Senior Systems Engineer - Business Analytics Platforms

Description

This is a hybrid role. You will report to the Austin Technical Center or the company's Global Technical Center at least three days a week, and the business may set a higher number of days.

The business analytics platform engineering team builds the company's analytics platforms on Azure and AWS, giving insight to people across the organisation.

The platforms serve thousands of users who work through self-service tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow an enterprise-scale analytics platform in three layers: an AI-enabled experience layer for user support and operational insight, a control layer driven by metadata and configuration, and an execution layer driven by infrastructure as code and APIs that supports Power BI, Cognos and Tableau.
• Automate user requests from start to finish through Slack integrations.
• Design, build and run secure, scalable, reliable analytics platforms on Azure and AWS, using containers to deploy and manage applications.
• Administer, manage and operate the Power BI, Tableau and Cognos platforms, including data modelling and report authoring standards.
• Write and maintain Terraform infrastructure as code, run GitOps workflows, and set up CI/CD pipelines for platform components and applications.
• Build API integrations and extract, transform and load data into Databricks DB SQL.
• Run DevSecOps practices, including regular security audits and fixes for vulnerabilities.
• Design observability, disaster recovery and high availability so the platform stays reliable.
• Manage identity and access, rotate passwords and tokens, and integrate key vaults.
• Set up gateway connections to on-premises sources, improving performance and cost efficiency.
• Treat the platforms as products, aim for engineering excellence, and raise developer productivity.
• Take part in on-call rotations, stay focused on customers, and deliver results when project scope is unclear.
• Implement policy as code and compliance as code to automate policy enforcement, keep governance consistent, and meet industry standards and regulations.
• Take ownership of project deliverables, drive change, and look for ways to add value to your role.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, information systems, computer science or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in platform engineering or a similar role.
• Deep understanding of at least two of these: Power BI, Tableau and Cognos Analytics.
• Hands-on experience designing, building and running AI solutions built on large language models and agent-based workflows, including enterprise tools such as Glean, Databricks Genie and Microsoft Copilot. You can connect AI agents to data platforms, security and compliance frameworks, and daily operations to deliver scalable, reliable, business-focused results.
• Experience with Azure, AWS or GCP, container orchestration and cloud operations for business analytics platforms.
• Strong Azure skills, especially Cognos Analytics on ARO, Azure Kubernetes Service and the Power BI service on Azure Fabric.
• Experience with GitOps workflows and tools such as Terraform and ArgoCD.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, especially Terraform.
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD tools, pipelines and scripting for automation.
• Programming in Python or Scala for API work and data processing.
• Ability to work with data formats such as JSON and YAML.
• Strong SQL skills, including advanced DML.
• Familiarity with the Databricks Lakehouse ecosystem, such as DB SQL and Workflows, and with PostgreSQL, SQL Server and Oracle.
• Experience improving application and platform performance.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps practices and tools, and of codifying policies and compliance.
• Experience with OAuth 2.0 and Microsoft Entra (Azure AD).
• Knowledge of data governance and security best practices.
• Working knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with identity and access management in cloud environments.
• Knowledge of FinOps principles and cost optimisation strategies.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills.
• You are a self-starter who can influence others, work in teams and alone, and partner with leaders and stakeholders across Software and Services.
• You are willing to do what it takes to get the job done.

Conditions

Base pay is expected to be between $119,200 and $175,450. Actual pay within that range depends on relevant factors for the position.

Bonus: incentive pay is based on company performance, job level and individual performance.

The company does not provide immigration sponsorship for this role. Do not apply if you will need company immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This covers direct sponsorship, naming the company as immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorisation that needs a written submission or other immigration support from the company, such as H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN or J-1.

Applicants may be required to complete a role-related assessment and or a pre-employment screening before starting.

The company is committed to equal employment opportunity and an inclusive workplace.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental and vision cover, a Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, a retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance, an employee assistance program, vehicle discounts and more.
• Well-being support from day one, at work and at home.
• This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.