Job Title: Consultant - IT Platform Engineer
Career Level - C3
Overall Responsibility: develops the Test approach and leads the testing setup / activities throughout the
lifecycle of the project
- Show willingness to assume a T-shaped role, balancing primary testing responsibilities with
hands-on .NET coding tasks as needed.
- Exhibit problem-solving skills and the capacity to work effectively in both independent and team
settings.
- Demonstrate proficiency in .NET development, with the ability to write, test, and maintain high-
quality code.
- Work with the application and technical architecture teams to plan one or more of the following:
component, product, performance, and user acceptance tests.
- Determine all testing environment requirements and tools.
- Review the development process to ensure defect tracking (identification, fixing, re-testing and
migration of defects) is properly addressed. If not, define the defect tracking process and
incorporate it into the overall development process.
- Manage testers work throughout the test plan development and test execution to ensure that
testing is on time and within budget.
- Allocate test resources to application tests in a multi-test environment.
- Ensure all testing results are easily accessible and understandable, plus meet entry and exit
criteria.
- Measure and monitor progress during each test to ensure that the application is tested,
confirmed, piloted on time, within budget, and that it meets or exceeds expectations.
- Ensure the team follows the testing standards, guidelines, and testing methodology as specified
in the testing approach.
- Participate in quality management reviews to ensure adherence to all quality management
standards.
- Take responsibility for the traceability of systems requirements.
- Troubleshoot application issues by referring to the application logs and by a dry run of the
application code. Also, be able to spot and provide a fix through application code changes as
necessary.
- Build, Deploy and release fixes by following the standard SDLC and ITIL process.
- Be able to work on application enhancements and application upgrades when necessary.
- Provide resolution for user reported issues within defined timelines (as per the internal SLA/OLA
standards).
- Proactive monitoring of the ticketing queues and other support channels to quickly acknowledge
and respond to user reported issues within the established SLAs.
- Be able to liaise with other internal teams/vendors (third-party suppliers) as applicable for
addressing application issues and any project needs.
- Follow good documentation practices such as creating KBAs (Knowledge Base Articles) and
publishing those KBAs for quicker and easier access to better address issues and tickets.
- Constantly thrive to learn and upskill according to the organization's goals and demands.
Essential Skills/Experience Required:
Clinical Data Technology Domain:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field such as Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Data
Management, Information Technology or Biostatistics or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 6+ years experience
- Basic experience programming in .NET.
- Basic experience with Azure Cloud.
- Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, and Automated Testing tools.
- Experience working in agile teams using methodologies such as SCRUM and/or SAFe.
- Expertise and engineering mindset to help design and implement a Clinical Data Solutions adhering
to Products on the Platform delivery model.
- Proven ability to manage diverse stakeholders and ensure delivery to a high degree of satisfaction.
- Proven ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
- Confidently communicate using interpersonal skills to lead customers, from technical personnel to
senior stakeholders, in urgent or critical situations.
- Knowledge of using and creating build tools and CI/GitHub Actions
Why AstraZeneca
Join a team with the backing and investment to win. You'll be working with brand new technology. This marriage between our purposeful work and the use of high-tech platforms is what sets us apart. Lead the way in digital healthcare. from exploring data and AI, to working in the cloud on new technologies. Join a team at the forefront. Help shape and define the technologies of the future, with the backing you need from across the business.
At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients. redefining our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining ground breaking science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more.
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