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 -Senior consultant - Data Engineer
Career Level - D1
Introduction to role:
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. The Science & Enabling Units IT is AZ’s global IT capability function supporting key business areas operating out of sites across the US, UK, Sweden, India & Mexico. We are looking for a passionate Data Engineer who will leverage tools and technology best practices to improve delivery performance and data engineering capabilities in the D&A space.
Accountabilities:
- Provide data engineering (ETL, Data Products, Reports) support to R&D IT portfolio
- Deliver cost-effective solutions to support data engineering activities, for example ETL data workflows using Snowflake, Python/Lambda
- Test and quality assess new D&A solutions to ensure they are fit for release: code assurance, Unit and System Integration Testing, Data testing, release management control, and support of UAT processes
- Ensure that business data and information assets are made available as data services and artefacts for consumption by the wider AZ enterprise
Essential Skills/Experience:
- Experience of working with a range of data analytics architectures. These may include traditional warehousing, distributed computing, visualization analytics
- Good experience of ETL & cloud techniques, and tools (we currently use AWS-based Python, Terraform, Glue, Lambda, S3, SQS, APIs, Step Functions)
- Experience in ETL best practices for error handling, optimization, job layout, job design and naming conventions
- First class SQL writing skills
- Familiar with using version control (branching, merging etc), ideally Git. Knowledge of working with project branches, merging them, publishing, and deploying code to runtime environments
- Experience and familiarity with data models and artefacts
- Any DB experience like Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Athena / Glue
- Interpret data, process data, analyze results and provide ongoing support of productionized applications
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to resolve production issues
- Understanding of business area/process in scope
- Willing to work in a cross-cultural environment across multiple time zones. Ability to work effectively independently or as part of a team to achieve objectives.
- Eager to learn and develop new tech skills as required
- Good written and verbal skills, fluent English
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Domain knowledge (processes & data): Pharma R&D
- Any regulatory experience such as GxP
- Amazon Web Services: Connecting, loading, and reading data from AWS database technologies like Athena, Glue, Aurora, AWS Redshift, PostgresSQL, S3
- MS Power BI knowledge or any other reporting tools
- Agile/Scrum process
- ITIL knowledge
- Experience in Python/lambda/Snowflake
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 and data. Here you can innovate and take ownership while being supported all the way. Diverse minds work cross-functionally and inclusively together to drive 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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