Principal Database Administrator - FUJIFILM Biotechnologies : Job Details

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FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies is a world leading Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) serving customers in the pharmaceutical industry – from pre-clinical investigations to commercial GMP production.

The Principal Database Administrator (PDBA) is the global strategic and technical lead on the design, build, management and maintenance of all IT and Manufacturing applications from a database perspective, these are core and business critical to the FDB manufacturing processes and protection of customer data. They will drive the operational cybersecurity capabilities and roadmaps globally across IT regarding database hosting and usage and ensure alignment with established legal standards such as NIST 800-82, ISA/IEC62443, CIS-20, and ISO27001. Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. They are accountable for system availability and performance, which may impact the entire FDB functions and productions.

What you'll do:

• Design: Be the technical and design lead for the day-to-day support and availability of all FDB Global databases, including build, configure, tune, administer, and support database technologies and solutions.
• Technical Oversight: Perform cross-functional, multidisciplinary technical oversight to include evaluation of project work, staff, methods, and associated procedures related to enterprise-level IT/OT database systems. Compile technology related documentation for GxP and critical IT database technologies. Participate in system validation and testing processes as required. Approve validation documentation together with relevant ITQ. Represent IT system in connection with audits and inspections.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Perform cross-functional, multidisciplinary technical oversight to include evaluation of project work, staff, methods, and associated procedures related to enterprise-level IT/OT database systems. Compile technology related documentation for GxP and critical IT database technologies. Participate in system validation and testing processes as required. Approve validation documentation together with relevant ITQ. Represent IT system in connection with audits and inspections.
• Integration: LDBA's are responsible for leading the design and deployment of new database technologies ensuring that they integrate smoothly with existing systems and infrastructure. They ensure that all FDB polices, and procedures are followed and that all deployed systems meet the security frameworks in place. The are responsible for ensuring AIS metrics are defined and met prior to new system/service deployment.

This is a hybrid role located at our site in North Carolina.

Minimum Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or Information Technology or relevant technical certifications
• 10+ years experience in a senior DBA position with proven track record in an enterprise IT infrastructure environment; or
• 6+ years' experience of working in a biomedical IT service environment in a senior DBA role; or
• Any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background to deliver against role expectations.
• In depth experience of scripting and automation technologies
• Experience of tracking emerging IT issues, strategies, roadmaps, patterns, and technologies over time to assess opportunities to enhance service delivery.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong SQL expertise and solid understanding across several DBMS (MSSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and more…), including performance tuning and backup/restore best practices.
• In-depth technical knowledge of DB Backup/Replication Technologies
• In-depth technical knowledge of DB tuning
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., SQL, PowerShell, Python) is preferred.
• In depth knowledge of Infrastructure DB security and associated frameworks such as ISO27000
• Solid business acumen and at-ease when engaging with senior leadership.
• Adept at communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, and across organizations, using architecture communication techniques.
• Adept at gaining support from business and technical stakeholders for IT DB initiatives with medium/high levels of risk, impact, and complexity.

As part of any recruitment process, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations and may share this as part of the global recruitment process with hiring managers in Europe and the United States.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is an industry-leading Biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations in Hillerød, Denmark, Teesside, UK, RTP, North Carolina and College Station, Texas, USA. We use our skills, dedication, and ambition to enable impact for the world's most innovative biotech and biopharma companies reimagining healthcare's potential. We work across the entire lifecycle of our customers' products – enabling success throughout. Every cure, vaccine, biologic, and advancement we contribute to starts with our people and our passion. We fuel one another's passion, help accelerate progress, expand capabilities, strengthen innovation, and improve processes to improve lives.

The culture at FUJIFILM Biotechnologies Denmark is key if you ask our employees and besides a competitive salary and bonus package, we offer health insurance, massage and physiotherapy, health check, fitness center, possibility to work from home and most recently we invested in a mobile barista coffee van. We also has a canteen arrangement incl. Friday brunch and monthly afternoon cake, just as we have a “bell ringing” tradition when reaching important milestones.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies Denmark is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesPharmaceutical Manufacturing

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