Information Systems Solution Architect VA

About the Department

For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

Our new Petersburg, Virginia site marks a strategic move to advance our capabilities in Emerging Technologies (ET) within Chemical API development and production. The highly experienced site is designed to strengthen and accelerate our Small Molecule (SMOL) strategy while amplifying our operational capacity. This is to safeguard and support ET´s SMOL projects in the coming years, aligning with our vision and strengthening our potential for growth and innovation.

What we offer you:

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition Assistance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Employee Referral Awards

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

The Position

Responsible for IT Systems and Solutions Architecture Strategy including System Lifecycle Management, System backup and restoration, and Disaster Recovery Planning/Testing.

Relationships

Associate Manager, IT Systems.

Essential Functions

• Organizes, develops, and maintains the IT Systems Solutions Architecture Strategy
• Analyzes, plans, and audits the IT Systems Lifecycle Management Strategy
• Responsible for the Disaster Recovery Plan revisions and testing
• Ensure Backup and Restore process is effective, performed, and tested
• Provides IT Governance for IT Strategies and Solutions
• Identifies IT gaps and recommends strategic technical solutions to meet those IT and/or business needs
• Provides mentoring, technical guidance, and leadership to ITS staff
• Provides IT requirements for IT projects and support other business unit projects
• Provide ad-hoc production support and after-hours support to the site
• Support and practice IT Security
• Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements

Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• 7-10 years’ experience required
• Practical experience in developing and administering networks with more than 200 clients required
• Certification in a networking infrastructure discipline and/or(e.g. MSCEPMP) a plus
• Specific knowledge of Microsoft networking principles and concepts required
• Experience authoring IT proposals, requirements, and specifications required
• Trouble-shoot, diagnose, resolve and document IT infrastructure systems preferred
• Perform life-cycle system tasks for IT infrastructure preferred
• Create, implement, and ensure adherence to strategic IT solution strategies preferred
• Maintain and update the IT Disaster Recovery Plan and ensure testing of the plan preferred
• Experience in backing up and restoring systems preferred
• Perform project implementation and management tasks, including needs assessment, market surveys, specification development, system implementation and training for various information technology, telecommunication technology projects in accordance with established procedures preferred
• Operate infrastructure systems under FDA regulations and guidelines as they relate to computer-based information and automation systems preferred
• Coordinate computer system operation and administration tasks of multi-user computer and communications systems, including user security administration, training, backup, restoration, system software updates, performance monitoring, problem determination and resolution preferred
• Establish and operate within IT infrastructure cost center budget preferred
• Establish, enforce and maintain IT infrastructure policies and procedures preferred
• Coordinates activities of IT infrastructure team preferred
• Maintain infrastructure documentation in accordance with federal and corporate requirements preferred
• Participate in corporate infrastructure guidance groups preferred
• Perform other duties as assigned preferred
• Strategic IT Project Planning, and site support preferred

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.