Senior Systems Engineer - Business Analytics Platforms

Overview

Job Description:

This role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate will report to the Austin Technical Center or GM Global Technical Center three times per week, or as required by the business. At General Motors, we are revolutionizing decision-making through cutting‑edge business analytics platforms. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will architect, build, and maintain analytics platforms such as Power BI Premium on Azure Fabric, Tableau Analytics on AWS, and Cognos Analytics on Azure Red Hat Open Shift (ARO).

You will develop these platforms as products, ensuring end‑to‑end engineering excellence and setting new standards in developer productivity.

• Build and evolve a future‑ready, enterprise‑scale business analytics platform using a proven three‑plane architecture with an AI‑enabled experience layer, a metadata‑driven control layer, and an IaC/API‑driven execution layer.
• Design and develop scalable, secure, and reliable analytics platforms on Azure and AWS, leveraging container technologies for efficient application deployment.
• Administer BI platform operations, including data modeling and report authoring best practices using Power BI, Tableau, and Cognos.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, implement Git Ops workflows, and establish CI/CD pipelines for platform components and applications.
• Develop API integration, data extraction, transformation, and loading to Databricks DBSQL.
• Implement comprehensive Dev Sec Ops  practices, including regular security audits and vulnerability mitigation.
• Establish robust observability solutions, implement disaster recovery and high availability designs to ensure platform reliability.
• Manage identity and access management, implement security compliance measures including password/token rotations and key vault integration.
• Implement gateway connections for accessing on‑premises sources, optimizing platform performance and cost‑efficiency.
• Participate in on‑call rotations, demonstrate customer focus, and drive results in ambiguous project scenarios.
• Implement Policy as Code and Compliance as Code to automate policy enforcement and ensure governance and compliance with industry standards & regulations.
• Influence change, accept ownership for project deliverables, explore opportunities to add value, and influence others confidently.
• Work independently with leaders and stakeholders across multiple organizations within Software and Services.
• Apply strong problem‑solving skills and persistence to complete complex tasks.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in platform engineering or similar roles.
• Deep understanding of at least two of the three platforms:
  Power BI, Tableau, and Cognos analytics platforms.
• Hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and operating AI solutions built on large language models and agent‑based workflows.
• Proven ability to integrate AI agents with data platforms, security and compliance frameworks, and day‑to‑day operational workflows.
• Experience with Azure, AWS or GCP, container orchestration technologies, and cloud operations for business analytics platforms.
• Strong expertise in Azure cloud services, especially Cognos Analytics on ARO, Azure Kubernetes Service, and PowerBI service on Azure Fabric.
• Experience with Git Ops workflows and tools (e.g., Terraform, ArgoCD).
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, especially Terraform.
• Experience with Dev Ops practices and CI/CD tools, pipelines, and scripting for automation.
• Programming skills in Python or Scala for API interaction and data processing.
• Ability to work with various data formats (JSON, YAML).
• Strong SQL skills with advanced DML proficiency.
• Familiarity with the Databricks Lakehouse ecosystem and database technologies (PostgreSQL, SQLServer, Oracle).
• Experience and knowledge on application and platform performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of Dev Sec Ops  practices, tools, and policy codification.
• Experience with OAuth
  2.0 and Microsoft Entra (AzureAD).
• Knowledge of data governance and security best practices.
• Strong monitoring and…