Systems Architect - Engineering & Product Support Systems

Veeva Systems, Inc.; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a mission-driven organization that is a pioneer in industry cloud solutions, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As a Systems Architect, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our systems while collaborating with diverse teams. This position blends strategic planning with hands-on execution, allowing you to design and implement cutting-edge IT solutions. Ideal candidates will thrive in a flexible work environment, contributing to innovative projects that make a significant impact in the industry. If you're passionate about technology and eager to learn, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible PTO

Company paid holidays

1% charitable giving program

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a Systems Architect with a strong understanding of computer systems.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and disaster recovery planning.
• Excellent problem-solving skills under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture plans for cloud applications supporting internal teams.
• Oversee implementation of key business systems and analyze performance.
• Establish metrics to monitor system performance and recommend solutions.

Skills

Problem-solving

Cloud architecture

Scalable solutions

Networking

Data storage

Incident management

Disaster recovery planning

Customer service

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Equivalent work experience

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Git

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

TestRail

Mattermost

Job description

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming apublic benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

As aWork Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.

Veeva is seeking a talented and motivated Systems Architect to join our dynamic team. As a Systems Architect, you are innately curious, have a penchant for problem-solving, and will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. Our mission is to protect, provide for, and progress the software and systems utilized by our product engineering teams. This role is a blend of strategic planning and hands-on execution, requiring a leader who can both design cutting-edge IT solutions and roll up their sleeves to implement them.

Ideal candidates have worked in enterprise software development or for a high-growth technology company.

What You’ll Do

• Provide comprehensive architecture plans for multiple cloud-based applications supporting our internal stakeholders across engineering, product support, training, and services teams
• Partner with stakeholders (business leaders, DevOps, security, infrastructure) to understand application usage, future growth,h and strategic goals
• Recommend specific hardware, software, and methodologies that align with industry best practices, standards, and organizational goals
• Oversee the implementation and integration of key business systems
• Analyze performance and ensure the applications (GitLab, Jira, Confluence, TestRail, Mattermost), hosted in AWS, meet the scalability and reliability needs of our internal teams
• Perform root cause analysis for complex failures and offer modern solutions and tools
• Establish metrics to monitor system performance, proactively identify issue,s and recommend solutions for optimal performance
• Identify and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and reliability issues across the stack
• Implement best practices for cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Stay informed about emerging technologies and industry trends including AI to identify opportunities for innovation within enterprise business systems
• Create detailed documentation of systems architecture designs, technical specifications, and implementation plans
• You want to make the system better every day and are self-driven to learn all that is necessary to provide full-stack diagnostics and determine the root cause of problems
• Communicate effectively with engineering and infrastructure teams and describe problems succinctly with sufficient detail
• Engage in real-time communication during outages with both technical and non-technical audiences

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or other similar degree, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of working experience as a Systems Architect
• Strong understanding of computer systems, networking, and data storage
• Proven ability to architect scalable solutions across enterprise applications
• Experience with AWS and container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Independent learner, curiousto learn new technologies
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues under pressure
• Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation
• Experience with performance tuning of databases and distributed storage systems.
• Demonstrated history of incident management and leadership ability
• Strong attention to detail, goal-oriented
• Commitment to excellent customer service
• Effective communication skills across all levels — whether talking to individual contributors or executives

Nice to Have

• Working knowledge of Git repositories
• Solid scripting skills; experience with Shell, Bash, Ansible, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
• 1% charitable giving program

Compensation

• Base pay: $115,000 - $165,000
• The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us [e-mail] .

Work Where It’s Best for You

Work Anywhere means you can work in an office or at home on any given day. It’s about getting the work done in the way and place that works best for each person. This applies across all locations and departments.

Work Anywhere does not mean work at any time. We have predictable core hours where employees are generally available for meetings and collaboration. Employees are focused and available during core hours.

We invest in our offices to make them places where our employees like to go. If you work in the office three or more days a week, you will have a dedicated office workspace. Our offices function as hubs to draw people in, create social bonds, and where random connections and mixing of ideas happen. We’re investing more in offices, culture, and offsite meetings, not less.

Product teams are organized in regional product hubs for optimal collaboration and live within a time zone of their hub. Our current product hubs are located in Pleasanton, Columbus, Boston, Kansas City, New York City, Raleigh, and Toronto. We create opportunities for teams to get together in person regularly.

Customer-facing roles, such as Sales and Professional Services, live near and/or travel to their customers.

When an employee moves within a country it does not cause a change in salary. Where you live impacts you and your family. Not knowing if your compensation will change if you move can cause stress and uncertainty for everyone. We wanted to eliminate that.

Work at Veeva. Work where it’s best for you.

A different kind of company. A Public Benefit Corporation.

Unlike a traditional corporation, whose only legal duty is to maximize shareholder value, PBCs consider their public benefit purpose and the interests of those materially affected by the corporation’s conduct—including customers, employees, and the community—in addition to shareholders’ interests.

What sets us apart

In February 2021, Veeva became the first public company to convert to a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC).

Unlike a traditional corporation, whose only legal duty is to maximize shareholder value, PBCs consider their public benefit purpose and the interests of those materially affected by the corporation’s conduct—including customers, employees, and the community—in addition to shareholders’ interests.

Veeva’s public benefit purpose is to help make the industries we serve more productive and create high-quality employment opportunities.

“Veeva’s engineering teams take a pragmatic approach to software development. We offer an ideal environment for engineers who value focus, speed and integrity in their work.”