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Lab IT Infrastructure Spec 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Lab IT Infrastructure Specialist, are to:    

• Utilizes specific technical knowledge to plan, organize, and document procedures for projects supporting IT systems for laboratory instruments.
• Works with partners to ensure IT systems, including databases, LIMS, equipment, automation, and associated PCs are functioning appropriately to deliver the Plant Biotech pipeline.
• Interface with IT infrastructure teams regarding lab IT needs on behalf of scientists and R&D personnel.
• Works to define root cause analysis to prevent future system failures.
• Ensures instrumentation remains operational and is not impacted by IT updates or other potential disruptors.
• Partners to successfully bring new equipment online, including automation, sequencers, etc.
• Works to ensure teams have adequate connectivity behind firewalls to upload data.
• Responsible for troubleshooting at multiple sites across Plant Biotechnology, including Chesterfield, Ankeny, Singapore, Petrolina, Bangalore.
• Ensure compliance to standards.
• Demonstrate excellent communication with all stakeholders, both local and global, along with consistent, reliable delivery of solutions.
• Develop work plans, schedules, status reports, risk analysis, and monitor the progress of plans against project milestones.
• Analyzing and documenting requirements by liaising with a range of users in the organization.
• Provide end user support, troubleshooting, issue tracking and software documentation for R&D hardware, software and infrastructure with Enterprise IT teams.
• Work closely with researchers to support GLP related activities, validation requirements, and maintain GLP-related documentation

WHO YOU ARE

 Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Excellent troubleshooting skills related to maintaining PCs connected to laboratory instruments.
• Demonstrated ability to set up and manage networks, or as a system administrator.
• Applies state-of-the-art domain expertise to solve lab IT infrastructure issues
• Experience with application database (SQL, Oracle) and related R&D software.
• Interacts routinely with laboratory teams to solve problems and identify areas of improvement.
• Able to communicate effectively to convey complex ideas in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to diverse teams within and across organizations.
• Aligns personal activities to team and organization goals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in computer science or related degree
• 3 years- 5 years of relevant experience.

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