Career Category

Information Systems:

Job Description

Enterprise Architects are experienced, technology strategic thought leaders, helping to drive Amgen’s digital innovation ambitions. We align technology strategies to business imperatives, optimize the value of our technology investments and govern IT architecture standards and practices across the data, artificial intelligence, applications, integration and infrastructure layers; creating value for our staff, our business partners, our shareholders and most importantly – our patients.
As the stewards of the Amgen technology and data strategies, we are accountable to govern, optimize and standardize Amgen’s Manufacturing, Commercial, Drug Research, Clinical Development and G&A technology ecosystems. Our leadership and influence guide the awareness and education our global solutions architect communities need to deliver world-class innovation to their product teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading Fortune 500 enterprises with the development and implementation of composable architectures, artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions, “clean core” platform principles, applications, integrations and cloud services’ solutions including containerization, serverless, high performance compute and CI/CD principles.
• Minimum of 5 years’ IT experience in life sciences or pharmaceutical industries.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience coaching and leading technical staff.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with the following enterprise platforms (AWS, Salesforce, Veeva, Mulesoft, SAP, OpenAI Enterprise ChatGPT, Microsoft Azure, Databricks)
• Proficient in latest cloud and security architectures
• Enterprise software development experience, leveraging SDLC, Agile and Dev Sec Ops practices

Key Activities for Title include:

• Governance and education of Amgen business, information, application, integration and cloud standards and practices to AIN technology communities.
• Active membership on Amgen’s Enterprise Architecture Review Board.
• Support incubation, prototyping and evaluation activities for new technologies.
• Provide guidance and troubleshooting support for complex major incidents, as needed.
• Ability to effectively communicate with executive leadership and peers, including strong writing skills to draft and publish internal white/position papers, technical documentation, SOP’s, architectural specifications, business cases, etc.
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex and dynamic working environment, ability to maintain focus on the big picture, ability to collect, digest and assemble information from various sources to enable relevant business analyses and facilitate decision-making

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 12 years of Enterprise Architecture experience

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Master’s degree and 10 years of Enterprise Architecture experience

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Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Enterprise Architecture experience

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Associate degree and 10 years of Enterprise Architecture experience

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High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Enterprise Architecture experience

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