Technical Architect

Purpose:

Uniphar are embarking on an ambitious, multi-year transformation program and are seeking a Technical Architect to support our teams across our transformation initiatives. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Technical Architect to join our team, responsible for overseeing infrastructure and cloud environments within our organization. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in managing complex IT environments, with a focus on cloud infrastructure. The Technical Architect will play a crucial role in ensuring the stability, scalability, and security of our systems as we continue to grow and innovate.

Uniphar Background

Uniphar group is a rapidly expanding global healthcare services business with a proud heritage in Ireland. Since IPO in 2019, the group has grown both organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continues to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of over 3000 spreads across Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Nordics and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions; Supply Chain & Retail, Commercial & Clinical Med Tech / Pharma; and Product Access.

Culture at Uniphar

We pride ourselves in being truly entrepreneurial, innovative, collaborative, with a strong problem-solving ethos. We have built working relationships which span decades with many of the world’s largest pharma and medtech companies. We believe that this is because we know how to build a relationship of trust with our partners - we put our customers and their patients at the heart of what we do and treat them with integrity and respect. Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people. As we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This rich diversity fuels our business and enriches our culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Architecture:

* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain scalable and efficient technical architectures.

* Documentation of environments, cloud infrastructure and dependencies between them.

* Conduct thorough assessments of existing infrastructure and propose improvements to enhance performance and reliability.

Cloud Management:

* Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

* Implement and enforce security best practices for cloud environments.

* Work with cloud service providers to stay updated on new features, services, and cost models.

Environment Design and Planning:

* Lead the design and planning of development, testing, staging, and production environments.

* Collaborate with project teams to define environment requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.

* Implement best practices for environment design to support efficient development and testing processes.

* Foster an environment of innovation and continuous improvement in line with organizational goals.

Configuration Management:

* Establish and maintain configuration management processes for all environments.

* Implement version control and change management for configuration items.

* Ensure consistency and reliability across environments through effective configuration management.

Vendor Management:

* Engage with vendors to evaluate and select solutions that align with business requirements, regularly reviewing vendors for performance

* Monitor vendor performance and manage relationships to ensure service level agreements are met.

Access Governance:

* Develop, implement and enforce access controls and governance policies/documentation for environments.

* Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with security and access policies.

* Collaborate with security teams to address any access-related vulnerabilities.

Key Skills, Experiences & Competencies

* Strong knowledge of cloud platforms preferably Azure.

* Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Git for Enterprise, Azure Devops).

* Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

* Experience with SAP RISE is a bonus.

* Good working experience with SaaS solutions and integrations.

* Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotion skills.

* Proven ability to analyse complex technical issues and provide effective solutions, especially in a cloud and solutions architecture context.

* Familiarity with project management methodologies and tools.

* In-depth understanding of security best practices for cloud environments.

* Experience implementing access controls and governance policies.

* Ability to evaluate vendor performance and make data-driven decisions.

* Proven leadership skills with a focus on fostering innovation and continuous improvement across cross-functional teams