Senior Life Sciences Enterprise Solution Architect

305 King St W

Suite 1100

Kitchener, ON N2G 1B9

Canada

Senior Life Sciences Enterprise Solution Architect Description

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of innovative solutions that address the needs of life science and medical technology clients
• Design and develop technical solutions for core client projects
• Provide guidance through the complexity of solution architecture options and the long-term roadmap for the solutions
• Find the right balance between innovation, technical feasibility, long term sustainability
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams locally and globally at both EPAM and various clients
• Create and present proof-of-concepts and architecture proposals as well as provide pre-sales and RFP support within the framework of a technology consultancy
• Ensure that all solutions comply with relevant regulatory requirements such as FDA, HIPAA and GDPR
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends in Life Sciences and MedTech

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or similar or relevant work experience
• Extensive experience in hands-on Solution Architecture or related role with a strong foundation in Software Engineering
• Experience in Life Sciences industry is essential
• Must be fluent in German and English (reading, writing and speaking)
• Strong experience working in a consultative work environment as a SME to link technology with business value whilst guiding clients through the right technology choices suitable to their core short or long term needs
• Strong expertise in green field, lift and shift and migration projects
• Experience with Microservice based architecture, designing enterprise services or integration capabilities using REST APIs and event-driven technology as well as leveraging native Cloud services (desirable Azure)
• Proficiency in enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies
• Experience and understanding of the Agile delivery, pre-sales, RFPs, POCs
• Comfortably leading and communicating with multi-disciplinary teams at EPAM and with the client, up to and including C-level management globally

Nice to have

• Experience of development in regulated environments for life sciences (e.g. the development lifecycle of medicines or medical devices) and the impact on key architecture processes and reference architectures
• Experience of integration with Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) clinical trial platforms leading vendors (e.g. Medidata, Veeva, Oracle, Parexel)
• Experience of health care provider platforms (hospital, GP, laboratory) and common interoperability standards (e.g. HL7, FHIR, DICOM, XDS)
• Knowledge and/or experience with electronic health records (EHR) and relevant technologies e.g. FHIR, openEHR
• Experience designing Connected Care Platforms
• Understanding of ISO and IEC Standards for SaMD (e.g. ISO 62304, ISO 14971, ISO 13485)
• Experience of big data in biopharma and Med Tech and implementation of FAIR data principles
• Client-side experience of architecture transformation for large biopharma or Med Tech companies, for CROs or CRMOs or for suppliers of consumables/reagents
• A broad domain knowledge of the LS/HC sector, especially if it is combined with deep knowledge of one or more therapeutic areas (e.g. anti-cancer, anti-infectives, neurological)

We offer

• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Enhanced parental leave
• Extended pension plan
• Daily sickness allowance insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, over 22,000 courses on LinkedIn Learning Solutions and much more
• *All benefits and perks are subject to certain eligibility requirements

• Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks

• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies

• For this position, we are able to consider applications from the following:

• - Swiss nationals
• - EU/EFTA nationals
• - Third-country nationals based in Switzerland with an appropriate work permit
• - Displaced people from Ukraine who are currently in Switzerland and hold, or have already applied for, S permits