Senior Associate, Digital Laboratory Solutions

ROLE SUMMARY

Pfizer’s purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer’s purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best in class medicines to patients around the world.

The Senior Associate, Digital Laboratory Solutions is responsible for supporting the laboratory environment at Pfizer’s Groton, CT R&D labs. Working in close collaboration with laboratory scientists, the role will support all Digital technology in the laboratory space including PCs and specialized lab equipment.

You will also be responsible for participating in laboratory-focused projects such as deployments and upgrades of enterprise and instrumentation-specific software, installation and configuration of servers and databases, etc. You will work in close partnership with peers across the global Digital Laboratory Solutions organization to ensure consistency with global standards and may be called upon to participate in global projects.

Work will be executed individually or through project teams, leveraging the successful candidate’s technical and / or subject matter expertise to achieve results.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as a key technical contact for Digital Laboratory Solutions at Pfizer’s R&D labs in Groton, CT.

• Collaborate with local stakeholders and as needed, global Digital Laboratory Solutions peers to understand, document, deliver and support the laboratory data workflows needed at the site.

• Engage in active and frequent communication with laboratory leaders and staff, keeping them proactively informed of any changes or incidents that can impact their work.

• Perform system administration duties for critical lab hardware and information systems.

• Participate in local projects and coordinate global initiatives relevant to the Groton site.

• Broker communications between portfolio owners, vendors and service providers to ensure that solutions align with business needs.

• Serve as a technical escalation point for onsite outsourced service providers supporting the lab benchtop environment

• Implement and support the computer, operating system, security, compliance, application, and data workflows for each type of laboratory system.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences) or demonstrated equivalent experience.

• 3+ years implementing and supporting Digital laboratory solutions in the life science industry (5+ years if no degree).

• Understanding of lab data management practices.

• Experience in multiple operating environments (e.g. Windows Linux).

• Strong interpersonal communication skills and a track record of fostering positive customer relationships.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Expertise in deploying and supporting multi-tiered application architecture

• Experience working with complex research data management systems (i.e. sequencing, imaging, spectrometry, cytometry)

• Experience supporting Structural Biology-related lab systems

• Strong Windows and/or Linux administration experience

• Understanding of networking concepts and ability to effectively identify and resolve issues -- TCP/IP, DNS

• Experience working with major scientific vendors such as Waters, Agilent, Thermo Fisher, Mettler Toledo and Cytiva

• Experience with Waters Empower and/or Agilent OpenLab software

• Experience with building management and automation systems such as DeltaV, OSI PI, Metasys

• Experience working in GLP and/or BSL-3 environments

• Security best practices and emerging cloud (XaaS) services impacting laboratory systems

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Ability to carry desktop computers and maneuver around lab equipment / furniture.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT