Auto req 11901BR
Job Posting Title Principal IS Architect - Data Architecture
Career Category Information Systems
Employee Subgroup Salaried FT
Country (State/Region) United States - California
Location (City) Thousand Oaks
Amgen Job Description Providing easy access to accurate information is a key source of competitive advantage for Amgen. The Principal IS Architect - Data Architecture role will be responsible for identifying key challenges for easy data access, proposing a strategy for efficient data and information life-cycle management, and driving the execution of this data architecture strategy. This position will leverage existing project opportunities and/or initiating new efforts to make progress toward the target architecture and ensure the consistency of Amgen’s data, business intelligence and application strategies.
Job Responsibilities
• KEY RESPONSIBILIITY: Perform data modeling, data governance, and data architecture design.
• Conduct interviews with business leaders and users to identify information challenges and pain points.
• Work with IS and business clients to establish a vision and a target state of enterprise data architecture to address the information challenges and pain points.
• Analyze business requirements to assess data implications and develop data lifecycle and integration management strategies
• Partner with business users, Client-facing IS teams, project teams, architects, and technical leads to deliver the required information capabilities and utilize information capabilities.
• Facilitate data management and data governance for information stakeholders
• Provide leadership to the discipline of data architecture and mentor junior staff in the field of data and information architecture
Basic Qualifications -Doctorate degree & 2 years of directly related experience
OR
-Master’s degree & 6 years of directly related experience
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-Bachelor’s degree & 8 years of directly related experience
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-Associate’s degree & 10 years of directly related experience
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-High school diploma / GED & 12 years of directly related experience
Preferred Qualifications -Bachelors degree in Engineering, Information Systems or Computer Science
-10 years experience in Data Architecture and Governance, Information Management Strategy, and Master Data Management Strategy
-5 year experience in enterprise-scale database application design/development or enterprise-scale database management operations
-Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Enterprise Architecture strategy and information integration strategies.
-Knowledge of life science business process and data desirable
-Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills; consulting experience desired
-Excellent written, oral communication and influencing skills
-Ability to work both independently and as a team member with personnel at all levels in the organizational hierarchy.
-Deep technical expertise in data management and data modeling
-Demonstrated knowledge and experience delivering projects to meet business needs.
