Technical Architect Azure (AD, ADLS, DB, Azure, Access) - Now Hiring!

As part of the Astellas commitment to delivering value for our patients, our organization is currently undergoing transformation to achieve this critical goal.

This is an opportunity to work on digital transformation and make a real impact within a company dedicated to improving lives.

DigitalX our new information technology function is spearheading this value driven transformation across Astellas. We are looking for people who excel in embracing change, manage technical challenges and have exceptional communication skills.

We are seeking committed and talented MDM Engineers to join our new FoundationX team, which lies at the heart of DigitalX.

As a member within FoundationX, you will be playing a critical role in ensuring our MDM systems are operational, scalable and continue to contain the right data to drive business value.

You will play a pivotal role in building maintaining and enhancing our MDM systems.

This position is based in Ontario, Canada and may require on-site work from time to time.

Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’

Purpose and Scope :

As a Technical Architect specializing in Azure, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the data architecture and analytics strategy for Astellas.

Your expertise and proven experience will drive the design, development, and scalability of our Azure cloud-based solutions.

Your expertise in Azure, Active Directory, and database management will be critical to our success. If you’re passionate about cutting-edge technology, solving complex challenges, and making a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!

Essential Job Responsibilities :

• Responsible for delivering a robust and scalable data architecture that aligns with business goals
• Design and implement Azure-based solutions, leveraging services such as Azure AD, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Cosmos DB.
• Develop and maintain Active Directory structures, policies, and security protocols.
• Optimize database performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure data integrity.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring junior team members, and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and best practices to enhance our data ecosystem.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, applying them to our data strategy.
• Design and build high-performance, adaptable solutions across modern platforms
• Integrate technical functionality seamlessly
• Adhere and define technical principles, vision and standards for the data warehouse that are aligned with agile practices.
• Participate in smaller focused mission teams to deliver value driven solutions aligned to our global and bold move priority initiatives and beyond.
• Design develop and implement robust and scalable full stack applications using modern technologies.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams and practices across the organization including Commercial, Manufacturing, Medical, DataX, GrowthX and support other X (transformation) Hubs and Practices as appropriate, to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Provide Level 3 and 4 Technical Support to internal users troubleshooting complex issues and ensuring system uptime as soon as possible.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives identifying opportunities to optimize performance security and maintainability of existing data and platform architecture and other technology investments.
• Participate in the continuous delivery pipeline Adhering to DevOps best practices for version control automation and deployment.

Ensuring effective management of the FoundationX backlog.

• Leverage your knowledge of Machine Learning (ML) and data engineering principles to integrate with existing data pipelines and explore new possibilities for data utilization.
• Stay-up to date on the latest trends and technologies in full-stack-development, data engineering and cloud platforms.
30+ days ago