Data Platform Lead

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

Role Name: Data Platform Lead

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Data Platform Lead

About Amgen

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today. 

What you will do

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Act as a platform lead for delivery of data platform capabilities that enable next-gen data platform architecture, with a strong focus on Databricks platform and DQ platform features and services.
• Evaluate and enable Databricks platform capabilities through technical assessments and proof‑of‑concepts (PoCs), ensuring alignment with next-gen data platform architectural patterns and enterprise standards.
• Design, build, and productionize reusable platform frameworks, accelerators, and reference implementations that can be leveraged by next-gen data platform delivery teams (excluding ownership of data pipeline architecture or implementation).
• Enable data governance, metadata layer, and data bundle capabilities by designing and implementing platform‑level integrations between Databricks and Collibra, Amgen’s enterprise data governance platform.
• Build platform‑level tooling and automation to support proactive governance, cost optimization, and best‑practice enforcement across Databricks and related data platform services.
• Define and enable platform observability capabilities, including KPIs, metrics, and telemetry for monitoring performance, usage, reliability, and cost of Databricks services.
• Identify and implement governed self‑service platform capabilities for data engineers through self-service portal, using Python‑based microservices deployed on Docker and Kubernetes.
• Lead user enablement and adoption initiatives, including onboarding content, guided learning experiences, workshops, and best‑practice sharing for the Databricks user community.
• Drive engineering excellence and adoption of AI across platform capabilities and solutions built, promoting modern engineering practices, automation, and responsible use of AI‑driven features.
• Enable key business programs and strategic initiatives by translating initiative‑driven requirements into scalable, reusable data platform capabilities, in alignment with next-gen data platform principles.
• Collaborate closely with Enterprise Data Architecture (EDA), governance, platform operations, and delivery teams to ensure platform capabilities are aligned, consumable, and enterprise‑ready.

What we expect of you

 Basic Qualifications and Experience: 

• Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering field and 8 to 13 years of relevant experience

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong hands‑on experience with various capabilities of Databricks, from Compute to Storage and from Unity Catalog to Data Engineering to BI and AI/ML capabilities, with a focus on governance and enterprise enablement.
• Proven hands‑on experience with cloud platforms, with strong preference for AWS (experience with Azure or GCP also acceptable).
• Experience leading Data Quality platform initiatives (e.g., Ataccama, Monte Carlo), including tool evaluation, implementation, enterprise-wide adoption, and integration with enterprise DQ solutions.
• Experience owning and managing Databricks platform environments, including workspace architecture, environment strategy (dev/test/prod), and lifecycle management at scale
• Proven ability to establish and enforce platform standards and operating models, including cluster policies, cost management, and workload orchestration frameworks
• Strong focus on platform enablement and developer experience, including building reusable frameworks, defining best practices, and supporting engineering teams in adopting the platform effectively
• Exposure to AI/ML capabilities on Databricks, including enabling AI‑driven features or accelerating adoption of AI‑assisted engineering practices.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and relational / dimensional data modelling, sufficient to support platform integrations, governance, and observability use cases.
• Experience working with core AWS services such as EKS, EC2, S3, Lambda, Glue, EMR, RDS, and Redshift/Spectrum, particularly in platform or shared‑services contexts.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to design scalable, reusable solutions for complex data platform challenges.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments, with exposure to tools such as Jira or Jira Align.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience contributing to or enabling self‑service platforms or portals (front‑end or API‑driven), including collaboration with front‑end teams (e.g., React‑based portals).
• Proficiency in Python‑based microservices development, including designing and deploying APIs and services that enable platform capabilities.
• Experience building platform APIs and services with Databricks SDKs and REST APIs for provisioning, managing, or governing Databricks environments and managing workspaces, clusters, jobs, users, permissions, and related platform features.
• Experience with DQ platforms like Ataccama or Monte Carlo used in association with Data Engineering platforms.
• Familiarity with platform observability, telemetry, or cost‑optimization patterns for large‑scale data platforms.
• Experience enabling data governance, metadata, or lineage integrations between data platforms and enterprise governance tools (e.g., Collibra).
• Experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases and vector databases, particularly in the context of LLM‑enabled or AI‑assisted platform solutions.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and Kubernetes/EKS, and applying these practices to enterprise platform services.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including version control, automated testing, continuous integration, and production‑grade design.
• Certifications (preferred but not required):
  • AWS Certified Data Engineer
  • Databricks Certification
  • SAFe Agile Certification

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate platform concepts, trade‑offs, and best practices to senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong platform‑oriented problem‑solving mindset, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical, governance, and integration challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of translating technical platform concepts into clear, business‑relevant language for diverse audiences.
• Collaborative and globally minded, with experience working effectively across architecture, governance, platform, and delivery teams.
• Self‑motivated and proactive, demonstrating ownership in driving engineering excellence, platform maturity, and adoption outcomes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast‑paced environments while maintaining high standards for quality, reliability, and reusability.
• Team‑oriented with a growth mindset, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement, modern engineering practices, and responsible AI adoption.
• Strong planning and execution skills, with the ability to estimate, plan, and deliver platform capabilities across multiple initiatives.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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GCF Level

GCF Level 05

Career Category

Information Systems

Position Type

Full time

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