Architecture Associate Director, IQVIA
Data & AI
Health IT and clinical research company
Open for applications
Health IT and clinical research company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be a catalyst for innovation in healthcare, to drive healthcare forward every day, and make the extraordinary possible for patients.
Role
Who you are
- You are a professional passionate about new technologies and management. You have a strong adaptability and excellent teamwork skills. Your initiative and technical expertise will allow you to contribute significantly to our development
- You would ideally have experience and knowledge in a wide spectrum of technologies On-Premises and on Cloud (AWS preferably) contexts with good architecture role experiences
- Experience on Designing and documenting architectures:
- Highly Available, designed for full automation and massive scale
- Facilitating future change and expansion
- Implementing SecOps best practices
- Experience and design CI-CD’s systems automation for infrastructure & application level in a real-world production environment with good knowledge on their according tools: GitLab version control, Gitlab CI
- Technological watching of any emerging technologies
- Deploying the according Pilots/POCs or provide requirements for DevOps team to deploy it
- At least 2 years of experience managing teams
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in technology field, of which at least 3 years in Solution Definition, Design and Architecture for localization solutions
- Bachelor's degree, ideally in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Proficiency in relevant programming languages, databases, development tools and cross-system integration tools
- Systems & Networks: Proven experience with Linux, Solaris, Windows
- Cloud and Containers: Proficiency in cloud environments (MS Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Programming Languages: Strong skills in Bash, Python, SQL
- Security: Knowledge of security standards and associated tools (DevSecOps)
- Data Management: Experience with relational and non-relational databases
- Excellent written/verbal communication skills. Fluency in French and English is essential, an additional language would be advantageous
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Attention to detail, with the ability to transform customer requirements into design specifications
- Ability to meet deadlines and to manage competing/shifting priorities
- Ability to follow set objectives and work independently to achieve results using own initiative
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers, partners and clients
What the job involves
- We are looking for a versatile Solution IT Architect who can thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment to join our team. Within the Research & Innovation team, you will work on a strong AWS cloud context, following the Standard operating procedures (SOPs) with Agile Squads
- You will report to our Research & Innovation Director and play a role of a highly technical leader
- You will be working with a unique and gifted team designing, deploying and sometimes developing end-to-end new, exciting products and services built on cutting-edge technologies
- We need you as an Architecture Associate Director to face challenging tasks of balancing cost for cloud oriented technical invention and performance requirements
- Architect and design enterprise solutions and/or components tailored to the language services industry, with emphasis on workflow automation and process efficiency
- Coordinate with wider IQVIA teams throughout the SDLC to develop and rollout technology solutions utilising established and state-of-the-art technologies
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, project managers and clients to gather requirements, propose solution concepts, provide technical expertise and drive successful implementations
- In association with delivery teams, establish methodologies for the successful adoption of the solutions into continuous operation. Create, maintain and update SOPs and guides as applicable
- Ensure that the solutions meet information security and privacy requirements and standards
- Conduct functional and system testing to validate that the developed solutions meet functional, operational and quality requirements criteria
- Create comprehensive documentation, including technical specifications, user guides and maintenance procedures
- Follow established Design and Development standards including configuration management
- Effectively collaborate with technology/service partners and vendors for successful delivery
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies, identifying ways to build new or embed with existing solutions
- Comply with relevant and applicable IQVIA procedures and SOPs, including Quality Management System
- Design and implement robust technical solutions using modern technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure continuous integration and delivery of applications
- Participate in the development and maintenance of cloud infrastructures (MS Azure)
- Define technical architecture standards and communicate across Technology solutions teams
- Design the optimum quality technical architecture based on application architecture provided by product pillars
- Getting approval from Technical Design Architecture board
- Infrastructure, software and monitoring deployment automation
- Automation documentation
- Define/build training Programs/presentation to improve DevOps team skills to be up-to-date on technological topics
- Lead and coach a team of three developers and systems engineers
- Manage human resources and develop skills within the team
- Work closely with Product Management and sales teams to meet the needs of French clients
- Establish security standards (DevSecOps) and ensure compliance with applicable regulations
- Manage security tools to protect information systems
- Administer various systems (Solaris, Linux, Windows)
- Work with databases (Oracle, SQL) and data processing tools (Cloudera, Hive)
- Ensure the availability and integrity of data across various environments
Our take
IQVIA is a world leader in analytics and clinical research in the life sciences sector. Formed from a merger between IMS Health and Quintiles, it has over 40 years of experience in the sector and has grown to become one of the world’s largest contract research organisations, with a network spanning more than 100 countries.
Since its founding, IQVIA has outperformed the market, with is main concerns being in the expansion of biosimilar firms such as Humira which are able to provide generic drugs from existing medications, without needing further data analysis. However IQVIA’s involvement in new areas of research are likely to more than offset this trend.
With global medicine spend on track to reach £1.3 trillion by 2025, IQVIA is focusing its efforts on oncology and immunology, the most profitable sectors in pharmaceutical development. It is also building out its technological infrastructure, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence. While it is frank about the limitations of this technology within the sector, it is able to greatly augment the data-handling capabilities of health science teams. Development in this sector is key to IQVIA’s growth plans for 2025 and beyond, which is on track with 2023-24 seeing a massive increase in company share value.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Telemedicine
- Critical illness coverage
- Prescription coverage
- Disability, accidental death, pet and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Mental health support
- Well-being programs and events
- Flexible work environment
- Time off for leisure, personal time and corporate holidays
- Parental leave for birth or adoption
- Paid leave for other life matters (i.e., illness, bereavement, jury duty, military service, etc.)
- Training systems
- AI talent marketplace tool
- Leadership training programs
- Employee recognition programs
- Mentorship programs
- Service awards
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid volunteer day
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Office events
- Environmental commitments
- UN Global Impact member
- Retirement and savings plans
- Identity theft protection
- Commuter benefits
Company HQ
Research Triangle, Durham, NC
Leadership
Ari Bousbib
(CEO, not founder)Was previously CEO of IMS Health, one of the parent companies of IQVIA. Before that held senior leadership positions at United Technologies Company, including COO of Otis and eventually becoming President of the UTC group with responsibility for 150,000 employees.
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