Director, Data Engineering - Nuernberg, Deutschland - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Nuernberg, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

About AstraZeneca
At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.

If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person.

Oncology Data Science

The Oncology Data Science - Data, Analytics, and AI Platforms (ODSP) team comprises multiple groups across the Cambridge UK, Boston MA, Gaithersburg MD, and Munich DE sites.

ODSP develops technology, software, and data infrastructure to advance our Oncology data science. Our vision is to evolve data science into a driver of innovation within Oncology.

We do this by creating a strategic culture that values our
data as a true business asset, organizing our data so that it's
accessible and
easy to find, integrated, and re-usable for Humans & AI, and building the best
computational tools to
support scientific decision making.

What you'll do

The Oncology Data Science Platforms Team is delivering the FAIR data foundation of clinical, molecular and biosamples data to the Oncology data consumers (scientists, bioinformaticians, data scientists etc.).

In your role you'll lead a team of data engineers building scalable data pipelines that realize a seamless multimodal data flow from A to Z across our data infrastructure in order to accelerate data science and insight generation at Oncology R&D.

Responsibilities:

Develop and implement data engineering strategies, that align with the overall business objectives of the company; Identify key data engineering challenges, recommending solutions, and implementing best practices
Manage a team of data engineers, including task assignment, progress tracking, and performance evaluation; drive the development of guidelines and best practices and enable your team to build these into their daytoday deliveries
Design and implement data pipelines, that can extract, transform, and load data from various sources into the company's data warehouses while ensuring full data lineage trail and data monitoring
Implement data quality and validation processes to ensure that the data is accurate, complete, and consistent; work with the data governance team to implement data standards, policies, and procedures to maintain data integrity.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including researchers, data scientists, business analysts, and IT professionals

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential for the role:

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
At least 810 years of experience in data engineering, with at least 23 years in a team lead role.
Proficiency in database technologies: SQL. Familiarity with NoSQL, and Graph are a plus; Knowledge of data modeling and database design principles.
Experience in Unix/Linux systems, HPC (High performance Computing, Cloud Computing and data pipelines tools such as Apache Airflow, NiFi, or AWS Data Pipeline, Hadoop, Spark, etc.
Understanding of software development, testing and quality processes, experience with testing frameworks and documentation
Experience in the pharmaceutical, life sciences industry, or other regulated environments is a plus.
Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Desirable for the role:

Experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry is a plus.
Familiarity with FAIR data principles and experience in implementing them is a plus
Experience with Graph database technologies is a plus

Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We're on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what's next?

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.

Competitive salary and benefits package on offer.

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