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The Enterprise Platforms & Security (EP&S) team supports Pfizer's technology infrastructure services, ensuring highly available and secure communications throughout the corporation and with external partner organizations. EP&S secures Pfizer's most important information assets through world class protections that enable rather than limit critical business operations. As part of the Pfizer Digital organization, the EP&S team is a key enabler in Pfizer's ongoing digital transformation.
The Sr. Associate, Big Data Software Engineer role is to be a senior Software Engineer within Cybersecurity Analytics Team which provides Big Data capabilities, visualizations, advanced analytics, requirements consultancy and subject matter expertise to protect Pfizer from the ever-changing cyber threat landscape.
This colleague will lead the development and build out our Big Data analytics environment, developing new ways of using our data to improve cybersecurity and working closely with analysts and business leaders in other parts of the Global Information Security (GIS) to ensure we are enabling them to best protect Pfizer and enabling Pfizer's purpose of breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
OTHER JOB DETAILS:
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $72,700.00 to $121,200.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 7.5% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.
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The Enterprise Platforms & Security (EP&S) team supports Pfizer's technology infrastructure services, ensuring highly available and secure communications throughout the corporation and with external partner organizations. EP&S secures Pfizer's most important information assets through world class protections that enable rather than limit critical business operations. As part of the Pfizer Digital organization, the EP&S team is a key enabler in Pfizer's ongoing digital transformation.
The Sr. Associate, Big Data Software Engineer role is to be a senior Software Engineer within Cybersecurity Analytics Team which provides Big Data capabilities, visualizations, advanced analytics, requirements consultancy and subject matter expertise to protect Pfizer from the ever-changing cyber threat landscape.
This colleague will lead the development and build out our Big Data analytics environment, developing new ways of using our data to improve cybersecurity and working closely with analysts and business leaders in other parts of the Global Information Security (GIS) to ensure we are enabling them to best protect Pfizer and enabling Pfizer's purpose of breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, develop and operate massively scalable at the petabyte level, resilient components for Pfizer's big-data cybersecurity environment using open-source technologies across the AWS ecosystem
- Ensure industry best practices are followed for data pipelines, metadata management, data quality, data governance and data privacy
- Will support GIS incident response needs as required and liaise with co-located GIS colleagues to address analytics platforms requirements are being met.
- Develop proof of concept solutions to show the use of advanced mathematical techniques such as machine learning to analyze real cybersecurity data to solve real problems.
- Engage in building solutions leveraging technologies including but not limited to Python, Pyspark, Yarn, Apache Livy and AWS services: EMR, Lambda, SQS, API Gateway and AWS supporting services such as CloudFormation, CodePipeline, and IAM
- Continuously refactor the codebase to ensure maintainability, testability, and performance
- Actively perform code reviews and help evolve our code review guidelines to ensure quality code is shipped
- Work in an agile manner delivering quickly, with exceptional quality and building a solution with minimal maintenance requirements while continually working to reduce technical debt
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Applicant must have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, data science, mathematics, or other related STEM degree with three years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree with one year of relevant experience; OR Associate's degree with six years of relevant experience; OR eight years of relevant experience with a high school diploma or equivalent
- Experience as a Software Engineer in Python, Java, C or C++
- Experience with Python
- Experience writing unit tests
- Some experience with Pyspark, Spark or Hadoop
- Willingness to contribute fresh and innovative ideas
- High technical aptitude; quickly learns new skills
- Change agile; must take action on project quickly
- Team oriented
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience as a Software Engineer
- Experience with Python, some in Python 3.8 or higher
- Experience working in an Agile Scrum team
- Experience working on large software projects
- Experience working with Big Data (petabyte scale)
- Strong knowledge of AWS development/cloud/engineering standard methodologies
- Experience with AWS Lambda, S3, EMR, API Gateway, AWS roles and policies and CloudFormation
- Experience working in a development team using Git and Jira
OTHER JOB DETAILS:
- Last Date to Apply for Job: 12/3/2023
- Work location: Collegeville, PA.
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $72,700.00 to $121,200.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 7.5% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.
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