Specialist, Automation Architect

Job Description The Opportunity   Based in Hyderabad, join a global   healthcare biopharma company   and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.    Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.    Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.      Our Technology   Centers   focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company ’ s IT operating model, Tech   Centers   are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.      A focused group of leaders in each Tech   Center   helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must   leverage   the strength of our team to collaborate globally to   optimize   connections and share best practices across the Tech   Centers .      Role Overview     This role is part of an automation engineering team focused on building scalable and efficient solutions   for our Enterprise Architect organization   using Python and AI technologies.   The individual will support the development of automation workflows and   assist   in implementing AI-driven solutions in a cloud environment, primarily AWS.   Responsibilities include coding, testing, and maintaining automation solutions while collaborating with team members on assigned tasks.   The role is ideal for candidates with 3–7 years of experience who are eager to learn, contribute to team deliverables, and grow in automation and AI space.   The individual is expected to work closely with senior team members and progressively take ownership of tasks within the squad.       What will you do in this role     Design, build, and  maintain  tools, content, and capabilities for the Enterprise Architecture organization    Write  high ‑ quality , maintainable code and apply engineering best practices across the team    Work effectively within the work group or project team, explaining difficult issues and building alignment around complex situations    Act as a technical resource within the work group or project team    Demonstrate effective use of technology to complete assignments, applying engineering best practices to adapt standard methods and techniques based on prior work experience and consulting others appropriately    Coordinate with the team to deliver solutions with high-quality standards, timeliness, compliance, and excellent user experience    Understand customer and stakeholder business needs and priorities, and help build solutions that support our business goals      What you should have         Bachelor’s or master’s   degree in information technology, Computer   Science   or related field.   3-7 years SDLC experience.   Background with Python programming language    Experience building modern AI/ML pipelines    Ability to collaborate effectively and contribute to technical direction within a team    Strong analytical and  problem ‑ solving  skills; comfortable working in complex, evolving environments    Knowledge of software engineering best practices and methodologies    Software Engineering    Experience implementing solutions with cloud services, data pipelines, databases, APIs, and modern engineering tooling    Expertise  building software within a Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process    Ability to construct complex automations that integrate with existing systems and business processes    Generative AI    Experience with   prompt engineering to produce   accurate   responses from generative AI models and tools    Experience with RAG systems, LLMs, and generative AI applications    Nice to Have    Experience with AWS or other cloud providers    Work experience in Agile environments    Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools    Prior experience with prompt optimization or evaluation frameworks for generative AI      Primary   Skills:  Python programming, AI, SDLC, Agile,   Automation  Secondary: AWS    Our technology teams   operate   as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.      Who we are   We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been   inventing ,   bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.      What we look for   Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.       #HYDIT2025     Required Skills: Emerging Technologies, Methods and Tools, Requirements Management, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, Strategic Planning, System Designs, Technical Advice Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully  Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. 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