FinOps Platform Engineer

Job Summary:

Responsible for defining, building and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision for a Product Team to help ensure the system or solution is fit for its intended purpose.

Key Responsibilities:

Defines, explores, and supports the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Product teams to implement them; Guides enablers through planning and enablement, and work with customers and suppliers to help ensure fitness for purpose. Enables the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps - advocates for and steers the development and improvement of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, as well as helps architects to enable Release on Demand. Defines & implement subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to subsystems, understands solution deployment, and communicates requirements for interactions with solution context, defines Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs). Participates in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and explore solution alternatives. Works with Product Owners to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work; Participates in Planning, Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Reviews, and Inspect and Adapt Events. Delivers solution adhering to standards and leveraging re-use of components; Provides oversight and fosters Built-In Quality and Team and Technical Agility; Adopts new mindsets and habits in how people approach their work while supporting decentralized decision making. Assists in technical analysis of potential solutions including evaluating the technical fit and viability of commercial-of-the-shelf products versus custom built 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. Create high-level and detail design of infrastructure, interfaces, extensions, and workflows while meeting architecture, security, performance, scalability, and maintainability requirements. Maintain strong relationships to deliver business value using relevant Business Relationship Management practices. ResponsibilitiesCompetencies:
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, Computer Engineering, Business or relevant equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
Google, AWS, Azure, Oracle, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, CompTIA, and other Cloud Development Certifications are preferred.
Experience:
5+ years of relevant experience required. Experience in IT utilizing a broad knowledge base in fundamental IT skills, modern development and deployment practices, DevSecOps tooling and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) knowledge preferred. Hands on experience as an IT Architect preferred. QualificationsAbout UsCummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.