Engineering Applications Administrator at Garmin International in Olathe, Kansas

Job Description:

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Engineering Applications Administrator in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for providing advanced administration and support for engineering applications (tools) in a team-oriented environment.

Essential Functions

• Provide advanced administrative support for engineering applications used within the Engineering department including, but not limited to software configuration management, issue tracking, and other software development related applications


• Provide advanced triage for incoming user requests to classify/categorize requests, ensure requests contain complete and accurate information, and handle moderately complex requests or assign to other team members as appropriate


• Provide advanced technical support on application usage or moderately complex issues


• Provide advanced assistance with engineering application upgrades as needed and in evaluating, integrating, administrating, and supporting new engineering applications as needed


• Provide advanced assistance in monitoring and testing of engineering applications


• Provide reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques, perform technical root cause analysis and outline corrective action for given problems, and


• Potentially serve as a mentor to less experienced engineering application administrators (Engineering Application Administrator 1) and may be responsible for planning own technical work


• Work collaboratively/professionally with other Garmin associates in cross functional teams to achieve goals and apply a sense of urgency, commitment and focus on the right priorities in developing solutions in a timely fashion

Basic Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science or related field


• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)


• Must possess a minimum of 2 years experience administrating software engineering applications including experience with HTML, JavaScript or other substantially similar web technologies


• Must demonstrate knowledge, education, experience and/or training necessary to provide advanced support for software engineering applications


• Experience with Perl and/or Python scripting languages


• Experience with Linux operating system


• Demonstrate strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills


• Demonstrates a proficient ability to work directly with users, understand their needs, and complete moderately complex tasks and requests

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)


• Experience with Atlassian's JIRA and Confluence applications


• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint


• Experience with Apache web servers and Java application servers


• Experience with relational database systems (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL)


• Experience with VDI and firewall configuration


• Experience with Cadstar or Cadence eCAD tools

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

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