System Engineer/Architect

Job Description

To our technology center in Prague, alternatively to Hyderabad we are looking for a System Engineer/Architect. At our company, we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. We're at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. Join our team and use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.

Responsibilities

• Conduct architecture evaluations and collaborate with delivery squads to develop business solution architectures that fit the business needs

• Define and implement integrations to systems and solutions that meet business requirements

• Communicate with all stakeholders, including internal and external developers, end-users, product line/product owners and architects. Update stakeholders on the status of product development processes

• Establish information architecture standards and practices across capability areas (data collection, ontology creation, data mapping, taxonomies)

• Analyze data landscape across enterprise and assess health/risks of current state

• Design and implement AWS cloud solutions for genomics and chemistry research

• Develop and maintain data governance frameworks for our research & development division

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and security

• Provide technical leadership and guidance on best practices for cloud architecture

• Analyze and optimize existing systems to improve performance and scalability

Requirements (Education minimum requirements subject to change based on country.)

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field

• Information and solution architecture / Requirements Management / System Engineering / Data Management / Data Science

• Proven experience with AWS cloud architecture

• Experience in data governance ideally in R&D data governance

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Strong understanding of genomics and chemistry data

• Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA)

• Certifications in AWS or related technologies

• Experience with technologies like Collibra, python, R, R-Shiny

• Used to work in agile way of and using tools like GitHub, JIRA, Confluence

• Used to work remotely in global environments and different cultures

Our Offer (Please note, the primary location is Czechia, benefits in other location may vary.)

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment 

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally 

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern 

• Pension and health insurance contributions 

• Internal reward system plus referral programme 

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution 

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card 

• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes 

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone 

• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, library, music corner 

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more 

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Job Posting End Date:

04/21/2025

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