Senior Specialist, DBA software engineering

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. Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our companys’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes.

These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy. 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 This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining clinical and health economic data systems, ensuring high-quality data integration, validation, reporting, and compliance across study and enterprise platforms. The position partners with business stakeholders, IT teams, and external vendors to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions, automate processes, and deliver actionable insights through advanced analytics and reporting.

The role also drives continuous improvement, supports governance and release management activities, ensures audit readiness, and mentors team members to enable efficient, high-quality delivery. What you would do: Build, integrate, and maintain clinical databases and study systems, including transformations, edit checks, reporting, and user testing, while supporting governance of cross‑study programming environments.

Design, develop, test, and maintain Health Economic Modeling systems using programming and automation frameworks. Implement and validate complex data logic such as logical, derivations, and dynamic rules. Propose and develop tools to streamline design, build, and validation workflows. Apply data literacy to convert collected data into actionable insights. Develop advanced reporting solutions, including dashboards and visual analytics, using enterprise platforms.

Configure, test, and validate data sources for integrations and transformations across systems. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical and system requirements. Coordinates with external vendors, Information Technology (IT), and the other supporting functions to validate external data transfers into our company's data management system in accordance with detailed transfer specifications Troubleshoot routine data ingestion and consumption issues, escalating non‑standard problems appropriately.

Develop robust data models, semantic layers, and curated datasets while monitoring pipelines and enforcing quality checks. Validate system functionality and ensure adherence to SOPs, regulations, and compliance standards. Identify process gaps and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Maintain audit‑ready documentation for changes, incidents, and system updates. Mentor junior colleagues and contribute to onboarding and knowledge sharing.

Support release management activities, including change control an