Data Engineer - Veeva Vault

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 Engineer

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the overall data architecture and integrations of Amgen’s Veeva Vault Platform. This role involves defining the data integrations vision, creating roadmaps, and ensuring that IT strategies align with business goals. The role will be working closely with collaborators to understand requirements, develop data integration blueprints, and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. The role will be involved in defining the Veeva Vault Platform data integration, guiding technology decisions, and ensuring that all implementations adhere to established architectural principles, Veeva’s and the Industry’s best practices.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with boarder collaborator community with their data needs, including data quality, data access controls, compliance with privacy and security regulations.
• Works with Enterprise MDM and Reference Data to enforce standards and data reusability.
• Contribute and support consistency to data governance principles.
• Maintain documentation on data definitions, data flows, common data models, data harmonization etc. .
• Partner with business teams to identify compliance requirements with data privacy, security, and regulatory policies for the assigned domains
• Build strong relationships with key business leads and partners to ensure their needs are met.
• Be a key team member that assists in design and development of the data pipeline for Veeva Vault platform
• Create data pipelines and ensure data quality by implementing ETL processes to migrate and deploy data across systems
• Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration solutions
• Take ownership of data pipeline projects from inception to deployment, manage scope, timelines, and risks
• Identify and resolve complex data-related challenges
• Explore new tools and technologies that will help to improve ETL platform performance
• Participate in sprint planning meetings and provide estimations on technical implementation
• Work with data engineers on data quality assessment, data cleansing and data analytics
• Share and discuss findings with team members practicing SAFe Agile delivery model
• Automate and Optimize data pipeline and framework for easier and cost-effective development process.
• Advice and support project teams (project managers, architects, business analysts, and developers) on cloud platforms (AWS, Databricks preferred), tools, technology, and methodology related to the design, build scalable, efficient and maintain Data Lake and other Big Data solutions
• Experience developing in an Agile development environment, and comfortable with Agile terminology and ceremonies.
• Stay up to date with the latest data technologies and trends.

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s degree and 5 to 7years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 7 to 9 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience with Veeva Vault Platform and Products, including Veeva configuration settings and custom builds.
• Good understanding of architecting Veeva Vault Platforms/Products.
• Strong knowledge of Data lake technologies like Databricks, and etc.
• Experience in Mulesoft, Python script and REST API script development.
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks, technologies and methodologies.
• Experience with system integration and IT infrastructure.
• Experience with data, change, and technology governance processes on the platform level.
• Experience working in agile methodology, including Product Teams and Product Development models.
• Proficiency in designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
• Have collaborator and team management skills.
• Can lead and guide multiple teams to meet business needs and goals.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript etc.
• Good understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Familiarity with relational databases (such as MySQL, SQL server, PostgreSQL etc.)
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript or other programming languages
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Experience with ETL Tools (Informatica, Databricks).
• Experience with API integrations such as MuleSoft.
• Solid understanding & Proficiency in writing SQL queries.
• Hands on experience on reporting tools such as Tableau, Spotfire & Power BI.

Professional Certifications:

• Veeva Vault Platform Administrator or Equivalent Vault Certification (Mandatory)
• SAFe for Teams (Preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

Shift Information:

This position requires you to work a later shift and may be assigned a second or third shift schedule. Candidates must be willing and able to work during evening or night shifts, as required based on business requirements.

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.