Assoc. Dir. Ddit Ies Cloud Engineering

Summary Responsible for designing and developing a cutting-edge AI and Generative AI infrastructure on AWS Cloud platform and COLO tailored for pharmaceutical business use-cases The platform will facilitate Biomedical research scientists and other business users for early molecule development and other research activities by providing robust scalable and secure computing resources Major accountabilities Architect and Design Lead the design and architecture of an GPU based AI infrastructure platform with a focus on supporting Generative AI workloads and advanced analytics for pharma business use-cases like BioNeMo Alpha Fold ESM Fold Open Fold ProtGPT and NVIDIA Clara suite Platform Development Work with Biomedical research scientists to develop and implement technical solutions for ML Ops Run AI hosted on K8 EKS cluster Data Management Oversee the design and implementation of data storage retrieval and processing pipelines ensuring the efficient handling of large datasets including genomics and chemical compound data Security and Compliance In collaboration with cloud domain security architects implement robust security measures for multi-cloud environment and ensure compliance with relevant industry standards particularly in handling business sensitive data Collaboration Work closely with Biomedical research Data scientists and other business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical solutions Performance Optimization Optimize the performance and cost-efficiency of the platform including monitoring and scaling resources as needed Innovation Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in AI and cloud infrastructure continuously exploring new ways to enhance the platform s capabilities Key performance indicators Delivery on agreed KPIs including business impact Launch of innovative technology solutions across Novartis at scale Business impact and value generated from IES solutions Adoption and development of Agile Productization and DevSecOps practices Operations stability and effective risk management Feedback on customer experience Minimum Requirements Education Certification Bachelor s degree in Information Technology Computer Science or Engineering AWS Solution Architect certification - professional Work Experience 8 years of strong technical hands-on experience of delivering infrastructure and platform services across geographic and business boundaries Working experience on GPU based AI Infrastructure Experience in NVIDIA DGX Infra is highly preferred Deep understanding of Architecture and Design of Platform Engineering products with focus mainly on Data science ML Ops and Bio science or Pharma Gen AI foundational models Experience in NVIDIA BioNeMo or Clara is highly preferred Extensive experience in building infra solutions on AWS particularly with services like AWS Bedrock Amazon Q SageMaker ECS EKS Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes Experience with DevOps practices and tools including CI CD pipelines infrastructure as code IaC and monitoring solutions Excellent skills in collaborating with business users Product team Operationalizing the delivered products and working closely with Security for implementing compliance Good knowledge on implementing well defined industry standard Change management process for platform its products Have a well-structured Use-case onboarding process Should ensure to have documentation for Platform products and implementations done Experience with DevOps Orchestration Configuration Continuous Integration Management technologies Good understanding of High Availability and Disaster Recovery concepts for infrastructure Ability to analyze and resolve complex infrastructure resource and application deployment issues Skills Competencies Comfortable being the first line of defense in the event of an outage capable of working with multiple vendors to arrive at a solution ASAP - Good at mitigating the outage to keep our business running Has one eye on cost and one eye on the needs of the team Track record of delivering projects on time and on budget passion for coding and good oral and written communication skills Continues to iterate on Architecture to improve performance reliability durability flexibility Need someone who can make a contribution day one and hit the ground running Comfortable with ambiguity knows when to call a meeting to get in alignment and knows when it s time to just get things done Proven track record working with multinational teams Good presentation and communication skills written spoken Languages Excellent written presentation and verbal communication skills Languages Fluent in English written spoken additional languages a plus Why consider Novartis Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world How can we achieve this With our people It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions Be a part of this mission and join us Learn more here https www novartis com about strategy people-and-culture Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Novartis is committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve Join our Novartis Network If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities join the Novartis Network here https talentnetwork novartis com network Skills Desired Agile Project Management Business Partnering Change Management IT Service Delivery Performance Management