Job Description
At Otsuka, we defy limitation, so that others can too.
The IT Engineer IV manages with the Technical Engineering Teams throughout the entire technology lifecycle—from strategic planning to deployment, optimization, and support—ensuring Otsuka’s IT environment remains secure, compliant, and responsive to business needs.
The IT Engineer IV is responsible for the following:
Solution Design & Implementation
Defines enterprise architecture patterns, standards, and reference models.
Leads architecture for large-scale, multi-platform systems.
Evaluates and formally recommends emerging technologies, frameworks, and platforms.
Leads complex proof-of-concepts that determine long-term technology direction.
Influences budgets, roadmaps, and vendor selection decisions.
Project Delivery & Collaboration
Aligns multiple engineering teams around unified architectural direction.
Serves as escalation point for critical program risks—technical, design, or delivery.
Influences prioritization, sequencing, and resourcing alongside Product & Leadership.
Partners with Engineering Managers, Architects, and Directors to ensure consistent execution across programs.
Operations, Monitoring & Support
Defines the enterprise reliability, observability, and performance engineering strategy.
Owns systemic improvements that reduce incidents across platforms.
Partners with SRE, Security, and Platform Ops to establish long‑term operational patterns.
Ensures modernization of legacy systems to resilient, cloud‑native architectures.
Security, Compliance & Governance
Ensure solutions comply with Otsuka’s cybersecurity, GxP, data-privacy, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
Implement and enforce policies for identity and access management, encryption, and network security.
Participate in internal and external audits, ensuring systems meet required documentation and traceability.
Drives security-by-design across engineering teams.
Partners with InfoSec and Risk to define technical controls.
Ensures architectural decisions meet regulatory requirements (SOX, PCI, SOC2, etc.).
Leads compliance remediations across large system landscapes.
Innovation, Automation & Continuous Improvement
Leads enterprise-scale POCs and innovation initiatives.
Evaluates major industry shifts (AI, automation, cloud evolution).
Drives productivity improvements across engineering orgs.
Establishes reusable frameworks, platforms, and automation standards adopted across teams.
Collaborate on FinOps and cost-optimization initiatives to enhance efficiency.
Promote standardization and reusability across platforms, applications, and processes.
Share best practices through documentation, mentoring, and internal community engagement.
Knowledge Management & Documentation
Leads knowledge-sharing forums across engineering (guilds, communities of practice).
Coaches engineers and architects across the organization.
Sets documentation standards adopted department-wide.
Support training sessions or handovers to ensure continuity and operational readiness.
Qualifications
Knowledge/ Experience and Skills:
To be successful in this Sr Engineer role, a strong background and past engineering experience in working with the Microsoft Power BI platform as an engineer is required. The following key skills are also deemed essential for success in this role. These skills ensure that you can effectively design, develop, and manage Power BI solutions.
Here are the key skills required:
Technical Expertise (Power BI & Analytics Platform)
Required
Expert-level proficiency with Power BI datasets, data modeling, DAX, Power Query/M, and semantic layer design.
Deep experience with DirectQuery, DirectLake, Incremental Refresh, aggregation tables, and performance optimization.
Strong architectural understanding of Microsoft Fabric, including lakehouses, warehouses, pipelines, and OneLake.
Expertise in Power BI governance, including Admin APIs, tenant settings, workspace strategy, and certification frameworks.
Experience designing end-to-end BI pipelines using:
Azure SQL / Synapse / Databricks / Fabric
Dataflows Gen2
Azure Data Factory or Fabric Pipelines
Strong understanding of embedding patterns, enterprise capacity planning, and premium capacity tuning.
Preferred
Experience with DevOps for Power BI (ALM Toolkit, Deployment Pipelines, Azure DevOps).
Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, data lineage, and metadata cataloging.
Knowledge of enterprise-scale security design (RLS/OLS/IRM).
Leadership & Influence
Demonstrated ability to lead BI platform strategy across multiple teams without formal authority.
Skilled at influencing senior leaders and engaging stakeholders across analytics, business, security, and technology.
Experienced in mentoring senior data modelers and Power BI developers.
Soft Skills
Exceptional communication and the ability to simplify complex technical topics.
Strong strategic and analytical thinking.
Comfortable leading through ambiguity and driving long-term platform transformation.
In addition, the following skills are also required for this position.
10–12+ years in analytics engineering, BI platform engineering, or enterprise data architecture.
7+ years specialized experience with Power BI and/or Microsoft BI stack.
Proven experience leading large-scale Power BI or Fabric implementations in an enterprise environment.
Proven record leading large-scale, complex initiatives.
Past experiences in Life Sciences, Commercial Pharma is a plus
Mentors senior engineers, architects, and technical leads.
Leads engineering strategy through influence rather than authority.
Operates autonomously; defines approaches for ambiguous, complex problems.
Sets direction for teams and programs.
Expert in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, DevOps, performance engineering, and modern development practices.
Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, API ecosystems, and platform engineering.
Strong analytical and systematic problem-solving abilities.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics to diverse audiences.
Experience in regulated or GxP environments preferred.
Customer-Focused: Anticipates user needs and delivers practical, value-driven solutions.
Accountable: Owns technical deliverables and outcomes.
Innovative: Challenges the status quo and champions new ideas.
Collaborative: Builds strong partnerships across disciplines and cultures.
Ethical: Demonstrates integrity and aligns with Otsuka’s corporate values.
Resilient: Adapts quickly to new challenges and shifting priorities.
Provides guidance, coaching and training to colleagues within a discipline.
People Leadership: ability to lead a team of IT engineers and manage the delivery of a project.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Preferred certifications: Cloud (AWS, Azure), Infrastructure (Cisco, Microsoft, CITRIX), DevOps (Terraform, Kubernetes)
Competencies
Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.
Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.
Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.
Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others’ perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.
Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 5 business days.
Company benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company provided benefits.
Come discover more about Otsuka and our benefit offerings; https://www.otsuka-us.com/careers-join-otsuka.
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