Senior Associate - Network Engineering

Lead Engineer
The Engineering India job designs information systems that are appropriate for users’ needs and consistent with the overall design of the organization’s information systems architecture. Under limited supervision, this job is responsible for the installation, configuration and maintenance of the organization’s operating systems.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Formulates system scope through research and fact-finding to develop or modify moderately complex information systems.
• Evaluates and implements changes to existing system logic difficulties and documentation as necessary.
• Reviews flow charts, models, and procedures and feasibility studies to design possible system solutions.
• Reviews technical documentation to guide system users and to assist with the ongoing operation, maintenance, and development of the system.
• Collaborates with system analysts, engineers, and programmers to design systems and to determine project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, systems performance standards, and interfaces.
• Identifies and documents all system constraints, implications and consequences of various proposed system changes.
• Educates end users on system designs and functionalities through creation of training materials and conducting demos.
• Evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of application operations and troubleshooting problems.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
8IC

• Interpret the requirements for the different Supply Chain business areas and support the implementation of the digital transformation solutions to meet and exceed business objectives and requirements!
• Set the technical direction and implementation strategy with an end-to-end view, to deliver a Collaboration Platform!
• Focus on software development and integrations to support the needs and expectations of internal collaborators and partners!

• Function as a techno functional lead in the creation and implementation of supplier collaboration platform solutions to meet business and technology needs.
• Understand multi-tier supplier collaboration solution gaps and be an advocate for collaboration platform fits in addressing the enterprise opportunities.
• Evaluate new use case evaluation and development - Logistics, Quality, Sustainability, Design Optimization.
• Apply prior Implementation expertise and play an active role in integrating, launching, and maintaining a healthy performing product.
• Collaborate, Educate and Familiarize multi-functional partners with the platform standard methodologies with Control Tower, Material planning, AI/ML - predictive insights.
• Lead in the identification of methods to test and validate the collaboration platform to provide impactful and quality products.
• Share and relate experiences with Supplier onboarding on the collaboration platform and guide the team to develop a flawless intuitive onboarding of Suppliers.
• Collaborate with external and internal technical peers (Product Managers, Product Designers, Software Engineers, Architects, and vendors) to design and validate technical approaches and designs.
• Chip-in to build systems solutions that are optimized for performance, scalability, and security across the organization.
• Keep awareness of technology advances and recommend innovative technical approaches consistent with Ford enterprise IT direction.
• Contribute as a subject matter expert to maintain a readied backlog and enable the team to go further with effective usage of Rally/Jira.
• Develop relationships and maintain a knowledge of the ecosystem.
• Participate in team estimation, testing, triage, and integration issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science/Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field and a minimum 5 to 8 years of software development/implementation experience.
• Shown experience implementing multi-tier Suppliers Collaboration Platforms like One Network, Blue Yonder, E2Open, and Resilinc and integrating other tools in an enterprise setting.
• Experience with supply chain industry technologies, tools, and techniques.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for creating solutions with an Agile Mentality.
• Ability to operate in an ambiguous environment with a curiosity towards new technologies and a strong desire to learn so that the team may benefit.
• Good communication and teamwork skills and working with global teams.
• Knowledge about API design standards, patterns, and best-practices to build robust and performing coordinated systems.

• Knowledge of Enterprise architecture and Cloud reference architecture concepts!
• Experience with Agile concepts automated testing concepts, tools, and frameworks Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery techniques Agile Programming subject areas, including pair programming and Test-Driven Development.
• Experience in IT capabilities for other Supply Chain functional areas. e.g. Warehousing/ Logistics, Order-to-Cash, and Procurement will be desirable.
• A high degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work autonomously.
• Demonstrated experience in leading implementations on cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Application Programming Interface (API) Development/Integration, Automation, Communication, Consultative Communication, Containerization, DevOps, Enterprise Application Integration, Influence, Organizational Savviness, Problem Solving, Prototyping, Relationship Management, Scalability/Reliability, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Design/Analysis