Senior Platform Engineer (Immediate Start)

Job Summary :

Responsible for defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision for Product Teams to help ensure the system or Solution under development is fit for its intended purpose.

Key Responsibilities :

Embrace a leadership role – contribute to the Vision and Roadmap in order to chart a course for the Solution; Contribute to Value Stream Mapping workshops and train / coach engineers in achieving Technical Agility Define, explore, and support the implementation of Enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Product teams to implement them; Work with customers and suppliers to help ensure fitness for purpose. Enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps - advocate for and steer the development and improvement of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, as well as help architects to enable Release on Demand. Plan and develop the Architectural Roadmap / Plan in support of new business Features and Capabilities; Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and explore solution alternatives. Work with Product and Solution Management to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work; Participate in Planning and Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Demos, and Inspect and Adapt events. Work with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to establish high-level Solution Intent, and the solution intent information models and documentation requirements. Establish critical NFRs (Nonfunctional Requirements) at the solution level, participate in the definition of others; Provide oversight and input to high-level and detail design of infrastructure, interfaces, extensions, and workflows while meeting architecture, security, performance, scalability, and maintainability requirements. Provide oversight and foster Built-In Quality and Team and Technical Agility; Adopt new mindsets and habits in how people approach their work while supporting decentralized decision making. Creates and manages life cycle of technical specifications from which programs and configurations will be applied to create the application, infrastructure, or complete solution. Proactively seeks opportunities to enhance efficiency in the build and deploy processes, promote reusability of component designs to reduce costs and shorten time to deliver solutions by leveraging automation where possible. Ensures completion of installation, configuration, upgrades, and migration of software, systems and servers across development, staging, and production environments in on-premises, virtual, remotely hosted, and cloud environments. Develop strong relationships to deliver business value using relevant Business Relationship Management practices.

• Qualifications and Competencies

Competencies :

Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.

Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Agile Architecture - Designs the fundamental organization of a system embodied by its components, their relationships to each other and to the environment to guide its emergent design and evolution.

Agile Systems Thinking - Embraces a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems to ensure the economic success of the solution.

Business Architecture Design - Defines and creates business capability maps using standards, templates, tools and methodologies to provide a common understanding of key capabilities aligned to strategic objectives and tactical demands.

Continuous Delivery Pipeline - Implements the workflows, activities, and automation by providing the enterprise with the capability to shepherd a new piece of functionality all the way from ideation to an on-demand release of value to the end user.

Lean Agile and SAFe Mindset - Advocates for and leads others in the concepts of the Agile Manifesto and Lean thinking in support of adopting and applying the 9 SAFe principles and practices for the organization.

Regulatory Risk Compliance Management - Evaluates the design and effectiveness of controls against established industry frameworks and regulations to assess adherence with legal / regulatory requirements.

Release Planning - Plans and manages the release of capabilities, features or products using inputs from the prioritized roadmap, planning, available resources and skills to communicate expected availability and releases of capability.

System Solution Architecture - Creates solution designs and patterns using the Cummins Technical Reference Model (CTRM), CLEAN standards, and existing reference patterns to maintain alignment to Cummins standards.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications :

College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required. Google, AWS, Azure, Oracle, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, CompTIA, and other Cloud Development Certifications are preferred. Cloud architecture certifications, or Cloud Development certifications are preferred. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience :

9+ years of relevant work experience required. Experience in Systems Engineering, including supervisory experience, utilizing a broad knowledge base in fundamental IT skills and modern development and deployment practices, DevSecOps tooling, and infrastructure as code (IaC) preferred. Hands on experience as an Enterprise IT Architect preferred. Broad business knowledge required.

Qualifications and Skills-

Required :

Preferred :