Job Description
Duties:
Provide technology skills and capabilities within the Enterprise Search domain.
Identify customer search needs and translate requirements into IT solutions.
Design and implement Enterprise Search solutions leveraging our collaboration platforms.
Follow Company's Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and change management processes through implementation, including documentation preparation.
Define and implement enterprise and project-specific information management policies, taxonomies, workflow, and lifecycle management.
Assist in designing, planning, building, and operating our Enterprise Search capability as part of the collaboration ecosystem.
Define best practices and guidelines for search capability as a subject matter expert for customer interactions and other IT functions.
Identify capability gaps and design solutions to address those gaps in Enterprise Search capabilities.
Contribute to Enterprise Search roadmaps and future state capabilities.
Support solution governance across the Enterprise Search infrastructure.
Collaborate with global teams of IT professionals and cross-functional teams to tackle challenges at the intersection of healthcare, information, and technology.
10% domestic and international travel required.
Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of experience in the position offered or related.
Required Experience and Skills:
Must have 5 years of experience with all of the following:
Working with search technologies and integrating them with collaboration ecosystems;
Cloud Models, including PaaS, SaaS, and laaS;
Translating business requirements into technology solutions that address needs and deliver benefits to the company;
Managing and delivering solutions from initiation through implementation, including coordinating global technology teams and costing;
Providing innovative solutions within the framework of enterprise platforms;
Working with client-side scripting languages such as JavaScript, Angular, React, or NodeJS;
Search engine optimization, including content processing, document processing, and linguistic features using SP Search, Azure Search, Elastic, or Coveo framework;
Working with Microsoft 365 cloud integration experience, including OAuth implementation, GRAPH API, Office 365 REST API, Azure Search Al, and Azure Functions;
PowerShell scripting;
Working with SPFx - SharePoint Framework and BCS - Business Connectivity Services Connectors;
Relational database concepts used in technologies such as Azure SQL (PaaS), Oracle, or SQL Server, and working with relational database concepts in Oracle or SQL Server.
The salary range for this role is: $152,859 - $180,500/yr. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at Compensation and Benefits Webpage. (https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits) You can apply for this role through the Career Site (https://jobs.merck.com/us/en) (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here (https://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/aCdfqL) if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
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EEOC GINA Supplement?
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.
U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".
San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not Applicable
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
n/a
Required Skills:
Business Information Systems, Business Systems, Change Adoption, Client Side Scripting, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Document Processing, Engineering Software, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Enterprise Search, Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Oracle Database, Server Side JavaScript, Software Development, Web Development
Preferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date
09/5/2025
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Requisition ID: R353183
