Application Architect

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Come to work each day with an inclusive and collaborative business technology team. As an Application Architect in AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS), you’ll have opportunities to contribute to the digital transformation of a leading biopharma company, helping to create solutions that impact patients and their communities for the better.

Responsibilities

• Building Cloud Native Services using REST APIs, Microservices based architectures, and containerized technologies
• Directly involve in the design and operation of large-scale cloud services (AWS), including troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Building in high-scale distributed systems and fault tolerant design
• Develop the software development lifecycle, including version control (git), CICD pipelines, testing, and regional cloud deployments
• Continuously improve efficiency by optimizing existing application architecture and processes including externally and internally developed applications.
• Collaborate with multiple build teams and/or Center of Excellence around best practices, reducing technical debt and alignment to established architectural standards.
• Document and visualize application architecture, ensuring alignment with standards.
• Lead working sessions to create architecture recommendations with diverse stakeholders and create architecture and design recommendations.
• Evaluating “Fit for purpose” to drive Build vs. Buy decisions suitability to custom application development for new business demand and/or platform affinity.
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data security, and the software development lifecycle.

Experiences that make you a strong candidate for this role:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+, Master’s degree with 6+, and PhD with 2+ years of solid, diverse work experience in IT and Life Science R&D.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Possess strong hands-on programming experience in one or more development languages including C#, Java, or Python.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for effective communication and collaboration.
• A passion for learning and staying ahead of the curve with cutting-edge technologies.
• A desire to translate real-world business problems into effective technical solutions.

Beneficial

• Experience with GxP applications.
• Work experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Technology certifications are strongly preferred

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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