Senior Consultant - Observabilty

Job Title: Senior Consultant - Observability

Career Level: D2

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of data engineering? We are seeking a talented observability engineer to join our DataOps team. Your mission? To deliver visual insights that empower our Data Engineers, making observability a standard tool in their arsenal. If you're a self-motivated individual with the ability to design, develop, and support enterprise-grade observability solutions for real-time and statistical analysis visualizations, we want you on our team!

Accountabilities:

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

- Gathering and documenting requirements

- Architecting integrated solutions

- Designing, developing, and deploying observability solutions

- Creating compelling visualizations and storytelling

- Marketing and promoting the solution

- Troubleshooting and performance tuning

Essential Skills/Experience:

The candidate should have strong technical knowledge and experience in one or both of the following:

- Hands-on experience in Observability tool like Acceldata, MonteCarlo

- Having an experience in setting up Observability CoE from scratch in prior organisation is an added advantage.

- Statistical time series analysis and visualization in tools such as PowerBI and MicroStrategy

and/or

- Real-time status reporting and visualization in tools such as Splunk, Grafana and Kibana.

- Knowledge on Pipeline, Infrastructure and Cost Observability capability

- Knowledge on Data Quality tool will be an added advantage.

Within these two category of tools the following experience and skills are required:

- Strong knowledge of which type of reports are best suited to each application

- Excellent technical skills in ingesting relevant data from different sources

- Excellent technical skills in developing database schemas suitable for reporting

- Excellent technical skills in developing visualizations

- Ability to automate the provisioning and configuration of observability solutions using APIs

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Experience of what visualizations would be of benefit to the DevOps data engineer

- Understanding of how generic reports can be tailored to project specific needs

- Database knowledge around Relational and NoSQL database technologies.

- Experience working with AWS, Azure and GCP

- DAMA certification would be an added advantage.

Additional Skills and Experience:

- Excellent written and oral communication skills.

- Ability to work effectively independently or as part of a team to achieve objectives.

- Experience of working in agile teams using methodologies such as SCRUM and/or SAFe.

- A self-starter with high levels of drive, energy and resilience.

- Eager to learn and develop new technology skills as required.

- Working with AI and/or ML to analyse and prepared data for visualisation.

Qualifications and experience:

- At least 4 – 6 years’ experience working with observability tools like Acceldata, MonteCarlo.

- Certified/experienced in at least one of the following: PowerBI, Splunk, Kibana, Grafana.

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, your 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. With a passion for data, analytics, AI, machine learning, and more, we drive cross-company change to disrupt the industry. Our dynamic environment offers countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether exploring new technologies or transforming roles forever. Be part of a team that innovates, disrupts an industry, and changes lives.

Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now and be part of our journey!

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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.