Staff Architect

Job Description

Job Profile Summary

Assists with the conceptualization, development and implementation of an enterprise architecture which supports future IQVIA systems, products and platforms and satisfies business product strategy.

Responsibilities:-

• Assists with the ongoing conceptualization, development and implementation of an enterprise architecture.
• Devises and presents business cases and program release plans to senior management with priority recommendations to maintain and evolve this architecture.
• Partners with business line managers, providing technical and system expertise, to synergize IT strategic direction and product concepts.
• Partners with product development management to define IT strategic direction and assists in the mapping of projects to that strategic direction whilst ensuring product capabilities and process improvements are delivered over time within the framework of the IQVIA enterprise architecture
• Leads cross-functional product development teams, acting also as a senior consultant to provide system and technical advice.
• Keeps up to date with technology changes and identifies opportunities for implementation in future systems.
• Defines R&D projects and runs those projects in compliance with standard project management practices.
• Mentors and assists lower level architects and business analysts.

Experience:-

• Total exp more than 13 Years & Typically requires 5 - 7 years of prior relevant experience.

Knowledge:-

• Requires deep knowledge of one or more related job areas typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• Typically viewed as having a specialty within discipline.

Experience Details:

• Seven (7) years experience in software and/or product development with a focus on architecture
• Data Warehousing and Data Mart concepts : IT consulting and self-directed management experience.
• Complex Data Modeling : Experienced in enterprise architecture, business information modeling, and system design.
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in designing and implementing Data warehouses including data Ingestion, transformation,  data access optimization and reporting & analytics.
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in data modeling using Erwin and schema optimization techniques with proficiency in data modelling tools like Erwin, Oracle tools and frameworks
• Ability to create logical and physical data models that reflect the business requirements and support the data analysis and reporting needs
• Life sciences domain experience ( Nice to have)
• Prior experience working with IQVIA data and systems( Nice to have)
• Lifecycle management and production control : Experienced in applying technology to business strategies.
• Collaborative design and development : Ability to employ consulting skills. Analyze database performance, identify, and resolve issues, and implement best practices.
• Ability to produce “Lights out” data processing and process recoverability : Broad knowledge of current technology, tools and techniques for software development.
• Experience in working across multi-technology platforms and applications handling huge data volumes

Specific Technologies

• Oracle Database development and design (Must have)
• PL/SQL (Must have)
• Unix OS and Scripting languages (Must have)
• Automated scheduling Tools (i.e. Cybermation) (Nice to have)
• MS SQL Database Development(Nice to have)
• SQL Nice to have(Nice to have)

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