ECT Engineer

Job Title: ECT Engineer

Career Level C3

Introduction to Role:

Join AstraZeneca a worldleading Pharmaceutical company operating in over 100 countries as an Associate Engineer in our large infrastructure support and maintenance function. This role offers the opportunity to work across several continents and be empowered to lead and take on more ownership.

Function/Team Collaboration Services reside in the Infrastructure organization in AZ IT under ETS Hybrid Operation.

The team is responsible for the following areas of IT:

• Document storage and Workflow services

  • Microsoft Office 365 (Mail SharePoint OneDrive Teams Forms Power Automate etc.)

  • Nintex DocuSign etc.

• Mail Calendar and Unified Communication

  • Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook Teams & Skype For Business etc.)

The Consultant will assist with the design development implementation and support of AstraZeneca IT Infrastructure technology. Working under guidance of more senior employees the role holder will be involved in analyzing requirements implementing components of solutions as well as supporting solution enhancements and maintenance which may require a close collaboration with third party suppliers. The Associate IT Infrastructure Engineer will adhere to the established AstraZeneca lifecycle methodology and practices. This may include maintaining program libraries and technical documentation of individual components within solutions.

Role and Responsibilities

• Develops technical expertise and shares knowledge as required with project teams working on the development implementation maintenance and improvement of IT Infrastructure Operations solutions

• Provides support in reviewing technical designs and ensuring adherence to the AZ Architecture Roadmap Information Services Strategy and HighLevel Designs as well as regulatory requirements and standards

• Assists in the preparation of business cases Request for Proposals supplier selection and evaluation of proposals

• Assists more senior employees in defining infrastructure solutions ensuring alignment with the target benefits and value expected

• Assists in the design development configuration and documentation of infrastructure components

• Provides support with performance analysis and document solution components

• Gathers and collates management reporting information on existing infrastructure solutions and services

• Performs maintenance and support activities routine analysis and evaluation on resource requirements necessary to maintain and/or expand service levels

• Supports investigations of problems within existing solutions utilizing ITIL V3.0 principles

• Must demonstrate the capability to identify and propose innovative solutions to improve service performance

Essential Skills and experience

• Higher education with demonstrated capability to perform in a complex IT environment

• Prior experience in an Information Services/Information Technology environment with good business acumen

• Experience of dealing with 3rd party suppliers

• Experience of working within a quality and compliance environment and application of policies procedures and guidelines

• Evidence of designing testing and maintaining solutions

• Experience of sharing knowledge/ information and implementing any changes

• Well versed in ITIL V3.0 practices and process

• Good communication skills supporting joint working with geographically remote colleagues

• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language and in alignment with AZ business

Desirable Skills and experience

• Degree level education in computer science or similar

• Good commercial awareness and understanding of the external market

• Demonstrate initiative strong customer orientation and crosscultural working

When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire lifechanging medicines. Inperson working gives us the platform we need to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were 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 we are committed to disrupting an industry and changing lives. Our work has a direct impact on patients transforming our ability to develop lifechanging medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working combining cuttingedge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and dataled enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth.

Are you ready to step up take ownership and make a real difference Apply now to join our team!

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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 industryleading 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 nondiscrimination in employment (and recruitment) as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.