Enterprise Cloud Data Platform Architect

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Architectural Design: Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures using AWS services. Ensure that solutions meet business requirements and comply with industry best practices.

Data Management: Develop and oversee data architecture strategies, including data warehousing, data lakes, and real-time data processing. Optimize data storage and retrieval for performance and cost-efficiency.

Cloud Migration: Lead and manage cloud migration projects, including the assessment of current systems, planning, and execution of migrations to AWS.

Integration: Ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions with on-premises systems and other cloud platforms. Design APIs and data integration solutions as needed.

Security and Compliance: Implement and enforce cloud security best practices and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance of cloud-based systems and data solutions. Identify and address potential issues related to scalability, availability, and latency.

Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, data scientists, and business analysts, to understand their needs and provide effective solutions.

Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud architectures, data models, and integration processes.

Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest AWS services and cloud technologies. Evaluate new tools and practices to continually improve our cloud and data strategies.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of experience, Master’s degree with 6 years of  AWS or similar experience, or PhD with 2 years of experience in designing and architecting complex solutions within highly regulated environments.
• Proven track record as an AWS Solution Architect or in a similar position.
• Experience in establishing technology standards for an organization.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks, including design patterns and distributed applications, as well as the AWS Well-Architected Framework, focusing on reuse.
• Experience with Big Data platforms such as Cloudera (CDH/CDP) and AWS EMR.
• Proficiency with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, Route 53, VPC, and IAM.
• Knowledge of programming technologies like Java, Python, Kafka, and Spark.
• Experience with data technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, Big Data, R, and GraphQL.
• Ability to build cloud-native data platforms that support data analytics, reporting, model development, and machine learning.
• Experience managing and enhancing cloud-native data lakes and data warehouse platforms.
• Skilled in creating Proof of Concepts (POCs) to demonstrate the integration of innovative technologies that can enhance client offerings.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members and colleagues on development and operational best practices.

Beneficial 

• Advocate and define cloud/data architecture vision from a strategic perspective, including internal and external platforms, tools, and systems.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Establish, maintain, and review architectural models with a focus on microservices in a cloud environment.
• Provide leadership in adherence to processes (i.e., design walk through and approval processes, Platform / System documentation, change management, SDLC, etc.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment for cloud platform projects
• DevOps/Platform background (AWS, Cloud Formation, Terraform, Kubernetes, Linux/Bash, Docker, CI/CD)

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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