At Eisai, satisfying unmet medical needs and increasing the benefits healthcare provides to patients, their families, and caregivers is Eisai's human health care (hhc) mission. We're a growing pharmaceutical company that is breaking through in neurology and oncology, with a strong emphasis on research and development. Our history includes the development of many innovative medicines, notably the discovery of the world's most widely-used treatment for Alzheimer's disease. As we continue to expand, we are seeking highly-motivated individuals who want to work in a fast-paced environment and make a difference. If this is your profile, we want to hear from you.
The Associate Director, Americas Cloud & Data Center Lead is responsible for the design, engineering, and operations of our Hosting infrastructure across on-premise Datacenter, AWS and Azure landscape. This role closely partners with Global Cloud & Data Center Lead to ensure alignment with overall strategy and ensure solutions & operating model are able to meet business priorities across all functions/departments in Americas, while maintaining compliance with GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and applicable global regulations.
In addition, this role supports operationalization of Eisai's Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), and Eisai's Global Capability Center (GCC) in Vizag, India. The role also carries responsibility of managing 10+ million-dollar budget, commercial negotiation with partners, and financial reporting.
The role supports and enable strategic direction on technology selection, system integration, and governance across all hosting infrastructure, and is responsible for spend optimization, migration, and modernization programs in Americas region.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
time, contractor and partner resources/engineers across all Hosting areas including Compute,
Storage, Backup, Database, Disaster Recovery & Infrastructure monitoring services.
Oversee IT Service Cost Delivery model for the portfolio with sound financial recommendations
and clear Total Cost of Ownership analysis.
allocation frameworks, chargeback/showback models, and cloud budgeting processes in
alignment with Global Cloud Strategy.
and operationalization of hosting and cloud infrastructure solutions across the Americas region.
consistently adopted within the Americas landscape.
and performance requirements, while remaining aligned to global principles.
Tools & Technologies
Requirements
Education
College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science, information science, management information systems, or business administration or a related field (or equal years of experience)
Information Technology Experience
8+ years of overall experience in information technology
3+ years of experience as a cloud Architect
2+ years of experience in technical leadership roles for enterprise-scale application architecture and delivery
AWS /Azure Solutions Architect Certifications
ITIL Foundation certified with strong understanding of the ITIL framework.
Excellent communication skills
Nice to haves include Software development background (Perl, Python, Shell etc)
Deep functional and technical knowledge of various cloud services
Ability to clearly present knowledge and best practices to key stakeholders
Working knowledge of LDAP, AD, SSO, Email Infrastructure, Web Services
Experience with AWS and Azure all services required for Design and build Infrastructure solutions.
Experience with AWS Control Tower/Azure Landing zone designs
Experience in Networking, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Storage, Compute on AWS, Azure and Data centers
Design, Setup and configure big data platforms like Cloudera, AWS EMR, AWS Glue, Databricks, RStudio
and other tools.
Experience in Designing and implementing scalability, failover, high availability, DR, capacity planning, security, and compliance.
Backups and recovers tools.
Hands-on professional level experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, containers
DevOps automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelining, automated delivery models, Azure Devops, Cloud formations, ARM templates, GitHub
Performance monitoring and tuning
Experience with Physical servers such as HP DL series, Sun Sprac, Dell Powerstore, Pure Storage Array, Dell IDPA, and Fabric Networking.
Self-motivated with willingness to learn new services and functionality.
Strong business analysis skill and experience, including requirements definition and process modelling.
Experience working at all levels of the organization to develop a platform roadmap and strategy and ability maintain consensus around the strategic direction.
Strong technical competency with willingness to learn.
Leadership and Teamwork
Strong record of accomplishment of effective cross-functional team collaboration and execution
Ready to think, behave and act in an innovative consulting manner to drive the organization's digital
business strategies.
Effective leadership skills, including consensus building.
Project Management
Experience leading teams and driving results with multiple projects across several functional areas.
Experience in project planning, development, and delivery
Experience in managing projects in collaboration with external partners (managed service organizations, technology vendors, and consulting companies)
Communication, Organization and Problem-Solving Skills
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to network, strong personal integrity, collaborative mindset, and a strong customer focus are necessary.
Ability to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment.
Demonstrated problem solving skills, including taking ownership to ensure timely resolution, a strong sense of urgency, keen attention to detail, and the ability to plan, organize and successfully execute in an environment under time and resource pressures.
Desirable Knowledge & Experience
Prior experience with managed services in an on-shore/off-shore model highly preferred
Prior Pharmaceutical experience is preferred.
Prior experience in designing and implementing complex, global, multi-tenant, multi-language solutions
Eisai Salary Transparency Language:
The annual base salary range for the Associate Director Infrastructure Cloud & Operations is from :$166,900-$219,000
Under current guidelines, this position is eligible to participate in : Eisai Inc. Annual Incentive Plan & Eisai Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan.
Final pay determinations will depend on various factors including but not limited to experience level, education, knowledge, and skills.
Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. For additional information on Company employee benefits programs, visit https://careers.eisai.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
Certain other benefits may be available for this position, please discuss any questions with your recruiter.
Eisai is an equal opportunity employer and as such, is committed in policy and in practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status. Similarly, considering the need for reasonable accommodations, Eisai prohibits discrimination against persons because of disability, including disabled veterans.
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| Location | Nutley, NJ |
| Salary | $166,900–$219,000 Per Year |