Specialist IS Architect

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.

Specialist IS Architect

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will responsible for developing and maintaining the overall IT architecture of the organization. In this role you will be responsible for designing and implementing information system architectures to support business needs. You will analyze requirements, develop architectural designs, evaluate technology solutions, and ensure alignment with industry best practices and standards. You will be working closely with collaborators to understand requirements, develop architectural blueprints, and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. Architects will be involved in defining the enterprise architecture strategy, guiding technology decisions, and ensuring that all IT projects adhere to established architectural principles.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives for Corporate Functions data architecture. Collaborating closely with business clients and key collaborators to align solutions with strategic objectives.
• Create and maintain architectural roadmaps that guide the evolution of IT systems and capabilities for Corporate Functions data architecture
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, policies, and governance frameworks
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the solution architecture
• Identify and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring that IT systems are scalable, secure, and resilient
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of the architecture, including principles, standards, and models
• Drive continuous improvement in the architecture by finding opportunities for innovation and efficiency
• Work with partners to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that solutions meet both business and technical needs
• Ensure seamless integration between systems and platforms, both within the organization and with external partners
• Design systems that can scale to meet growing business needs and performance demands
• Deliver high-quality Salesforce solutions using LWC, Apex, Flows and other Salesforce technologies.
• Ensure alignment to established standard methodologies and definitions of done, maintaining high-quality standards in work
• Create architectural design and data model as per business requirements and Salesforce standard methodologies
• Proactively identify technical debt and collaborate with the Principal Architect and Product Owner to prioritize and address it effectively
• Negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the product teams and third-party service providers
• Build relationships and work with product teams; contribute to broader goals and growth beyond the scope of a single or your current project

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Doctorate degree / Master's degree / Bachelor's degree and 8 to 13 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong architectural design and modeling skills
• Proficiency in Salesforce Health Cloud / Service Cloud implementation for a Call Center
• Solid hands-on experience of implementing Salesforce Configurations, Apex, LWC and integrations
• Solid understanding of declarative tools like Flows and Process Builder
• Proficiency in using Salesforce tools such as Data Loader, Salesforce Inspector to query, manipulate and export data
• Experience in developing differentiated and deliverable solutions
• Ability to analyze client requirements and translate them into solutions
• Ability to train and guide junior developers in standard methodologies
• Familiarity with Agile practices such as User Story Creation and, sprint planning
• Experience creating proofs of concept (PoCs) to validate new ideas or backlog items.

Professional Certifications:

• Salesforce Admin
• Salesforce Advanced Administrator
• Salesforce Platform Developer 1 (Mandatory)
• Salesforce Platform Developer 2
• Platform Builder
• Salesforce Application Architect
• Salesforce Health Cloud Accredited Professional (Preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated awareness of how to function in a team setting
• Demonstrated awareness of presentation skills

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.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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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.