**Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives**:
**ABOUT ASTRAZENECA**:
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.
**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**:
**Typical Accountabilities**:
- Provides technical expertise to project teams working on the development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of Enterprise Tools & Systems such as SolarWinds, Tanium, Splunk
- Assessment & POC for various tools for monitoring & security of IT portfolio
- Works with project teams to ensure effective interoperability of services and technologies and assures alignment of solution designs with AstraZeneca standards, policies and procedures, as well as regulatory requirements
- Reviews impact assessments and delivery from internal or third-party teams.
Reports high-level risks to management
- Design Enterprise IT Management Systems & Tools and define business solutions, ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities, as well as the target benefits, value expected and established AstraZeneca standards and security policies
- Finds opportunities to optimize, consolidate and transform enterprise tools and systems to fit specialised business needs and configurations
- Niche documentation skills preparing Technical Blueprints & architecting content
- Tools and Systems deployment (including functionality, integrity and stress testing; test matrices; and definition of test methodologies and strategy)
- Ensures maintenance and support activities are performed, as well as routine analysis and evaluation on resource requirements necessary to maintain and/or expand service levels
**Education, Qualifications, and Experience**
**Essential**
- Hand-On expertise in Enterprise IT Monitoring and Management Tools like SolarWinds, Tanium, Splunk, Cloud Monitoring Azure, AWS
- Architecting & designing, implementation of tools within AstraZeneca environment
- Prior experience in Tools administration & architecting SolarWinds, Splunk (Monitoring), Tanium deployments
- Demonstrable experience of managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers
- Able to install, configure and administer SolarWinds components to include Network Performance Monitor (NPM), SAM (Server and Application monitoring)
- Should have an expertise in SolarWinds tool implementation, migration and administration on (NPM,NCM,NTA,WPM,VNQM SAAS Product
- Experience configuring monitors using SNMP, SSH, WinRM, WMI, JMX and other technologies
**Desirable**
- Well versed in ITIL V3.0 practices and process
- Good understanding of IT Service Management Processes
**Skills and Capabilities**
**Essential**
- 6-9 years of experience in owning technical orchestration of Enterprise IT Monitoring and Management Tools like Solarwinds,Relic,Nagios
- Good communication skills supporting joint working with geographically remote colleagues
- Experience in scripting and related languages like JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, etc
- Experience configuring monitors using SNMP, SSH, WinRM, WMI, JMX and other technologies
- Proven, excellent industry experience and ability to interact effectively and lead technology roadmaps with 3rd parties
**Desirable**
- Good commercial awareness and understanding of the external market
- Experience in working with IT Infrastructure Management Tools, APIs & Integration
- Experience in Managing Management Tools from SolarWinds, Cisco, Splunk, Netbox, Tanium, Aternity, etc
- Knowledge in Itential/Automation
- Knowledge in YAML
**WHY JOIN US?
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We're a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger.
We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.
We're not afraid to take ownership and run with it.
Empowered with unrivalled freedom.
Put simply, it's because we make a significant impact.
Everything we do matters.
**SO, WHAT'S NEXT?
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**WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.