Introduction to Role

At AstraZeneca, our data platforms are the backbone of our ambition to pioneer scientific breakthroughs, lead in our therapeutic areas, and transform patient outcomes. We seek a Lead Engineer to enhance, mature, and drive the adoption of our Enterprise Snowflake Data Platform across Business Technology Groups.

Join the IGNITE Enterprise Data Office (EDO) – Data & Information Availability Services (DIAS), a central team spearheading enterprise data engineering platforms and solutions. We manage enterprise technology platforms that empower AZ data engineers to take on data challenges effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical leader within the Snowflake team, understanding data engineers' objectives and ensuring platform design and configuration meet their needs for efficient service utilization.
• Advance the platform by establishing connectivity to additional systems, evaluating and enabling new features, and optimizing self-service tools.
• Design and implement complex access control and data privacy frameworks, recommending efficient, cost-effective solutions aligned with infrastructure governance.
• Drive automation in Snowflake metadata management, cost governance, and reporting, while implementing CI/CD and test automation strategies.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in designing, building, and managing Snowflake or similar data platforms, and engineering business applications on one or more data platforms.
• Strong understanding of Cloud services, SaaS platforms architecture, and infrastructure management principles, including compute and storage.
• Familiarity with enterprise operations in large organizations with globally dispersed teams and stakeholders.
• Proficiency in networking (VPNs), authentication (SSO, OAuth, Key Pair), and authorization/access controls (role, policy, tag-based).
• Ability to promote 'Enterprise Ways of Working' and advocate for Snowflake technology within the AZ Data, Visualization, and AI community.

Our Work Environment

At AstraZeneca, we believe in the power of unexpected teams coming together to inspire life-changing medicines. We value in-person teamwork, working on average three days per week from the office, while respecting individual flexibility needs.

Join AstraZeneca to define sustainable technologies for the future. Be part of a team that hunts for and implements new technologies, impacting long-term projects in imaging, AI, machine learning, and data transparency. Help us achieve faster results while maintaining AstraZeneca's ethical standards.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.