Integration Engineer

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at .

This position is based in Bangalore, India. We recognize the importance of work/life balance & believe in optimizing the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver.

Purpose and Scope:

As an Integration Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure. Your expertise in MuleSoft, Talend, Databricks, PySpark, SQL and other related technologies, will be instrumental in driving data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will play a pivotal role in building maintaining and enhancing our systems across the organization. This is a fantastic global opportunity to use your proven agile delivery skills across a diverse range of initiatives, utilize your development skills, and contribute to the continuous improvement/delivery of critical IT solutions.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Data Integration Pipeline Development: Design, build, and optimize data integration pipelines using appropriate tools. Ensure data quality, reliability, and scalability.
• Mentorship and Leadership: Lead and mentor junior data engineers. Share best practices, provide technical guidance, and foster a culture of continuous learning.
• Data Strategy Contribution: Contribute to the organization's data strategy by identifying opportunities for data-driven insights and improvements.
• Participate in smaller focused mission teams to deliver value driven solutions aligned to our global and bold move priority initiatives and beyond.
• Design, develop and implement robust and scalable data analytics using modern technologies.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams and practices across the organization including Commercial, Manufacturing, Medical, DataX, GrowthX and support other X (transformation) Hubs and Practices as appropriate, to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Provide Technical Support to internal users troubleshooting complex issues and ensuring system uptime as soon as possible.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives identifying opportunities to optimize performance security and maintainability of existing data and platform architecture and other technology investments.
• Participate in the continuous delivery pipeline. Adhering to DevOps best practices for version control automation and deployment. Ensuring effective management of the FoundationX backlog.
• Leverage your knowledge of data engineering principles to integrate with existing data pipelines and explore new possibilities for data utilization.
• Stay-up to date on the latest trends and technologies in data engineering and cloud platforms.

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field (or equivalent experience.)
• 3-5+ years of experience in building/operating data integrations
• Very strong SQL skills and a proven track record of delivering business value
  3-5+ years of experience of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). A deeper understanding/certification of AWS and Azure is considered a plus

Any relevant cloud-based integration certification at foundational level. For example:

• AWS certified DevOps engineer
• AWS Certified Developer
• MuleSoft Certified integration architect Level 1 (Essential),
• Microsoft Certified Azure Integration and Security.
• Proficient in RESTful APIs
  AWS, CDMP, MDM, DBA, SQL, SAP, TOGAF, API, CISSP, VCP (any relevant certification)

MuleSoft

• Understanding of MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform and its components
• Experience with designing and managing API-led connectivity solutions
• Knowledge of integration patterns and best practices
  Proficiency in network architecture and security concepts

AWS

• Experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments
• Experience developing code in at least one high-level programming language
• Understanding of modern development and operations processes and methodologies
• Ability to automate the deployment and configuration of infrastructure using AWS services and tools
  Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) methodologies and tools

Microsoft Azure

• Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Azure and its services
• Experience with Azure services related to computing, networking, storage, and security
• Knowledge of general IT security principles and best practices
• Understanding of cloud integration patterns and Azure integration services such as Logic Apps, Service Bus, and API Management

Preferred

• Subject Matter Expertise: possess a strong understanding of data architecture/ engineering/operations/ reporting within Life Sciences/ Pharma industry across Commercial, Manufacturing and Medical domains.
• Other complex and highly regulated industry experience will be considered across diverse areas like Commercial, Manufacturing and Medical.
• Data Analysis and Automation Skills: Proficient in identifying, standardizing, and automating critical reporting metrics and modelling tools
• Analytical Thinking: Demonstrated ability to lead ad hoc analyses, identify performance gaps, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong coding skills in SQL, R, and/or Python, coupled with expertise in machine learning techniques, statistical analysis, and data visualization.
• Agile Champion: Adherence to DevOps principles and a proven track record with CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery.

Working Environment

At Astellas we recognize the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimize the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas' Responsible Flexibility Guidelines.