Sr. System Administrator, Digital Lab Systems

The Role:
Moderna is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator - Digital Lab Systems. This role will be responsible for deployment, management, and maintenance of all Digital Lab Systems. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the direction and digital vision of the company as we build world class process development and testing capabilities to further our mission of delivering transformational mRNA medicine to patients.  Moderna is a cloud-first company and this role will balance building strong foundations, with implementing innovative new solutions that drive business value. With our strong pipeline, this position will play a key role partnering with our Technical Development stakeholders to enable our digital systems and processes for long term success.

This role reports into the Associate Director, Digital Lab Systems and Operations Lead and is based in our Norwood, MA location.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Lead implementation of new Digital lab systems, upgrades, system maintenance and other large projects and assist in deployment and adoption of new and current technologies

• Collaborate with Digital Infrastructure/Cybersecurity and Industrial team to ensure operation of highly available, secure Digital Lab Systems and adhere to industry best practices

• Partner with Digital teams to ensure a robust, optimized, and integrated digital landscape

• Translate requirements from business partners and well versed in good documentation practices

• Demonstrate your ability to rapidly learn and improve the processes critical to our stakeholders

• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders

• Question the status quo, leveraging both new technologies and creative solutions within existing systems

• Apply an operational excellence mindset to help identify, devise, and recommend new opportunities to optimize current processes

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in information technology, science, engineering, informatics, or relevant academic discipline 

• 7+ years’ experience working as a systems administrator, preferably in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry

• Experience deploying systems in cloud infrastructure (AWS), on-premise virtual infrastructure (VMware) and physical server/workstations. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator and VMWare certified technical associate are a plus

• Experience supporting digital systems in either manufacturing or lab environment.

• Working knowledge of operating systems, database systems and storage.

• Working knowledge and troubleshooting of network and firewall related issues.

• Working knowledge of Digital lab systems like data historians, lab execution systems, laboratory information management systems, application servers (web servers and databases).

• Ability to adapt to a fast paced, startup-like environment.

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)

• Ownership and drive

• A desire to be part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative

Moderna is pleased to provide you and your family with a comprehensive and innovative suite of benefits, including:

• Highly competitive and inclusive medical, dental and vision coverage options
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
• Lifestyle Spending Account funds to help you engage in personal enrichment and self-care activities
• Family care benefits, including subsidized back-up care options and on-demand tutoring
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes 
• Exclusive preferred pricing on Peloton fitness equipment
• Adoption and family-planning benefits
• Dedicated care coordination support for our LGBTQ+ community
• Generous paid time off, including:
  •    Vacation, sick time and holidays
  •    Volunteer time to participate within your community
  •    Discretionary winter shut down 
  •    Paid sabbatical after 5 years; every 3 years thereafter
• Generous Paid Leave offerings, including 18 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents
• 401k match and Financial Planning tools
• Moderna-paid Life, LTD and STD insurance coverages, as well as voluntary benefit options
• Complimentary concierge service including home services research, travel booking, and entertainment requests
• Free parking or subsidized commuter passes
• Location-specific perks and extras!

Candidates should be aware that Moderna currently maintains a policy requiring all US-based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive a booster shot once eligible. Newly hired employees must be vaccinated and boosted prior to their employment start date. Moderna is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated or receive a booster where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under federal, state, and local law.

About Moderna

In over 10 years since its inception, Moderna has transformed from a research-stage company advancing programs in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA), to an enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across seven modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas including mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant that allows for rapid clinical and commercial production at scale. Moderna maintains alliances with a broad range of domestic and overseas government and commercial collaborators, which has allowed for the pursuit of both groundbreaking science and rapid scaling of manufacturing. Most recently, Moderna's capabilities have come together to allow the authorized use and approval of one of the earliest and most effective vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moderna's mRNA platform builds on continuous advances in basic and applied mRNA science, delivery technology and manufacturing, and has allowed the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and autoimmune diseases. Moderna has been named a top biopharmaceutical employer by Science for the past seven years. To learn more, visit www.modernatx.com.

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

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