Data Engineer (REMOTE)

Charles River Laboratories; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Health and wellness coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading contract research organization is seeking a skilled professional to design and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes utilizing Azure services. The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in ETL and SQL programming, with a focus on data security and compliance. This role provides opportunities to collaborate across teams, driving innovation in drug development through data management. A comprehensive benefits package is included, promoting work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is essential for the role.
• 3+ years of experience in ETL design is required.
• 1+ years of experience with Azure and data-heavy applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data pipelines.
• Implement data storage solutions for analytics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data needs.

Skills

ETL design

SQL programming

Python programming

Data security

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Azure SQL Database

Job description

Overview

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. Our employees are innovative thinkers dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We empower you with resources to grow and develop in your career. As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will help bring life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, you will make a difference every day for patients around the world.

Job Summary

At Charles River Laboratories, we’re transforming how we work by harnessing the power of AI, data, and digital innovation to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving therapies. Our vision is to embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics across every stage of our scientific and operational workflows—empowering our teams with smarter tools, seamless data, and actionable insights to deliver client-centric services and solutions that better serve our customers and, ultimately, improve patients’ lives.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes using Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Bricks, and other Azure services.
• Implement and optimize data storage solutions using Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database, and Delta Lake to support analytics and reporting needs.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver high-quality, reliable datasets.
• Ensure data security, compliance, and governance by applying best practices, role-based access control (RBAC), and encryption.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows, ensuring performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency across Azure cloud environments.
• Automate data integration and transformation tasks using Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and scripting languages like Python.

Job Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• 3+ years of experience in ETL design, development, and performance tuning using the Microsoft Stack in a multi-dimensional data warehousing environment.
• 3+ years of advanced SQL programming expertise (PL/SQL, T-SQL)
• 2+ years of experience in Enterprise Data & Analytics solution architecture
• 2+ years of experience in Python Programming
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with Azure, especially for data-heavy/analytics applications leveraging relational and NoSQL databases, Data Warehousing, and Big Data solutions.
• 2+ years of experience with key Azure services: Azure Data Factory, Data Lake Gen2, Analysis Services, Databricks, Blob Storage, SQL Database, Cosmos DB, App Service, Logic Apps, and Functions
• 1+ years of experience designing data models aligning with business requirements and analytics needs.
• 1+ years of experience defining and implementing data security standards, including encryption, auditing, and monitoring.
• Strong analytical skills and a passion for intellectual curiosity

Preferred Skills

• 2+ years of experience setting up and operating data pipelines using Python or SQL
• Familiarity with DevOps processes (CI/CD) and infrastructure as code
• Knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Quality tools
• Experience developing REST APIs using Java Spring Boot, Python
• Experience building and supporting AI/ML software solutions
• Familiarity with stream-processing systems (e.g., Event Hubs, Storm, Spark-Streaming)
• Experience with API integrations (RESTful, SOAP) for both internal and external systems to enhance data flow and automation
• Experience working in Agile environments, familiarity with Agile tools like Jira or Azure DevOps
• Experience in data and analytics within the Life Sciences industry is a plus

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

Benefits

At Charles River, we are committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [e-mail]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.