At GSK Architecture is transforming Tech and it is an exciting time to be part of the team.
The Data Solution Architect is a key role in our Information architecture journey. The Architect is accountable for providing information architecture capability across a set of products at the Business Unit level, ensuring Tech business process strategies, technologies, projects and services are aligned to the intent of the wider enterprise and bring maximum value to GSK at the minimum practical cost.
Job Description:
The Architect is a key role that working with the Data & Analytics team and Director, Domain Architect will contribute to next generation data strategy, technical data solutions architecture and development and implementation of new data standards.
You will play a central role in design, build & integration of all emerging technologies and cutting-edge data and analytics solutions across data ecosystem for Vx.
You will define target information architectures for the business that translate and implement Product Strategies & Roadmaps as aligned to wider strategies (e.g. Cloud Strategy) incl. collaboration with the Platforms group.
This includes but not limited to :
- The business requirements for data quality, processing and reporting
- The strategy for data collection, management & maintenance
- The conceptual-level data design (e.g. business information models)
- Data lifecycle management, including archival, of data
You will develop and maintain conceptual and logical data models and enforce the implementation of right architecture standards with emphasis on improving the completeness and accuracy of the information we use to ensure one version of the truth.
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for engineers with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Graduate in science, engineering, computing or similar subject area or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years as an architect (cloud, data, etc.) with demonstrated expertise in emerging technologies and data technology platforms as well as applying this knowledge in designing, implementing and handling business process area technologies / Products
- Experience with data modelling and distributed data architecture concepts, knowledge of agile and DevOps development methodology.
- Experience of the cloud data components like DataBricks, Azure DW/Synapse etc.
- Hands-on knowledge of the Big Data technologies (f.ex: Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Kafka, Python, Shell Scripts).
- Familiarity with ETL, data pipeline development and data cleansing with large-scale, complex data-sets
- Ability to work in close partnership with other IT functions such as IT security, compliance, infrastructure, etc. as well as partner closely with business stakeholders in the commercial and digital organizations to maintain the architecture in line with legal policies.
- Excellent written / oral communication skills.
- Understanding of continuous improvement and how it applies to design/architectural methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Product configuration experience preferably with certification in respective areas of expertise (e.g ERP/SAP Certification)
- Knowledge Graph (neo4j, GRAKN)
- Experience deploying data catalogues and master data solutions in a large enterprise.
- Knowledge of external & internal standard methodologies relevant to aligned process area & products being supported (e.g. Manufacturing, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Commercial Operations, etc.)
Why GSK?
Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture. These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork
Benefits:
- Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
- Contract of employment
- Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit)
- Life insurance and pension plan
- Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible
- Sports cards (Multisport)
- Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure
- Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online trainings’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external trainings)
- Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & wellbeing activities)
- Supportive community and integration events
- Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday
- Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers