Company Profile:

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

Job description:

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

 

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

 

ABOUT OUR IT TEAM

 

It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross- functionally and broadly together.

 

ABOUT THE ROLE

 

• Gather business requirements and develop related software applications and programs.
• Research and evaluate software related technologies and products.
• Implement the design by senior developers and testing various software components.
• Develop and write high quality coding that meets customer requirements.
• Create documentation related to Service operation and Service Transition.
• Provide production support for incidents and problems coming through ticketing system
• Be alert on production application stacks and keep monitoring them for any anomaly to ensure high availability of the services
• Implement best practices, standards and procedures including quality and delivery methodologies.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues Motivation to meet tight deadlines and to perform individually whilst working as part of global team.
• Ensure compliance with the documented software processes and procedures throughout the life cycle of software products.
• Ability to clearly articulate and demonstrate value proposition to customers through consulting services engagements.
• Ensure that applications are monitored and consistently deliver high level of availability and performance.
• Pro-actively identify and report improvements to services within the business portfolio.

 

 

 

 

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

 

 

• Bachelor / Master’s Degree in either Engineering or Computer Applications
• 5 to 7 years of IT experience in Web application development using JAVA Technologies
• Familiarity with basics of programming (Java,J2EE, Spring boot, Angular JS, Jquery, Oracle, Unix)
• Exposure to RDBMS like Oracle and expertise in writing Complex SQL queries and Pl/Sql procedures.
• Ensures following IT Service Delivery Framework adhered on AD activities.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work, meets deadlines, and work independently.
• Experience and knowledge on tools such as Jira, Service NOW and CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket, Maven, Docker, Jenkins, etc.
• Experience in handling High Priority Outage Bridge meetings
• Should be capable of understanding the business priorities and rapidly act in the production support Environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Accountable for managing incremental, lifecycle or improvement driven changes e.g. re-platforming, up-versioning, migration to externally hosted solutions
• Has primary responsibility for maintaining and updating all documentation associated to the Application Development throughout its lifecycle.