AI-Powered Data Operations Specialist

MSD Malaysia; Rahway (NJ); On-site; USD 87,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, seeks a Job Description Specialist, Digital Operations Agentic Intelligence, to build AI-enabled data foundations and governed agents.

You will implement data pipelines, semantic layers, dashboards, and automated workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a regulated healthcare setting. The role emphasizes disciplined development practices, testing, and secure deployment, with opportunities to grow in Copilot Studio, Vertex AI and Power Platform

Qualifications

• Experience: 2+ years in data engineering, software development, BI, or AI/ML roles.
• Core programming with Python and SQL for data tasks and automation.
• Data pipelines, modeling, quality checks, and governance awareness.

Responsibilities

• Agentic AI Development & Governance: design, build and test governed agents and AI-enabled workflows.
• AI-Ready Data Foundations & Integration: build data pipelines, semantic layers, datasets.
• BI, Web Apps & Automation: develop dashboards, reports, Power Apps, automations.
• Testing, Evaluation & Release Readiness: create test cases and validate outputs.
• Engineering Standards, Documentation & Enablement: use GitHub, VS Code, templates and runbooks.

Skills

API Development

Automation Systems

Bioprocessing

cGMP Compliance

CMMS

Data Analysis

Data Modeling

Data Pipelines

Data Storage Systems

Data Structures

Deployment Management

GitHub

JSON

Learning Agility

Python (Programming Language)

SQL Databases

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience required

Tools

Databricks

Dataverse

Power BI

SharePoint

Copilot Studio

Gemini/Vertex AI

Microsoft Power Platform

VS Code

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, seeks a Job Description Specialist, Digital Operations Agentic Intelligence, to build AI-enabled data foundations and governed agents.

You will implement data pipelines, semantic layers, dashboards, and automated workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a regulated healthcare setting. The role emphasizes disciplined development practices, testing, and secure deployment, with opportunities to grow in Copilot Studio, Vertex AI and Power Platform