Next Generation MES Technical Integrator

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Organization Overview:

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing around the world to create new state-of-the-art manufacturing site’s and continue expanding our existing facilities to created capacity required to continue with our mission. The brand-new facilities will utilize the latest technology, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Manufacturing and Quality Tech@Lilly (IT) organization is on a multi-year journey to implement the Next Generation Manufacturing Execution System (NG MES) for drug product sites across the world. This project has high visibility within the organization and directly impact making medicine for our patients.

As a Next Generation MES Technical Integrator you will be part of Next Generation MES Core team and you will:

• contribute to the NG MES architecture implementation and testing;
• support the delivery of NG MES solution and architecture to the drug product manufacturing sites in scope of the NG MES program;
• manage architecture life cycle and security management for the core system, third party components and related infrastructure.

How You’ll Succeed

• You will support the NG MES Architect, by investigating analyzing and testing components of NG MES architecture;
• You will assist the NG MES team by ensuring environments needed at global and local level are installed according to the procedures and the program timeline;
• You will ensure NG MES system, its interfaces and the related architecture are kept aligned with current security standards by executing Cybersecurity related tasks (e.g. patching and LCM activities);
• You will identify solutions to complex technical, architectural, integration and performance problems;
• You will keep outside focus to identify new trends and opportunities, to contribute to the NG MES roadmap in cooperation with the NG MES Architect;
• You will act as coach/mentor of global and local MES team members and others on Next Gen MES technologies.

What You Should Bring

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues;
• Understanding of GMP requirements and experience delivering within those requirements and constraints;
• Good interpersonal and self-management skills;
• Good oral and written communication skills, with ability of transition between business and technical discussions;
• Broad learning agility;
• Ability to lead/manage small/medium activities in an autonomous way.
• Additional Experience in the following would be preferred but not required:
• Knowledge of Computer System Validation process;
• Experience with distributed S95 Level 3 solutions, commercial configurable software (COTS);
• Knowledge of a MES (e.g. Rockwell Pharmasuite, PMX, Emerson Syncade), its configuration, its architecture, its integration with other solutions, and how it is used to support the business processes;
• Container experience/knowledge.

Your Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field;
• 2+ years technical experience in delivery of IT solutions (MES experience preferred);
• Solid experience in Microsoft eco system administration including domain integration and security.

Additional information:

• Full time day shift position;
• Position must be in Indianapolis
• Fluent English written and spoken
• As this position will contribute to NG MES Program implementation, occasional off hours and weekend work is expected;
• Some (10-15%) domestic and/or international travel will be required.

About the Organization

Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities using groundbreaking technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Lilly IT is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.

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