Software Engineer 2

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We are seeking a highly organized and proactive individual to join our Field Enablement team within CBIT in Hyderabad. This position is for a primary Veeva CRM administrator (from offshore) who has a strong hands-on technical administration & development experience in Salesforce.com & Veeva CRM. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in Software Development and Data Engineering. If you want an exciting and rewarding career that is meaningful, consider joining our diverse team!

Key Responsibilities:

• Strong hands-on technical administration, development experience in Salesforce.com & Veeva CRM (Configuration & Customization covering Security models, Profiles, Objects, Pages, Apex, Components, Workflows, Triggers, Flows, SSO, Permission Sets, Reports/dashboards, APEX Data loader and out of the box Integrations).
• Work closely with other offshore leads to help for the growth plan and groom new talent hires from the local market.
• Regularly connect with the onshore counterpart and the other peers across other delivery centers globally and ensure all the deliverables are aligned to the final delivery goals.
• Strong technical expertise to support architecture, design, build, assemble tech components, testing and deployment for variety of business requirements.
• Strong desire/capability to quickly learn new technologies, self-contribute & able to lead a small group of developers (3-5) from offshore and should be able to effectively coordinate with other technical resources in onshore/nearshore across different locations globally.
• Build and leverage reusable code & libraries for global harmonization and future reuse/extension.
• Partner with the testing team to ensure applications/components are fully functional.
• Review, track, and fix any defects or performance problems discovered in testing.
• Should be able to effectively coordinate with all stakeholders (cross-functional teams) and instrument for the best-in-class solution implementations.
• Should be able to work directly with multiple stakeholders and work on multiple tasks/projects simultaneously from technical perspective.
• Analyze existing processes and make best practice & improvement recommendations to streamline any of the existing processes which should be harmonized globally.
• Should be able to demonstrate and explain the functionality outcome of solution implementations.
• Should be able to clearly document Knowledge Base Docs, SOPs, Solutions, and guidelines for local and global teams.
• Effective and clear communication from/to the technical team for any issues that may affect the deliverables & timelines.
• Coordinate and ensure all the standard documentations such as SDD, Configuration tracker, Deployment checklists, Change Requests, Testing, ITQM, SIS/SIP, etc. are documented and continuously maintained.
• Ensure to effectively use the CI/CD processes to streamline and integrate with the Agile ways of working/delivery.
• Ensure to follow all the best practices in every stage of SDLC, and consistent architecture practices across deliverables using IT operating model and EA frameworks are followed by instituting the Configuration management principles on the Veeva commercialization.
• Provide technical expertise, guidance & coaching to the technical team.
• Should be able to coordinate for code and quality management reviews.
• Partner with the upstream & downstream Integration teams for the end-to-end implementations.
• Should be able to closely work with multiple peers spread across different locations globally (BMS and Service providers).

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5 years of total IT experience in Software Development, Administration and Support.
• 4 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce.com through Configuration & Customization covering Security models, Profiles, Objects, Pages, Apex, Components, Workflows, Triggers, Flows, SSO, Permission Sets, Reports/dashboards, APEX Data-loader, and any Integrations.
• 3 years of experience in (i) Software Development Life Cycle methodologies including Agile and Waterfall, (ii) different testing standards and guidelines, (iii) Validated and regulated systems in Life Science domain, and (iv) Cloud and native applications.
• 1 year of experience in implementation/working of SFDC Lightning.
• At least 2 active SFDC Certifications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and communication skills.

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:

• Working experience in Veeva CRM through Configuration & Customization covering the major CRM functionalities - such as Account management, Affiliations, Product Metrics, MCCP, Sampling, Approved Email, Engage Capabilities, Product management, User & Territory Management, Media contents, Call/eMIRF Recording, Suggestions, Surveys and iRep configurations.
• Prior experience in life sciences, healthcare, or related industry.
• Experience using any CI/CD tool & processes to manage end-to-end development/deployment cycle.
• Veeva CRM Certification.
• Veeva Vault Certification/experience.
• Experience using any of industry standard Agile tooling suites (e.g., Jira), and working knowledge in requirement grooming sessions, Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective, tasks creation, and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships with a broad matrix team and ability to influence others and achieve results.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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