Associate Engineer, IT Manufacturing at Elanco in Indianapolis, IN

Summary: Elanco is a global leader in animal health dedicated to innovation in products and services for farm animals and pets. The Associate Engineer role on the Enterprise SaaS & Cloud team involves contributing to digital workflows, supporting integrations, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with senior engineers to enhance manufacturing capabilities. Responsibilities: - Contribute to a Unified User Experience: Assist in configuring digital workflows in platforms like Perigord GLAMS and Loftware to help streamline MLR approvals for art and package printing - Support Modern Integrations: Help implement and test integrations between our SaaS platforms and SAP, monitor data flows, and provide frontline support to ensure data integrity and high availability - Ensure Lean Validation & Compliance: Execute validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) for system enhancements and help generate clear, lean documentation to maintain GxP compliance and data integrity - Collaborate and Learn: Partner with senior engineers and product managers to understand user problems, gather feedback, and learn to apply modern engineering practices to deliver valuable solutions Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field - Foundational knowledge of core IT concepts (like APIs, databases, or system integration) gained through academic projects, an internship, or equivalent practical experience - Strong problem-solving ability and a demonstrated desire to learn new technologies and programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, SQL, JavaScript) Preferred Qualifications: - Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform) - Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and source control (e.g., Git) - An interest in or experience with GxP-regulated environments (e.g., Pharmaceutical, Animal Health) - A strong desire to challenge 'the way it's always been done' to simplify processes Required Skills: SAP, Python, SQL Important Skills: Cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines Nice-to-Have Skills: Desire to learn, Scripting languages, GxP-regulated environments Benefits: Multiple relocation packages, Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO), 8-week parental leave, 9 Employee Resource Groups, Annual bonus offering, Flexible work arrangements, Up to 6% 401K matching, Vacation benefits, Eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits, Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts), Life insurance and death benefits, Certain time off and leave of absence benefits, Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)