[Hiring] IFS Senior Technical Specialist @Henry Schein

Role Description

We are looking for an IFS Senior Technical Specialist to take ownership of critical areas of our IFS Cloud landscape and help us build a more robust, standardised and scalable technology environment. This is a role for someone who enjoys being at the intersection of hands-on technical expertise, release management, data, integrations and continuous improvement, and who wants to have a real impact on how technology evolves across a complex, multinational organisation.

If IFS Cloud, MWO, PSO, data migration and release management are your world, this could be your next challenge.

You will play a key role in making sure our IFS Cloud environments, data and releases are reliable, controlled and business-ready.

Environment & Release Management

• Own and continuously improve the way we manage our IFS Cloud environments and releases.
• Establish and implement best practices for environment management, including refresh schedules, test data and environment usage.
• Maintain environment inventories, interface mappings, configuration baselines and platform documentation.
• Ensure alignment between Build-place and Use-place environments, enabling safe and predictable releases.
• Manage deployments covering IFS Cloud service updates, patches, hotfixes, configurations, reports, integrations and modifications.
• Establish and enforce release governance, version control and change management standards.
• Monitor release performance and identify opportunities to improve deployment success, release quality and change failure rates.

Data, Migration & Platform Governance

• Define and implement best practices for data migration and bulk data uploads.
• Lead data migration and data cleansing activities, including validation, reconciliation and testing.
• Maintain migration documentation, error logs, reconciliation reports and audit evidence.
• Drive the standardisation of platform nomenclature and coordinate data remediation activities.
• Define and manage Synchronization Rules, Permission Set Filters, Entity Filters and MWO Entities.
• Establish guidelines and processes for managing failed transactions.
• Develop and support PSO integrations.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with technical and business stakeholders to ensure effective technical delivery, with the right level of governance and risk management.
• Coordinate multiple streams of change, managing priorities, dependencies and delivery risks.
• Identify opportunities to improve our IFS Cloud processes, standards and governance.
• Translate complex technical topics into clear and actionable information for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience implementing and supporting IFS Cloud, MWO and PSO.
• Strong technical knowledge of IFS Cloud and enterprise application environments, including environment management, configuration and integration dependencies.
• Expert knowledge of data migration methodologies and tools.
• Strong understanding of release and change management processes.
• Good working knowledge of SQL/PLSQL, REST/OData APIs and IFS Connect.
• Strong understanding of ITIL processes, particularly Change, Release, Incident and Problem Management.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira or similar release/work management tools.

Requirements

• Experience working with cross-functional teams in complex, multinational organisations.
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage confidently with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Comfortable managing multiple streams of change simultaneously.
• Analytical, proactive and risk-aware, with a strong focus on identifying and solving problems before they become issues.
• A genuine interest in continuous improvement and technology evolution.

Benefits

• Competitive salary aligned with the market and your experience.
• Attractive benefits package according to your country of residence.
• Flexible working hours to support a healthy work-life balance.
• Career development opportunities in an international environment where you can continue learning and growing.
• The opportunity to work in a company that is constantly evolving and growing, where technology, innovation and change create new opportunities to learn, contribute and make an impact.
• A people-focused culture where we genuinely care about our people and support them in developing their skills, careers and full potential.