Senior Principle SDLC Solution Architect, DevCMO Tech

14260 GSK India Global Services Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK seeks a Senior Principal SDLC Solution Architect in Bengaluru to lead the design and delivery of web applications and platforms for DevCMO Tech and R&D. You will collaborate with architects, engineers and product owners to implement scalable solutions following Agile and DevOps principles.

You will drive front-end and back-end development, including micro-frontend architectures, containerization on Azure, and CI/CD pipelines, while promoting AI-assisted development practices and secure

Qualifications

• Total 11+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
• Experience building production React applications with TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Experience with module federation and micro-frontend architecture.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and deploying containerized applications to Azure App Service.
• Back-end development and API design using Node.js, Java, Java/.NET or Python.
• Experience in Agile, DevOps & Automation (CI/CD, testing, deployment).

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining React applications and the back-end services and APIs that support them.
• Designing and implementing micro-frontend architectures using module federation, including shared dependencies and deployment of remote modules.
• Containerizing applications and deploying them to Azure App Service; handling image builds, registries, configuration, scaling and monitoring.
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for build, test, security scanning and deployment of containerized applications.
• Defining and sharing best practices for AI-assisted development and code review of AI-generated code.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Docker

Azure

Node.js

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

At GSK we are building a best-in-class data and prediction powered team that is ambitious for patients. GSK R&D and Digital and Tech's collective goal is to deliver business impact, including the acceleration of the discovery and development of medicines and vaccines to patients. The R&D Digital and Tech remit has expanded over the past 2 years, and to position GSK for the future, the change will strengthen R&D Tech, to provide more strategic impact, focus, accountability, and improved decision making in the use of Digital, Data and Analytics (DDA) to strengthen the pipeline.

Job Purpose

This role contributes to the design and delivery of web applications and platforms for DevCMO Tech and R&D. You will work with architects, engineers, product owners, designers and other team members, and will actively participate in creating technical solutions, designs and implementations, and in the relentless improvement of R&D Tech systems in alignment with agile and DevOps principles. The Senior Principal SDLC Solution Architect, DevCMO Tech demonstrates both depth and breadth across key engineering competencies, e.g. front-end and back-end software development, testing, DevOps and cloud. They can collaborate with experts from other subject domains.

Primary responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining React applications and the back-end services and APIs that support them.
• Designing and implementing micro-frontend architectures using module federation, including shared dependencies, versioning, and independent deployment of remote modules.
• Containerizing applications and deploying them to Azure App Service, including image builds, container registries, configuration, scaling and monitoring.
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub) for build, test, security scanning and deployment of containerized applications.
• Using modern AI coding assistants such as AI coding assistants code in daily development, and helping teams adopt them effectively and responsibly.
• Defining and sharing best practices for AI-assisted development, such as prompting and context, code review of AI-generated code, testing expectations and security guardrails.
• Working with other teams that are defining DevOps and platform practices to meet the requirements of DevCMO Tech.
• Conducting PoCs of new technologies and helping to embed them in product teams.
• Ensures that technical delivery is fully compliant with GSK Security, Quality and Regulatory standards.
• Ensures use of relevant R&D Tech / central services and collaborating with service partners in identification and delivery of service improvements.
• Maintains best practices for engineering and architecture on our Confluence site.
• Pro-actively engages in experimentation and innovation to drive relentless improvement.
• Provides leadership, technical direction and GSK expertise to architecture and engineering teams composed of GSK FTEs, strategic partners and software vendors.

Basic Qualifications

• Total 11+ years of experience, proficient with at least 3 of the below skills, and able to demonstrate knowledge and value with relevant experience in all the following competencies.
• Experience building production React applications with TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Experience with module federation and micro-frontend architecture.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and deploying containerized applications to Azure App Service.
• Experience in (AI coding assistants) to build and ship software.
• Back-end development and API design, using Node.js, Java, C#/.NET or Python.
• Software development, architecture design & technology platforms/frameworks.
• Agile, DevOps & Automation [of testing, build, deployment, CI/CD, etc.].
• Testing strategies & frameworks, including unit, integration and end-to-end testing.
• Role requires: Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or related technical discipline.
• Experience in delivering high-quality engineered web applications.
• Experience in industry standards and technology platforms aligned to GSK and R&D roadmaps.
• Experience in working with open-source ecosystems including JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Java, Python etc.
• Experience in various software paradigms: domain-driven, procedural, data-driven, object-oriented, functional.
• Experience in .Net Core (C#), Java, Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science is preferred.
• Experience in agile software development and DevOps, relevant technology platforms [e.g. Kubernetes] and frameworks [e.g. Docker], including cloud technologies on Azure and GCP.
• Experience with web performance, accessibility and UI testing, and with component libraries and design systems.
• Experience with authentication and authorization (e.g. OAuth, OpenID Connect, Azure Entra ID) and secure coding practices.
• Experience with observability and monitoring of web applications (e.g. Azure Monitor, Application Insights).
• Subject matter expertise in clinical development.
• R&D Tech requires Engineers with understanding of the relevant technical and scientific domains.
• Able to deliver continuous change to meet rapidly evolving R&D strategy and ambition.
• Experience with agile development methods, with security strategies and best practices, data integration mechanisms, architectural design tools, delivering and integrating COTS applications, areas of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Integration, Business Process Management and Data Quality.
• Experience in applying AI/ML, data curation, workflow, and advanced visualization techniques to enable decision support across multiple products and assets to drive results across R&D business operations.

Skills

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Big Data
• Business Intelligence (BI)
• Cloud Computing
• Data Analysis
• Database Design
• Data Modeling
• Data Privacy
• Data Quality Assessments
• Data Security
• Data Virtualization
• Data Warehousing (DW)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Machine Learning (ML)
• Metadata Management
• Python (Programming Language)

Why GSK?

Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

We are a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive.

Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. Find out more on our career site.

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