications are an added advantage.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex technological ideas to a non-technical audience.
- Ability to analyze and resolve project-related issues.
- Ability to work in a high-paced environment, be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize, and prioritize work.
- Significant experience working with vendors, professional services, and providers.
- Automation-first approach.
- In-depth technical hands-on experience in one or more of the following capabilities: SD-WAN, Wireless, Network Security, DC, Cloud Networking or Network Automation.
- Deep technical knowledge in high availability design, implementation, optimization, and operations.
- Experience working in large enterprises is an added advantage.
- Agile Enterprise mentality.
- Self-starter who continuously develops new skills and proactively leads own career development.
- Excellent influencing, networking, and collaborative working skills.
- Ability to work well in and lead/collaborate across diverse matrixed global teams.
AstraZeneca is at a crucial stage of its journey to become a digital and data-led enterprise. Our work directly impacts patients by redefining our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We combine cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us to innovate, take ownership of your projects, explore new solutions with innovative technology, and tackle challenges that have never been addressed before. With countless opportunities to learn and grow in a dynamic environment backed by significant investment.
Ready to make an impact? 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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