Engineering Applications Administrator 2

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Engineering Application Administrator 2 at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will support the PCB Design Team by maintaining and supporting current tooling and automations within Cadence and other systems.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate proficient use and knowledge of standards and procedures
• Use tools and scripting to efficiently manage technology
• Participate in roadmap planning for systems or applications
• Coordinate and communicate changes impacting cross-functional team members
• Identify interdependencies in system and application component
• Implement, configure, and support applications specifically related to Applications Administration
• Perform internal audits and work with outside auditors to maintain regulatory compliance
• Work with users to analyze/configure/tailor security and access levels to related applications
• Communicate in written and verbal form effectively in a large team or departmental setting
• Serve as a mentor to less experienced Administrators (Administrator 1)
• Provide reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques including performing root cause analysis and identification of corrective action for given problems
• Organize and lead meetings with users of systems
• Understand change is important and adapt well
• Welcome constructive feedback as an opportunity to improve
• Professionally approach situations in which conflict is present
• Appropriate levels of security access is monitored
• Work with associates to support successful eCAD system onboarding activities including administration of licenses, configuring access levels, and providing early support for FAQs
• Implement, configure, and support applications specifically related to CAD, including custom properties, templates, and workflows
• Create and manage documentation for all stages of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Perform and plan minor version upgrades
• Use tools and perform custom scripting to efficiently manage technology
• Proactively manage system license utilization and work with supervisor to add or remove seats as required by engineering business needs
• Manage migration of data from start to finish – using modeling techniques, migration tools, and third-party contract services as needed
• Completes quality assurance testing and troubleshooting of custom features and system bug fixes to validate expected system behavior
• Update and maintain system and process documentation as needed to support institutional knowledge sharing of user guidance and operational best practices
• Provide reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques and a good understanding of the breadth of system use cases by Garmin teams

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Design, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Computer-Aided Design and Drafting, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or another technology related field AND a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Excellent academics
• Demonstrated ability to support enterprise systems
• Demonstrates ability to solve moderately complex technical problems independently
• Demonstrated experience in successful implementation of technology solutions
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a small team setting
• Consistently demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work documentation and organization
•  Experience with software engineering application upgrades 
• Experience in evaluating, integrating, administrating, and supporting new software engineering applications

Desired Qualifications

• Scripting in TCL and SKILL
• Understanding of PCB or eCAD workflows
• Previous experience working in a team environment
• Experience with the following applications:
  • Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence
  • Artifactory
  • Gerrit/GitHub
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jenkins/Zuul

• Developing tools and processes to improve workflows
• Experience documenting new processes and updating, training and educating other team members
• Scripting and/or programming knowledge

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits