Merck KGaA Posted August 22, 2026

MES PAS X - Application Engineer

Bangalore, Karnataka, India FULL_TIME
Information Technology

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About this opportunity

Your role :

Within this role you deliver IT projects and services for business applications in the Manufacturing, Quality and Operations Technology domain.

You support IT applications with a special focus on  Manufacturing Execution Systems, such as Pas-X

You are in charge of a number of ITIL defined processes such as service requests, change management, disaster recovery, life cycle, incident and problem management.

You manage external suppliers and contractors to secure project support and business continuity according to service level agreements.

Together with other Solution Architects you will define the technical design of the IT solutions and you contribute to process standardization and optimization

As part of your daily work, you ensure proper documentation of all activities performed in projects and during service management (e.g. qualification documents, work instructions, change requests, vulnerability management, etc.).

In your role as Qualification Owner, you will be accountable for all compliance aspects of dedicated of GxP relevant systems

Who you are:

You hold a Bachelor degree in computer science, engineering or a natural science degree combined with strong IT knowledge

Experienced delivery manager with a minimum of 5 years relevant practice and exposure to an industrial IT environment with clear responsibilities, ideally for manufacturing, supply chain or quality systems

You have comprehensive technical knowledge and hands-on experience of Koerber PAS-x system, ideally you have experience with Kubernetes and Docker technology. You have a solid understanding OT system architecture landscape and its components.

You have solid expertise in scripting and querying and how to use it in automation and reporting

You are a self-motivated, highly engaged and autonomous individual with a strong ownership and service attitude.

You are a continuous learner, always eager to understand the technical background of system behavior and to stay up-to-date with latest technology

You are a Team player who is used to work remotely in an international organization. Thoroughly familiar with current IT/OT industry trends for manufacturing and underlying technology. You possess broad IT infrastructure knowledge (i.e. OS, DB, system hardening, etc.) , solid presentation and communication skills and a solid foundation in IT service management methodology (preferably ITIL certification).

Excellent command of written and spoken English. Business fluent Spanish, French, German or Chinese is a plus.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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33Countries represented

Salary context

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Peer group range $0 – $307,850 (median $166,085)

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Principal56
Associate48
Associate Director47
Director35
Senior Director10
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