Reference Data, Data Engineer

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

As the Reference Data Product team member of the Enterprise Data Management organization, you will be responsible for managing and promoting the use of reference data, partnering with business Subject Mater Experts on creation of vocabularies / taxonomies and ontologies, and developing analytic solutions using semantic technologies.

• Work with Reference Data Product Owner, external resources and other engineers as part of the product team
• Develop and maintain semantically appropriate concepts
• Identify and address conceptual gaps in both content and taxonomy
• Maintain ontology source vocabularies for new or edited codes
• Support product teams to help them leverage taxonomic solutions
• Analyze the data from public/internal datasets.
• Develop a Data Model/schema for taxonomy.
• Create a taxonomy in Semaphore Ontology Editor.
• Perform Bulk-import data templates into Semaphore to add/update terms in taxonomies.
• Prepare SPARQL queries to generate adhoc reports.
• Perform Gap Analysis on current and updated data to facilitate Interim Governance.
• Maintain taxonomies in Semaphore through Change Management process.
• Develop and optimize automated data ingestion / pipelines through Python/PySpark when APIs are available
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and design solutions that meet business needs
• Identify and resolve complex data-related challenges
• Participate in sprint planning meetings and provide estimations on technical implementation

Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of Computer Science, IT, or related field experience OR

Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of Computer Science, IT, or related field OR

Diploma and 10 to 12 years of Computer Science, IT, or related field

Basic Qualifications:

• Knowledge of controlled vocabularies, classification, ontology and taxonomy
• Experience in ontology development using Semaphore, Topbraid or a similar tool
• Experience performing document classification leveraging taxonomies and using a classification tool such as Semaphore
• Hands on experience writing SPARQL queries on graph data
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with large, complex datasets
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data integration concepts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands on experience writing SQL using any RDBMS (Redshift, Postgres, MySQL, Teradata, Oracle, etc.).
• Experience using cloud services such as AWS or Azure or GCP
• Experience working in Product Teams environment
• Knowledge of Python/R, Databricks, cloud data platforms
• Knowledge of NLP (Natural Language Processing) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) for extracting and standardizing controlled vocabularies.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, tools, and best practices

• Databricks Certificate preferred
• SAFe® Practitioner Certificate preferred

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated awareness of how to function in a team setting
• Demonstrated presentation skills

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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