S/4 HANA Infrastructure Lead (Axial Programme)

Luton UK, Chennai IND

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, SAP Technologies? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

About astrazeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and fuel your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society.

An inclusive culture that champions diversity and partnership.

Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

ABOUT THE ROLE?

AstraZeneca is starting a multi-year transformation programme to move from existing multiple SAP ECCs to S/4HANA across business areas of supply chain, manufacturing, logistics and finance.

This is a new role created to be a leader in the Infrastructure space for a multi-year global programme to standardise our processes and create a new digital ERP platform. At the heart of this transformation lies AstraZeneca's core value of changing the lives of our patients by providing lifesaving medicines.

This is a rare chance to define a lasting impact not only for our patients but to change our business to being digital.

As the Infrastructure Lead, you will have the main responsibility for handling the SAP environments in the program.

This position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, the ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical partners, and a consistent track record running SAP platforms and technologies. You will be a great teammate, proactive, an effective communicator with the ability to work independently and lead other team members.

AZ Axial is a multi-faceted, global programme responsible for the curation and delivery of core technology services to the corporation. The Infrastructure Lead will report directly to the SAP Technology Product Lead.

Experience

• Demonstrated ability to manage sophisticated, multi-national SAP ERP environments/landscapes.

• Hands-on experience with SAP platforms and technologies, preferably with S/4 HANA on AWS

• Experience in SAP BASIS, Solution Manager, ChaRM and Application Life Cycle Management.

• Training and/or experience with AWS

• SAP Project delivery experience, including upgrades and migrations.

• Experience with SAP Integration, Security BTP, and Cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Organisation of system demand and provision of SAP and Non SAP systems!

• Aligning with the deployment plan to provide systems and connecting those systems as per programme requirements, (test cycles, data loads, training, etc)

• Leading and running a process for system demand and provision

• SAP systems – Working with the AZ Basis team to deliver according to programme demand

• Non-SAP systems – Working with the Non SAP System Owners to organise delivery of systems, agree SoW’s where necessary

• Organising system connectivity with the integration team to support requirements of individual systems

• Ownership of overall system footprint and cost profile

• Ensuring sight of AWS instances and costs associated with them, working with the AZ ETS team

• Forecasting system demand and cost profile for the SAP and Non SAP systems, aligning with the deployment plan

• Organising for On Demand systems to be made available/unavailable to control costs based on requirements (e.g. off at weekends, available during certain hours)

• Technical oversight for application patterns to be used for Prod and Path to Prod systems in the new AWS architecture

• Input into architecture patterns and technical design

• Oversight of Non Functional Requirements and Test Scope

• Delivery of automation features for systems provision (e.g. CloudFormation) and operations (e.g. Ansible)

Essential Skills & Experience Required?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent number of years of experience in Computer Science or Information Technologies

• The role holder will possess a blend of infrastructure architecture, analysis, and engineering skills

• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organisation with multiple collaborator and, at times, competing priorities

WHY JOIN US?

We’re a network of entrepreneurial self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. There’s a diversity of expertise in our Technology group that’s unique to AstraZeneca – it allows us to dive deep into

exploring new groundbreaking technology.

We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class technology and data solutions. Our work unlocks the potential of science. We optimise and evolutionise AstraZeneca by maximising efficiencies and finding new ways to drive productivity.

From automation to data simplification. We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. A place to be open and transparent – we speak up, think creatively and share ideas. Our diverse contributions help us to make better decisions. But we have a constant drive to innovate,

and an appreciation for high standards.

It takes challenging the status quo to contribute in our ever-evolving environment. We love it here because put simply, we make a meaningful impact.

Technology at AstraZeneca is a home for purposeful disruptors!

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.