Associate Cloud Engineer - Big Data Platforms

Associate Engineer

Associate Engineer

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. 

Job Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

Develop and implement scalable and secure cloud solutions for Big Data Platforms. Optimize
data pipelines using distributed cloud computing to ensure that they support high volume / high
velocity data streams and are scalable to meet growth expectations.
• Provide technical support to development teams and clients throughout the solution lifecycle.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Cloud based Data Lake environments. Stay current
with emerging technologies and trends and recommend best practices.
• Perform tuning of a Big Data /NoSQL environment with underlying impact analysis of distributed
jobs to enhance data processing, analytics, and machine learning capabilities. Implement a mixed
batch/near-real time architecture to analyze, index, and publish data for applications.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for solution designs, configurations, and best
practices. Provide support to clients and internal teams on solution implementation. Conduct
presentations, demos to showcase solutions

Additional Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 2+ years of Cloud Engineering experience.
•Experience in cloud engineering or solution architecture with a focus on Azure and related capabilities.
• Understanding of DevOps and best practices for Coding in a distributed Cloud environment.
Knowledge of concepts in Data Movement, Analysis, Modeling best practices preferred.
• Good written and verbal communications; Solid written and oral presentation skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills, strong communication abilities, and the ability to work
collaboratively in a team environment.

Mandatory Skills:

Python, FastAPI, SQL
Good to Have Skills:

Experience with a frontend framework or library such as React.js or Next.js, and familiarity with at least one cloud platform (Microsoft Azure or AWS).

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Experience Level

Mid Level