Senior Analytics Platform Engineer

MSD Malaysia; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration and wide wide

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Analytics Platform Engineer to drive data science platform delivery across Domino Data Lab, Dataiku, Posit, and SAS on AWS.

You will build, automate, and test platform solutions, implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, collaborate in an Agile setup, ensure SDLC compliance (GxP), and enable AI/ML capabilities for research and clinical teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on platform engineering experience in IT/infrastructure projects.
• Experience with data science platforms in pharma/healthcare context is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering & Delivery: Build, configure, and customize Data Science platforms (Domino Data Lab, Dataiku, Posit Connect/Workbench, and SAS) to meet customer needs.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Implement and maintain platform automation using Terraform, Ansible, Git, and CI/CD pipelines for deployments on AWS.
• Agile Collaboration: Work in a multicultural agile team, actively participating in sprints, managing work via JIRA, and translating business needs into technical solutions.
• Operations & Troubleshooting: Monitor platforms, troubleshoot complex issues, provide root-cause analysis, and improve enterprise reliability.
• SDLC & Compliance: Update and maintain SDLC documentation for all deployments, ensuring configurations meet GxP and regulatory standards.
• Knowledge Sharing & Support: Develop technical documentation and enable new AI/ML capabilities within timelines.
• Estimation & Planning: Accurately estimate effort to deploy new capabilities within sprint cycles.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Visualization

Design Applications

Software Configurations

Software Development

SDLC

Solution Architecture

System Designs

System Integration

Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT

3+ years platform engineering experience

Tools

Domino Data Lab

Dataiku

Posit (Connect/Workbench)

SAS

Terraform

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

AWS

EKS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description Required Skills: Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration, Testing Preferred Skills:

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Job Description: The Opportunity • Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130‑ year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. • Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data‑backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. • Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision‑making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats. Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy. A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well‑being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview Are you an innovative technical expert looking to use your skills to make a tangible impact in a product‑centric data and analytics organization within a global biopharmaceutical enterprise? Do you want to help various research and clinical teams build their solutions in a modular, integrated fashion, enabling an end‑to‑end customer journey? We are looking for someone who goes beyond just platforms and technologies to build true value‑add, self‑serve data and analytics products that ultimately help improve global health outcomes. As the Senior Analytics Platform Engineer, you will be a hands‑on technical driver responsible for developing and automating solutions to support the delivery of product roadmaps across multiple Data Science platforms (including Domino Data Lab, Dataiku, Posit, and SAS). Working in a global, multicultural agile setup (working in sprints and using JIRA), you will engage directly with Technical Product Managers, Architects, and other cross‑functional team members to design, configure, and deliver infrastructure solutions on AWS. You will also take ownership of testing, maintaining rigorous SDLC documentation, ensuring compliance, and seamlessly releasing capabilities through CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities:

• Platform Engineering & Delivery: Build, configure, and customize capabilities within leading Data Science platforms (Domino Data Lab, Dataiku, Posit Connect/Workbench, and SAS) based on customer needs. This includes platform upgrades, modernization, and managing integrations (e.g., storage integrations, AI assistants).
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Implement and maintain robust platform automation using Terraform, Ansible, Git, and CI/CD pipelines for deployments on AWS infrastructure.
• Agile Collaboration: Work hands‑on within a multicultural agile team, actively participating in sprints, managing work via JIRA, and collaborating with Product Managers and Architects to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Operations & Troubleshooting: Monitor platforms, troubleshoot complex issues, provide root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to ensure enterprise‑grade reliability, robustness, and disaster recovery readiness.
• SDLC & Compliance: Update and maintain accurate SDLC documentation for all deployments, ensuring configurations and processes meet strict organizational and industry compliance standards (e.g., GxP).
• Knowledge Sharing & Support: Develop technical documentation, provide expert support to internal stakeholders, and enable new AI & ML capabilities within agreed‑upon timelines.
• Estimation & Planning: Accurately estimate the effort required to deploy new capabilities and deliver them reliably within sprint cycles.

Required Skills:

• Data Science Platforms: Strong understanding and hands‑on administrative experience with Commercial Off‑The‑Shelf (COTS) Data Science platforms, particularly Domino Data Lab, Dataiku, Posit (Package Manager, Connect, Workbench), and SAS environments.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Expert knowledge of the AWS cloud ecosystem, including EKS (Kubernetes), storage services, database services, and AI/ML cognitive services.
• Automation & DevOps: Proven hands‑on experience utilizing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and modern CI/CD practices (Git, Bitbucket, Artifactory) to automate infrastructure provisioning and routine administrative tasks.
• Programming & Scripting: Proficiency in R and Python programming, data manipulation, and content creation (Shiny, Streamlit, Dash), alongside robust Linux Shell scripting or PowerShell skills.
• Agile & SDLC: Solid experience working on Agile teams (Scrum framework, JIRA) with a deep understanding of rigorous Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, ideally within a regulated (Pharma/Healthcare) environment.
• System Administration: Experience managing various Linux distributions (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu) and implementing user authentication, access controls, and security policies.
• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, with 3+ years of hands‑on experience in platform engineering and IT infrastructure projects.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with HPC environments and resource managers like SLURM.
• Deep knowledge of containerization platforms and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with SDLC and validating software in a pharmaceutical context.
• Familiarity with integrating modern AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) into data science workflows.

We Offer:

Competitive remuneration and wide range of benefits. A position in an industry‑leading global company dedicated to saving and improving lives. A challenging career with professional growth based on performance. An innovative, multicultural, and highly collaborative working environment.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Job Posting End Date: 09/25/2026

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date. Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century.