MDM Platform Administrator
About this opportunity
Career Category
Information Systems
Job Description
ABOUT AMGEN
Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Role Description:
We are seeking an MDM Admin/Infrastructure Resource with 2–5 years of experience to support and maintain our enterprise MDM (Master Data Management) platforms using Informatica MDM and IDQ. This role is critical in ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of master data solutions across the organization, utilizing modern tools like Databricks and AWS for automation, backup, recovery, and preventive maintenance. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in server maintenance, data recovery, data backup, and MDM software support.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Administer and maintain customer, product, study master data using Informatica MDM and IDQ solutions.
Perform data recovery and data backup processes to ensure master data integrity.
Conduct server maintenance and preventive maintenance activities to ensure system reliability.
Leverage Unix/Linux, Python, and Databricks for scalable data processing and automation.
Collaborate with business and data engineering teams for continuous improvement in MDM solutions.
Implement automation processes for data backup, recovery, and preventive maintenance.
Utilize AWS cloud services for data storage and compute processes related to MDM.
Support MDM software maintenance and upgrades.
Track and manage data issues using tools such as JIRA and document processes in Confluence.
Apply Life Sciences/Pharma industry context to ensure data standards and compliance.
Functional Skills:
Must-Have Skills:
Strong experience with Informatica MDM, IDQ platforms in administering and maintaining configurations
Strong experience in data recovery and data backup processes
Strong experience in server maintenance and preventive maintenance activities (Linux/Unix strong hands on and server upgrade experience)
Expertise in handling data backups, server backups, MDM products upgrades, server upgrades
Good understanding and hands on experience of access control
Experience with IDQ, data modeling, and approval workflow/DCR
Advanced SQL expertise and data wrangling
Knowledge of MDM, data governance, stewardship, and profiling practices
Good-to-Have Skills:
Familiarity with Databricks and AWS architecture
Background in Life Sciences/Pharma industries
Familiarity with project tools like JIRA and Confluence
Basics of data engineering concepts
Basic Qualifications and Experience:
Master’s degree with 1 - 3 years of experience in Business, Engineering, IT or related field OR
Bachelor’s degree with 2 - 5 years of experience in Business, Engineering, IT or related field OR
Diploma with 6 - 8 years of experience in Business, Engineering, IT or related field
Professional Certifications (preferred):
Any ETL certification (e.g., Informatica)
Any Data Analysis certification (SQL)
Any cloud certification (AWS or Azure)
Soft Skills:
Excellent written and verbal communications skills (English) in translating technology content into business-language at various levels
Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
High degree of initiative and self-motivation
Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong time and task management skills to estimate and successfully meet project timeline with ability to bring consistency and quality assurance across various projects.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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