Senior Data Engineer

Site Name: Australia - Victoria - Abbotsford Posted Date: Jun 23 2022 Senior Data Engineer At GSK, we have already delivered unprecedented change over the past four years, improving R&D, becoming a leader in Consumer Healthcare, strengthening our leadership, and transforming our commercial execution. Now, we’re making the most significant changes we’ve made to our business in over 20 years. We’re on track to separate and create two new companies in 2022: New GSK with a leading portfolio of vaccines and specialty medicines as well as R&D based on immune system and genetics science; and a new world-leading consumer healthcare company of loved and trusted brands. With new ambition comes new purpose. For New GSK, this is to unite science, talent, and technology to get ahead of disease together – all with the clear ambition of delivering human health impact; stronger and more sustainable shareholder returns; and as a new GSK where outstanding people thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it. How we do all this is through our people and our culture. A culture that is ambitious for patients – so we deliver what matters better and faster; accountable for impact – with clear ownership of goals and support to succeed; and where we do the right thing. So, if you’re ready to improve the lives of billions, join us at this exciting moment in our journey. Join our challenge to get Ahead Together. GSK is on a pathway to becoming a data-driven organisation. We are looking for a Lead Developer – Commercial Analytics, to help enable our Sales and Marketing teams to gather insights from data and drive their commercial activities based on these insights. Reporting to the Director of Technology (ANZ), and with a dotted line to the ANZ Business Insights Lead, this role delivers reporting and analytics products to meet the needs of commercial stakeholders, including our substantial sales force. This role will also collaborate with global and regional stakeholders to maximise the value the ANZ business can receive from GSK’s cloud data platform. The Lead Developer will design, build, and maintain key reporting and analytics solutions, using market leading cloud technologies including Databricks, Azure DevOps, Azure Data Factory and Power BI. This role will be tasked with the unique opportunity to reimagine, redesign, and subsequently rebuild our reporting and analytics solutions. Your responsibilities will be broad and will include: Design and build end-to-end data analysis products from data acquisition into our Azure Data Lake, through to data curation in Databricks, and the presentation of insights through Power BI. Align all parts of the technical design with GSK’s best practice cloud data architecture, ensuring technical quality control and provisioning technical support throughout all stages of the product lifecycle from implementation through to BAU maintenance. Partner with our Sales and Marketing teams, gathering requirements and providing effort estimates and delivery timelines, as well as developing and delivering projects within the agreed timeframes and budgets. Mentor and guide local tech and commercial teams to mature their analytics capabilities, whilst collaborating closely with our regional and global Tech and Analytics teams to ensure all initiatives are strategically aligned to GSK’s objectives and ways-of-working. Gather technical requirements and provide effort estimates and delivery timelines. Design, develop and deliver high quality analytics products, within the agreed timeframes and budgets. Things you'll need to succeed: Substantial experience working with business users and translating their requirements into technical solutions. Experience in managing the end-to-end product delivery of data solutions within a cloud-based environment. Previous experience in a similar role, partnering closely with business stakeholders, offering ongoing support to functional and technical team members, while working in a complex organisation on the path to becoming more data-driven. Solid hands-on experience in Python and SQL essential; Databricks experience is highly desired. Significant capabilities in Power BI are expected. Azure Data Lake (Delta lake / Lakehouse architecture) knowledge will be highly regarded, while exposure to Azure Data Factory is also beneficial in this role. Previous experience with the Azure and Power BI cloud technology stacks. Strong capabilities modelling data from a variety of data sources (structured and unstructured) into analytics products that produce actionable insights. Proficiency in data pipelining, distributed data processing, software engineering components and data modelling concepts. Exposure to CI/CD pipelines using Git and Azure DevOps highly regarded. Experience with Machine Learning technologies (Azure ML) and algorithms would be a bonus. A consulting background would be beneficial, but not required. At GSK we know when each of us feels at our best, we perform at our best. Being a modern employer means we focus on what matters most to our people. We offer flexibility through life-friendly policies so that we can make our work and home lives work well together. When we focus on our well-being and have the flexibility to manage our lives, we can thrive and do great things at work and at home! At GSK we believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, supported and know that their work makes an important contribution. We are an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be considered regardless of sexuality, religion, age, colour, ethnicity, gender identity or parental status. 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