Associate Director IT Solution Architect (HPC)

Job Description Summary

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Primary Location: Barcelona, Spain
Other Locations: Hyderabad, India
Relocation Support: This role is based in Barcelona, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Imagine leading the architecture of a next‑generation Statistical Compute Environment that powers modeling, simulation, and quantitative science across Novartis. In this role, you’ll shape a high‑performance, secure, and scalable platform that accelerates decision‑making in clinical development. You’ll collaborate across teams and regions, bring modern workflow orchestration to life, and enable scientists with the right tools to deliver impact at global scale—while growing your career in an inclusive, unbossed culture.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve architecture for the Statistical Compute Environment aligned to enterprise standards

• Integrate scientific software and modeling tools for pharmacometrics and quantitative sciences

• Optimize HPC workloads for scalability, extensibility, performance, and business value

• Ensure solution designs trace to functional and non‑functional requirements

• Administer Unix/Linux systems and batch queue management in HPC environments

• Manage workflow orchestration tools such as Snakemake, Nextflow, and Cromwell

• Operate workload schedulers including SLURM and IBM Spectrum LSF

• Monitor HPC health and utilization using observability tools like Grafana

• Collaborate with security to harden environments and ensure regulatory compliance

• Lead multi‑cloud integrations and support continuous integration and deployment

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or information technology

• Experience working in a regulated pharmaceutical information technology environment

• Proven architecture and design experience for high‑performance computing environments

• Strong proficiency with Unix and Linux administration and advanced scripting

• Hands‑on experience with scientific software and modeling tools used in pharmacometrics

• Proficiency with workload schedulers such as SLURM and IBM Spectrum LSF

• Experience implementing workflow orchestration tools such as Nextflow, Cromwell, and Snakemake

• Demonstrated experience with cloud architecture, containerization, and Elastic Kubernetes Services.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

 

Skills Desired

Business Architecture, Client Counseling, Enterprise Architecture, Influencing Skills, IT Governance, Performance Management, Solution Architecture