Senior Analytics Platform Engineer
Msd · Hyderabad · onsite · Posted 32d ago
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About this role
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
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
Secondary Language(s) Job Description
The Opportunity
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
What You'll Do
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.
#MSDHYDIT
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status
Regular
Relocation
VISA Sponsorship
Travel Requirements
Flexible Work Arrangements
Hybrid
Shift
Valid Driving License
Hazardous Material(s)
Job Posting End Date
09/25/2026
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
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
Secondary Language(s) 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.
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
What You'll Do
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
#MSDHYDIT
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status
Regular
Relocation
VISA Sponsorship
Travel Requirements
Flexible Work Arrangements
Hybrid
Shift
Valid Driving License
Hazardous Material(s)
Job Posting End Date
09/25/2026
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Skills
SDLCDockerTerraformKubernetesScrumStreamlitlinux shell scriptingCI/CD Pipelinesamazon web servicesbitbucketdataikurDashArtifactorySASAWS EKSShinyPositPythonJira AtlassianPowershellAnsibleGITDomino Data Lab