Senior Consultant - IT DevOps Platform Engineer

Job Title: Senior Consultant - IT DevOps Platform Engineer

career Level - D1

Introduction to role

AstraZeneca is currently looking for a Functional Test Engineer to join our R&D IT: DPS Product Team to help support manage and maintain our Digital Patient Solutions comprising of Imaging eCOA Informed Consent applications with their numerous integration products. Our AZ Clinical systems are GxP compliant and are used across late science teams in all therapeutic areas. You will be part of our BizDevOps team working cross-functionally with other team members such as the Product Lead DevOps Lead Release Manager and other technical engineers.

Accountabilities

Facilitate key discussions with various stakeholders as requested by the system owner/platform lead and provide SME technical support on system testing of the Core applications - Imaging eCOA Informed Consent and any data integrations (in and out) of these systems.

Perform impact analysis for any change that happens on the DPS Product applications.

Work with business and perform risk assessment during change implementations/system upgrades or updates to integrations.

Follow and participate in the validation lifecycle for upgrades changes & new integrations.

Co-develop validation packages in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Provide support for code review and solutioning for downstream customer requirements including data extraction methods (SQL Webservices APIs).

Actively participate in business meetings and bring new ideas to the table.

Solve day-to-day incidents service requests and work towards incident-reduction and automation. Update Service Now (ticket management tool) for all events with respect to incidents service requests changes and problems.

Constantly thrive to learn and upskill according to the organizations goals and demands.

Create GxP Validation Test cases in Jira Xray for system/upgrade testing.

Perform validation test executions in Jira Xray for both system testing and regression testing.

Assist in creating or create UAT test cases that cover the essential business scenarios/use cases for the business.

Facilitate process requirements gathering: capturing user stories requirement analysis data analysis programming database management and systems integration.

Essential Skills/Experience

- Extensive experience of using Medidata EDC - Study build edit checks programming deployment to production and migration

• Experience in working in Digital patient solutions (like Imaging eCOA Informed Consent)
• Experience and knowledge in working in Integration EDC IRT VCV 3DP across products
• Knowledge on system validation process - Testing
• Experience in preparing GxP documentations
• Must have strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Experience in ITIL process and can perform tasks such as incident change problem etc.
• Working experience in clinical standard and data collection clinical data conversion or clinical data programming/testing.
• Understanding of CDASH SDTM ADaM CDISC controlled Terminology and FDA/ICH guidelines for clinical study data
• Effective in stakeholder management translating technical concepts and working within team environments.
• Skilled in project management basics and creating clear technical documentation like design document.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Hands-on knowledge in agile management tools
• Hands-on experience in performing system testing including authoring and executing test cases
• Passion for learning innovating and delivering valuable software to people.
• Any other programming languages/technical skills e.g: Python JAVA etc.
• Knowledge of other Medidata products and/or Cloud
• EDC testing (Rave/Inform/Veeva) experience.

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. 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.

Working at AstraZeneca means being part of a team that has a direct impact on patients lives 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 and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Here you can innovate take ownership and run with it while being supported all the way.

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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.