Sr. Associate Systems Analyst

Amgen

Experience: 5+ yrs
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

GxP validation
Agile (Scrum)
Jira
Validation tools

About the role

Career Category

Clinical

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:

The Sr. Associate Systems Analyst – Clinical Data Hub will collaborate with network and infrastructure administrators in the security-patching lifecycle and maintenance of the infrastructure supporting our business applications, safeguarding sensitive information and ensuring the uptime, performance, and security of IT infrastructure. In addition, the Systems Analyst will become subject matter experts in the Business Applications, and will manage and perform the routine regression-testing, as well as functional and non-functional testing for projects and enhancements.

This role involves working closely with business partners to understand business processes supported by the applications, as well as working closely with Software-as-a-Service suppliers to review and understand release notes and how system updates will impact business processes. This role also interacts regularly with developers and business analysts to ensure that the technical requirements for upcoming development are thoroughly elaborated and documented in a testable manner. This enables the delivery team to estimate, plan, and commit to delivery with high confidence and identify test cases and scenarios to ensure the quality and performance of IT Systems.

This role collaborates regularly with business analysts, members of the Quality team, developers, product managers, system/network administrators, and application support team members to maintain an efficient and consistent process, ensuring business applications maintain a reliable and validated state.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Support, monitor, or execute the installation of infrastructure security patches and configuration changes, as necessary

Review system release notes and identify regression test requirements

Develop detailed test plans and strategies based on release notes, project requirements, and specifications documents

Perform manual and automated testing of software applications, including functional, regression, and performance testing

Document and report defects and issues identified during testing, and work with development teams to resolve them

Maintain detailed documentation of test/validation plans, test cases, and test results

Advise on the documentation of requirements to ensure that they are written in a testable manner

Validate that test scenarios meet feature acceptance criteria and customer expectations

Maintain and ensure the quality of documented user stories/requirements in tools such as Jira

Prepare, execute, document, and report validation protocols in line with GxP’s and other regulatory requirements and standards

Assure that all validation test procedures are in line with current technology, corporate, and governmental regulations

Perform Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification, and Performance Qualification validation on processes, equipment, and systems in conjunction with suppliers as appropriate

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

Master’s / Bachelor’s degree with 5 - 8 years of experience in Information Systems Administration/Support/Validation

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

Experience with GxP-regulated computer system validation

Experience with Agile software development methodologies (Scrum)

Experience with validation solutions, tools, and methodologies

Good-to-Have Skills:

Experience drafting documentation in adherence to standard operating procedures

Understanding of biostatistical analysis methods

Experience with generative artificial intelligence, agentic AI, and other emerging technologies

Professional Certifications:

Certified Tester/Agile Tester or similar (preferred)

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification (preferred)

Soft Skills:

Able to work under minimal supervision

Strong verbal and written communication skills

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

Strict attention to detail and process adherence

Shift Information: 

This position requires you to work a later shift and may be assigned a second or third shift schedule. Candidates must be willing and able to work during evening shifts.

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.

About Amgen

Develops and manufactures biotechnology medicines for serious diseases.

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