Manager, App Streaming Engineer
- Greece-Thessaloniki Chortiatis
Use Your Power for Purpose
Technology impacts everything we do. Pfizer’s digital and ‘data first’ strategy focuses on implementing impactful and innovative technology solutions across all functions from research to manufacturing. Whether you are digitizing drug discovery and development, identifying solutions, or making our work easier and faster, you will be making a difference to countless lives.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
Assist in the development of enterprise level solutions for Application Streaming Services.
Design and Support services to manage global deployments across the Application Streaming Services platforms, including but not limited to Citrix, AWS AppStream, Azure Remote App.
Collaborate with a team of engineers, product and service owners to create an environment where innovation is standard, taking appropriate risks to advance innovative processes.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical and business requirements.
Drive the development and implementation of Application Streaming platform strategies aligned with Pfizer's cloud transformation goals.
Ensure the security and compliance of Application Streaming platforms, adhering to industry standards and regulations.
Design, develop, and deploy automation to assist in the lifecycle management of Application Streaming services ensuring the best possible user experience with the lowest overall management resources.
Maintain awareness and understanding of the budget for the Application Streaming platform, ensuring cost-effective use of resources and solutions.
Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in Virtualization and Streaming products, incorporating them into our strategies and practices.
Foster relationships with vendors and partners, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services.
Handle escalated issues related to the Application Streaming platform, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations.
You are expected to review your own work and seek directional review from others. In this role, you may also review the work of other colleagues in a mentor role. Your ability to provide constructive feedback will be essential in maintaining a high standard of work within the department.
You will exercise judgment utilizing your knowledge and experience. Your expertise may become a resource for others in the department. Your ability to share your knowledge and experience will be highly valued in this role.
You will regularly take an informal leadership role during Work team meetings to facilitate agreements and move the Work Team toward its goal. You will take responsibility for a portion of the Work Team’s milestones/deliverables and may lead operation teams.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science or an engineering/quantitative field with at least 4 years of experience; OR a Master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a PhD with 0+ years of experience.
Experience designing and deploying automation utilizing APIs from cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure) preferably using serverless architecture e.g. Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB etc.
Strong software development skills.
Strong knowledge of Windows Hosting solutions including IIS + .NET.
Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).
Strong knowledge of web standards and HTML development.
Familiarity and experience with Windows OS system administration
Familiarity with networking, security, database administration, storage, AD Group Policy, User Authentication protocols, and Centralized System Management toolsets.
Basic understanding of infrastructure security best practices, including IAM, secrets management, and secure configuration.
Basic understanding of Software Development Life Cycle management including requirements definition, design, testing and implementation.
Experience working with code versioning tools (such as Git).
Experience with DevOps and information tools – e.g., JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Yammer, etc.
High level of energy, ability to manage and gain respect among peers, team, and other stakeholders; be a motivator and thought leader in the organization.
Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Ability toquickly learn new technologies and adapt to a fast-paced environment.
Customer relationship skills, across technical and non-technical relationships, including the ability to discover the true requirements underlying feature requests and recommend alternative technical and business approaches.
Basic organizational and planning skills, written/verbal presentation, and the ability to present complex technical information, in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, in large and small groups.
Fluent in English; capable of clear technical communication across scientific and engineering disciplines.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
3+ years of experience managing a large-scale deployment of Virtual Apps (100+) to a globally distributed audience.
3+ years of experience managing large scale cloud systems with a focus on operational excellence.
3+ years of experience working with high-availability, distributed systems and services in a hosting environment including hardware, OS, storage, network, and/or database solutions.
Experience with any App Streaming Platforms like AWS AppStream, AWS Workspace Pools, Citrix, Microsoft Azure Hosted Apps, and VMWare.
Experience in the development and rollout of technical operations processes and new services.
Experience automating deployments and following a continuous delivery and deployment model.
Experience building complex, enterprise class solutions that have been successfully delivered to in large scale global environments from initiation to support transition.
Strong understanding of Microsoft’s Desktop and Server Operating Systems.
Experience or strong interest in AI Engineering.
Experience with and strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.
Experience working in team-based environments, either professionally or academically.
Commitment to writing clean, readable, and maintainable code.
Strong analytical skills, process flow development experience, problem solving, relationship building, negotiation, planning, and organization.
Please apply by sending your CV in English.
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives
Research confirms what intuition tells us: that purpose-driven companies perform better, are more innovative, attract and retain the best people, and know how to unleash the power of those people. Pfizer’s purpose—Breakthroughs that change patients' lives—fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.
Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:
“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.
“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.
“Patients’ lives” - We consider not only patients, but everyone they touch—including their families, caregivers, and friends—and everything they love to do. It’s an intentionally holistic view.
Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.
Our Values
To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose, we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.
The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.
Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.
Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.
Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.
Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.
Pfizer Digital
Pfizer Digital takes immense pride in being at the forefront of innovation, harnessing cutting-edge smart technology that profoundly impacts the lives of our patients.
With the transformative potential of digital solutions, we revolutionize how we discover, develop, and deliver medicines, enabling us to achieve breakthroughs faster and more efficiently.
By streamlining and automating transactional processes, we create valuable time and resources, empowering our talented team to focus on meaningful work that truly makes a difference in healthcare and beyond.
Benefits at Pfizer
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.
Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:
- Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
- Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
- Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
- And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.
For U.S. based jobs, view an overview of Pfizer’s U.S. benefits program (opens in a new window)