Senior Information Systems Analyst

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 the onsite operation, maintenance, administration, & improvement of selected information systems & platforms.

Relationships

Manager, IT

Essential Functions

• Responsible for local site IT Security Procedure Compliance
• Translates the needs & requirements of Novo Nordisk businesses & functions into IT solutions
• Identifies IT gaps & recommends strategic technical solutions to meet those IT &/or business needs
• Ensure that installation, troubleshooting, qualification & validation of equipment & systems meets objectives & requirements
• Leads IT efforts as work package owner on site projects & leads internal & external IS Analysts working on projects
• Provides mentoring & technical guidance to IS Analysts
• Provides IT Governance for IT Infrastructure
• Analyzes, plans, & audits the IT systems supported
• Responsible for providing the Disaster Recovery Plan any new IT systems implemented
• Annual Disaster Recovery Testing for any supported systems
• Provide ad-hoc production support & after-hours support to the site
• Follow all safety & 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 from an accredited university required
• May consider an Associate’s degree in information technology or related field from an accredited college with a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in information technology
• May consider a High School Diploma or GED with a minimum of nine (9) years of experience in information technology
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in information technology experience required, pharmaceutical industry preferred
• Practical experience in implementing & administering infrastructure systems with more than 500 end users a plus
• Experienced professional in active directory, virtualization, storage, server administration, remote desktop services, networking, &/or disaster recovery required
• Certification in an infrastructure services, security, or networking discipline (e.g. MSCE, Security ) required
• Specific knowledge of Microsoft networking principles & concepts required
• Experience authoring IT proposals, requirements, & specifications required
• Trouble-shoot, diagnose, resolve & document IT infrastructure systems preferred
• Create, implement, & ensure adherence to strategic IT solution strategies preferred
• Establish, enforce & maintain IT infrastructure policies & procedures preferred
• Operate infrastructure systems under FDA regulations & guidelines as they relate to computer-based information & automation systems preferred
• Coordinate computer system operation & administration tasks of multi-user computer & communications systems, including user security administration, training, backup, restoration, system software updates, performance monitoring, problem determination & resolution preferred
• Experience in backing up & restoring systems preferred
• Maintain infrastructure documentation in accordance with federal, corporate, & local requirements preferred
• Maintain & update the IT disaster recovery plan for supported systems preferred
• Perform life-cycle system development tasks for IT infrastructure preferred
• Provides IT infrastructure security governance preferred
• Assists management with coordinating & prioritizing activities of IT infrastructure team preferred
• Demonstrates leadership skills; act as project lead or work package owner & lead cross functional project teams in the development & implementation of programs preferred
• Knowledge of project management & the development life cycle required
• Perform project implementation & management tasks, including needs assessment, market surveys, design specification development, system implementation & training for various information technology, telecommunication technology projects in accordance with established procedures preferred
• Assure all system documentation is up to date prior to rollout & compliant with requirements preferred
• Has the ability to influence others on objectives & projects outcomes preferred
• Establish & operate within IT infrastructure cost center & project budgets preferred
• Demonstrates superior written & oral communication skills preferred
• Develops & maintains strong internal relationships preferred
• Participate in corporate infrastructure guidance groups preferred
• Responsible for firewall security & remediation preferred
• Performs security risk assessments as required preferred
• Conducts vendor security assessments for new vendors per standard security procedures preferred
• Responsible for ensuring the security of the server rooms, IDFs, & IT labs preferred
• Performs audits via QAP on access control of administrative accounts preferred
• Identifies gaps with SLAs with external vendors/corporate preferred
• Works with system managers to identify gaps in SARBOX & GMP data protection 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.