As a Principal Infrastructure Engineer, you will be part of Global I&O team within the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) IT Department. You will work together with other highly dedicated and skilled colleagues focused on the mission of ensuring a stable, efficient, and compliant IT services. Simplicity and agility is important in everything we do. 

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies is an industry-leading Biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations in Hillerød, Denmark; Teesside, UK; RTP, North Carolina; Holly Springs, North Carolina; College Station, Texas; and Thousand Oaks, California. We use our skills, dedication, and ambition to enable impact for the world’s most innovative biotech and biopharma companies reimagining healthcare’s potential. We work across the entire lifecycle of our customers’ products – enabling success throughout. Every cure, vaccine, biologic, and advancement we contribute to starts with our people and our passion. We fuel one another’s passion, help accelerate progress, expand capabilities, strengthen innovation, and improve processes to improve lives. 

This position will take a lead role within the Infrastructure Engineer team with a focus on designing, building, deploying, and maintaining the FDB Global IT infrastructure while leveraging the latest technology. The role is responsible for ensuring that IT platforms are secure, reliable, backed up and always available. In addition, the role will also provide BAU technical governance on projects and solution design. The role is also responsible for the QoS regarding Infrastructure services and will provide 3rd /4th level Infrastructure support duties as required.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND SCOPE

• Supporting the Architect function to oversee, document and prepare the updates to the existing environment to address business needs

• Lead on the day-to-day support of the FDB Physical, Virtual and Cloud based IT Platforms

• Manage resource utilization on BAU and IT projects

• Ability to create, follow and implement technical roadmaps and strategies

• Leads the engineer teams on (design, build, testing) on complex IT and Business projects

• Own the availability, capacity, and continuity management processes to ensure availability of systems.

• Work with the established service management tool (ServiceNow) to record, update and manage incidents

• Coordinate changes to service, configuration items, organizational change, supplier change, and associated documentation

• All other service deliverables dependent on business needs

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS

• Excellent organizational and planning skills with the ability to manage a variety of tasks and responsibilities with a clear delivery focus.
• Thrives in a dynamic busy environment, can prioritise tasks appropriately and copes with pressure well; can accommodate numerous competing demands.
• An excellent communicator who is comfortable dealing with a variety of audiences (e.g., Executive Directors, advisers, staff, and 3rd party IT suppliers, and can tailor communications appropriately without approval.
• Flexible and adaptable to an ever-changing environment with the ability to work under pressure whilst remaining focused and calm.
• Proven experience of delivering infrastructure design and support within an enterprise environment.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with 8+ years of experience; Advanced degree (Master’s or higher) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with 6+ years of experience.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience of leading on platform design, configuration, and implementation projects
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft based server operating systems.
• In-depth knowledge of Citrix administration including F5 load balancing
• In-depth knowledge of VMware
• In-depth knowledge of Opensource Technologies specifically Red Hat
• Experience of Azure and Amazon cloud technologies
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory management and design including ADD.
• Strong knowledge of Backup technologies and Storage arrays
• Working knowledge of Hyper Converged Infrastructure advantageous
• Working knowledge of MSQL Infrastructure advantageous
• Experience of troubleshooting and using remote access tools
• Terminal Server tools and configuration
• Knowledge of enterprise firewall solutions and their impact
• In-depth knowledge of ITIL / awareness of ISO20000\27000
• Life Sciences experience is a plus.

FDBU works with technical data, technology and materials that are subject to U.S. export laws and regulations. This position will require access to technical data, technology and source code that is controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations, including but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations at 22 C.F.R. Parts 120 – 130 and Export Administration Regulations in 15 C.F.R. Part 730 – 774, as may be amended. To conform to these laws and regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., protected individuals as defined by 8 USC 1324(b)(a)(3) (i.e., asylees and refugees) or otherwise eligible for an export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. Offers of employment will be contingent on the Company’s ability to secure an export authorization.

FDBU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class.

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