Spclst, Scitara Technical Analyst

Overview

Scitara Technical Analyst (Spclst) role in Hyderabad supporting the Lab Integration Platform, focused on Scitara DLX Adaptive Workflow development with supporting cloud platform engineering responsibilities.

What you'll do

• Perform technical analysis and solution design for laboratory instrument and system integrations.
• Design, develop, test, and sustain Scitara DLX Adaptive Workflows, including APIs, OPCUAs, parsers, orchestration logic, and supporting JSON schemas.
• Translate business and functional requirements into detailed, testable technical implementations.
• Develop backend integration services using modern integration patterns, including APIs, orchestration, and messaging/event-driven architectures.
• Integrate Scitara DLX with laboratory and execution platforms (e.g., Empower, BIOVIA, MODA, GLIMS, LabX) to enable compliant instrument data capture and data flow.
• Execute automated unit tests to support validation, release readiness, and regression coverage.
• Support system, integration, and validation testing activities in collaboration with QA and validation partners.
• Troubleshoot integration defects, data issues, and workflow failures across environments.
• Contribute to reusable workflow patterns, libraries, and integration standards.
• Deploy and operate COTS components using Helm on AWS EKS (Kubernetes).
• Support the application lifecycle, including environment setup, upgrades, rollbacks, backup configuration, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Contribute to and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation for AWS resources supporting Scitara DLX.
• Follow and contribute to IaC Patterns/modules where implemented.
• Support CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) for controlled deployment of workflows and platform components.
• Configure and support required cloud services, as applicable: AWS RDS (MS SQL Server), Amazon S3 / MinIO-compatible storage, Amazon MQ (RabbitMQ), Amazon ElastiCache (Redis).
• Support platform security, monitoring, and logging configurations in alignment with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with laboratory, quality, and validation teams to ensure solutions support GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11, and ALCOA++ expectations.
• Provide technical input and evidence to support validation activities, including automated testing alignment (e.g., Tosca/Xray).
• Author and maintain technical documentation such as design specifications, workflow logic descriptions, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Support change control and release readiness activities for regulated deployments.
• Participate in Agile delivery, sprint planning, estimation, and day-to-day task tracking using Jira and Confluence.
• Proactively identify integration risks, technical debt, and opportunities for improvement.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 3+ years of experience supporting integration middleware or workflow platforms, including Scitara DLX or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing Adaptive Workflows using design best practices.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and JavaScript; working knowledge of C++.
• Experience developing parsers and custom orchestration logic using Python and JavaScript.
• Proficiency with automated testing for validation purposes, including Python frameworks (unittest, pytest, doctest, nose2, hypothesis) and JavaScript frameworks (Jest, Mocha, Chai, Jasmine, AVA).
• Experience developing automated tests using Tosca and Robot Framework for Systems and Integrations.
• Experience with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Redis) and working knowledge of relational databases (Oracle, Postgres).
• Practical experience deploying or supporting applications on AWS, including Kubernetes / EKS environments and Helm-based application deployment.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in GitHub Actions: workflow design, workflow_call reusability, composite action authoring, matrix build strategies, and environment-scoped secret management.
• Working knowledge of JSON Schema mapping, Data governance concepts and FAIR data standards.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence for task tracking and documentation.
• Ability to work within enterprise deployment, release, and change management processes.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience developing and sustaining Scitara DLX workflows in regulated environments.
• AWS professional-level certification (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional), strongly preferred; expected to be obtained within the first 3 months of starting the role.
• Experience in implementing AWS services such as RDS SQL Server, S3 and message broker like RabbitMQ and datastore like Redis.
• Experience with observability and logging platforms (CloudWatch, Grafana, nobl9).
• Experience using Xray for requirements and test traceability.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining JSON schemas.
• Hands on experience in Allotrope data models.
• Familiarity with Postman or Swagger for API testing and documentation.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Experience working in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated IT environments.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad (Hitec City Raidurg), India.
• Employee status: Regular.
• Flexible work arrangements: Not applicable.