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Company Name : AstraZeneca
Location : Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Job Description : JOB TITLE : SENIOR ENGINEER
CAREER LEVEL: D1
Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives
Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
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
Function / Team –
Scope of Services: UNIX admin responsible for providing support for UNIX Infrastructure. He will be a primarily focused be an escalation point across the team for resolving technical issues. The incumbent will be expected to drive project of various nature i.e. Service Impact Assessment, Service Improvement, RCA, Guidance of new service, technical Assistance to other team members… etc.
Service Operations: These support leaders have specific, deep understanding and expertise in one or two technology platforms (for example, RHEL, CentOS & AWS).
Support includes the following:
Insuring system hardware integrity through proactive measures
Updates of operating systems when required
Implementation of all upgrades and patches when required
Responsible for testing, and documenting new configurations of UNIX services.
Change Management: Ensure new solutions delivered by projects are fit for purpose in service and delivers the right solution to the business from a capability and cost perspective that are aligned to the AZ architecture roadmaps. The role will ensure tight governance on proposed architecture changes, upgrades and process modifications.
Typical Accountabilities
Responsible for monitoring alerts handling.
Responsible for handling service requests.
Responsible for diagnosing and fixing P3 & P4 end user relate incidents.
Responsible for build and deploy servers and other infra services.
Initial triaging, and remediation if possible, for all P1& P2 or else escalate it senior levels.
Responsible for incident queue monitoring and management.
Responsible for Creating & implementing Change requests.
Responsible for fulfilment requests of standard changes (request for data, request for information, server builds, other service catalogue items)
Responsible for creating and updating Known Error documentation.
Education, Qualifications, and Experience
Essential
6+ years Operational experience in UNIX Server/Virtualization/Cloud (AWS/Azure) administration
Experience in managing Incidents, Problems, changes and capacity management aspects.
Demonstrated ability handling large number of incidents via. Any ITSM tool
Flexibility to work in shifts on rotational basis covering Americas, EMEA and ASIAPAC regions 24*7
An ability to work effectively in a matrix organization is essential
A self-starter with high levels of drive, energy, resilience and a desire for professional excellence
Desirable
DiplomaBachelor’s degree
Multi years of work experience in Technical teams working in Shifts.
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
Technical Skills
Technical Skills
Extensive Hands on experience in the following in two UNIX technologies.
RHEL 5,6 & 7
Solaris 9,10,11
AIX 6, 7
HPC Computing, Pacemaker, RHEL/HACMP/VCS Cluster
OpenStack, Azure and AWS
Extensive systems administration experience in various UNIX flavors – LINUX, AIX, Solaris and their associated hardware platform.
Experience of managing large patch roll-outs, Operating System upgrades and migrations.
Experience of setting up multi-node cluster in pressing timescales.
Management of authentication systems, like LDAP, VAS.
Good knowledge in Scripting.
Troubleshoot performance issues.
Competent in working clustering and Cloud products from various technology vendors.
SAN storage management on UNIX platforms.
Virtualization of Docker, Containerization and VMware.
Good knowledge in implement and streamline activities of redesign technology and process.
Activities
Deliver solutions and ideas that improve the stability and security of UNIX environment.
Take ownership of escalated technical issues, and lead them to closure by applying effective solution
Provide and maintain the overall operational quality, service delivery and security compliance within UNIX team.
Generate and drive Continuous Improvement initiatives aimed at improving business performance.
Provide front end support for Production issues.
Mentor and train team members to be help provide
Desirable
Technical Skills
Strong process management expertise, experience of ITIL or any other service delivery framework.
Key Deliverables
Achieve defined KPI’s meeting the SLA.
Faster resolution of incidents in UNIX environment.
Apply problem management process to find the RCA, and contain the outages.
Assist in documentation of procedures, Whitepaper and process.
Timely remediation of audit observations to ensure the compliance.
To improve and maintain the availability and health of UNIX estate.
Trend analysis of historical incidents, and identification of patterns.
Automation of frequent BAU activities.
Identify the opportunities to bring in efficiency through work-outs.
WHY JOIN US ?
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?
Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/
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.
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