Associate Director, Application Architect Cloud System

Boehringer Ingelheim
Ridgefield, CT
08 Nov 2024

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Description: Description\:

Assumes leadership role within IT in all areas relating to application architecture requirements, establishment, future direction and ongoing support. Designs data integration solutions including process for deployment of solutions into the development, QA and production environments. Provides knowledge to extended team on how to integrate various data sources and architect system implementations. Is the strategic critical success factor for IT in the role of providing timely, agile and accurate information to our customers and business partners.

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities\:

  • Design and build cloud computing and event-driven architectures with high availability at global scale
  • Establish best practices and policies for the utilization of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) products
  • Design and/or enhance multi-tenant architecture utilizing virtual resources that can be consumed and scaled as needed
  • Design and/or build event-enabling services for decoupling application logic and developing micro-services
  • Lead and/or manage a diverse team of Business and IT professionals in delivering results
  • Collaborate and partner with various organizational levels to ensure timely delivery of technology driven business solutions aligned with company strategies, defined business priorities, and regulatory mandates
  • Must adhere to all compliance standards

Associate Director, Application Architect Cloud System Requirements\:

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required with four-plus (4+) years IT experience
  • In lieu of a degree, ten-plus (10+) years of relevant IT experience required.
  • Previous SW Development experience preferred
  • Must be an expert in design and/or re-engineering enterprise wide view of the data, applications and respective integration points. Must analyze information requirements and design the required architecture to support those requirements.
  • Significant experience in Cloud Solutions (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) strategy and implementation for mid or large size organizations (this includes private/public Clouds - on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or VMWare)
  • Must be experienced in information architecture, platform/application architecture, design and development of cloud-based solution, database administration, data integration, information/data modeling technologies, and data warehouse architecture
  • Must have designed well-architected enterprise solution framework based on operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization
  • Relevant experience to enable selection criteria for cloud providers and application suitability assessments including detailed cloud architecture design for global scale and high availability
  • Proven experience in designing and building technical solutions using microservices architecture capabilities, technology stacks such as LAMP, MEAN
  • Experience in working with senior leadership team to design technology and process landscape and develop overall cloud solution strategy
  • Ability to take major ownership in orchestrating workshops and facilitate stakeholders interactive sessions on cloud operating models, cloud business value, DevOps processes, and application/infrastructure modernization
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment, balancing change management and competing priorities
  • Ability to work with the business and IT leadership across multiple functions
  • Excellent articulation, communication and strong interpersonal skills
  • Experience in supporting migration of application workloads to cloud
  • Experience with designing, implementing, or operating IT systems on leading commercial Cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google
  • Experience with DevOps operating model and continuous delivery process such as containerized application platform (OpenShift/Kubernetes), Dockers, CD/CI pipeline tools, Atlassian toolstack etc.
  • Experience with design and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions, including Machine Learning, NLP/NLU
  • A background in software development and experience in configuration management (tools like Chef and puppet)
  • Technology understanding of API management solutions and their role across enabling an enterprise cloud
  • Experience with TOGAF, Zachman, or ITIL

Eligibility Requirements\:

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
  • Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • This position will require individuals to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical or religious accommodation. Click here for more information on the vaccine mandate and COVID-19.

Who We Are\:

At Boehringer Ingelheim we create value through innovation with one clear goal\: to improve the lives of patients. We develop breakthrough therapies and innovative healthcare solutions in areas of unmet medical need for both humans and animals. As a family owned company we focus on long term performance. We are powered by 50,000 employees globally who nurture a diverse, collaborative and inclusive culture. Learning and development for all employees is key because your growth is our growth.

Want to learn more? Visit boehringer-ingelheim.com and join us in our effort to make more health.

Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients and communities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person's actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.

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