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AZ’s EDC System is Medidata’s Rave, and at AZ is GxP compliant and part of Clinical Development Platforms and is used across late science teams across all therapeutic areas. You will be a part of our BizDevOps team therefore will be responsible to work cross functionally with other team members such as Product Lead, DevOps Lead and Release manager & other technical engineers.\nKey Responsibilities:\nFacilitate key discussions with various stakeholders as requested by system owner/platform lead and provide SME technical support on system testing of the Core EDC Product, and any data integrations (in and out) of EDC.\nPerform impact analysis for any change that happens on the EDC system\nWork with business and perform risk assessment during change implementations/ system upgrades or updates to integrations\nFollow and participate in validation lifecycle for upgrades, changes, & new integrations\nCo-develop validation packages in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs).\nProvide support of code review and solutioning for downstream customer requirements, including data extraction methods (SQL, Webservices, APIs)\nActively participate in business meetings and bring new ideas to the table\nResponsible to solve day-to-day incidents, service requests and work towards incident-reduction and automation. Also, update Service Now (ticket management tool) for all events with respect to the incidents, service requests, changes and problems.\nConstantly thrive to learn and upskill according to the organization’s goals and demands.\nCreate Gxp Validation Test cases in Jira Xray for system/upgrade testing\nPerform validation test executions in Jira Xray, for both system testing and regression testing.\nAssist in creating or create UAT test cases that cover the essential business scenarios/use cases for the business.\nMandatory Skills\nExtensive experience of using Medidata RAVE UI (Classic or Rave EDC) to perform the following actions:\nStudy build, edit checks programming, deployment to production and migration\nUnderstanding about different roles and permissions in Rave\nUnderstanding of core configuration and clinical views\nUnderstanding of what data extraction capabilities there are\nHands on Experience of Inbound Rave Web Services (eg IVRS or discrepancy inputs)\nExperience of setting up Rave safety gateway (RSG) and SAE notifications\nExperience of setting up SAS extracts\nExperience on setting up Target Source Data Verification (TSDV)\nHands on experience of being involved in URL upgrade(s) (Medidata release updates)\nKnowledge on system validation process / Application Life Cycle Management\nMust have good communication skills and interpersonal skills\nResponsible to work on technical tasks to keep the Rave URL(s) and it’s integrations in a maintained state\nAdhere to AZ core ITIL guidelines and perform tasks as incident, change, problem etc.\nWorking experience in clinical standard and data collection, clinical data conversion or clinical data programming/testing.\nUnderstanding of CDASH, SDTM, ADaM CDISC controlled Terminology and FDA/ICH guidelines for clinical study data\nPreferred Skills\nHands on Experience of custom function, SAS programming\nKnowledge on Coder / Coder+ setup & Lab setup\nHands on Experience of outbound Rave Web Services (ODM Adapter, Biostats Adapter)\nHands on Experience of Rave backend data model, sql script writing, stored procedures\nHands-on knowledge in agile management tools like Service NOW\nHands-on experience in performing system testing including authoring and accomplishing test cases\nPassion for learning, innovating, and delivering valuable software to people.\nAny other programming languages/technical skills e.g: Python, JAVA, etc.\nKnowledge of other Medidata products and/or Cloud\nEDC testing (Rave/Inform/Veeva) experience.\nEducational Requirements\nBachelor or master’s degree in computer science or life science related field with IT/CRO/Pharma experience with total of 12+ years of experience\nOur Working Environment\nAt AstraZeneca, you will have the opportunity to grow and innovate within a rapidly evolving portfolio. Our entrepreneurial culture encourages ownership, collaboration, and new ideas. Supported by experienced leaders and colleagues, you will help advance our mission for patients while developing your expertise in an inclusive environment that values integrity, innovation, and different perspectives.\nWhen we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.\nReady to make a difference? Apply now and join our ambitious team.\nAstraZeneca is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. AstraZeneca provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees.\nDate Posted\n10-Nov-2026Closing Date\n16-Nov-2026AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. 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