Lead Business Systems Engineer Job McLean area,Virginia USA,IT/Tech

Lead Business Systems Engineer

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MITRE's Enterprise Business Systems and Operations Division (EBSOD) focuses on delivering and supporting business systems and processes to enable our leaders and employees to deliver impact, make data driven business decisions, and find opportunities. The EBSOD Platforms team delivers and supports enterprise business applications, integrations, and APIs that enable mission-critical business operations. The team manages SaaS platforms, middleware, automation, and production support to provide reliable, secure, and scalable business capabilities.

Roles & Responsibilities :

The Lead Business Systems Engineer provides technical support for enterprise applications with an emphasis on integrations, APIs, middleware, automation, and production operations. This role partners with business analysts, software engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders to maintain and enhance business platforms. This role will support multiple financial and related systems using technologies native to those platforms, to query and analyze data using SQL and advanced Excel tools, and to manage work streams and work within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Areas

of Responsibility:

Provide technical support for enterprise business applications (e.g., Costpoint, Unison, Concur, Workday, Ivalua, Salesforce, etc), integrations, APIs, and middleware.
Troubleshoot application, interface, and integration issues using SQL, logs, monitoring tools, and vendor resources.
Support Mule Soft and/or other enterprise integration platforms.
Configure and maintain application settings, interfaces, user access, and scheduled jobs.
Partner with development teams on enhancements, testing, deployments, and production support.
Develop SQL queries to validate data and investigate production issues.
Document technical solutions and operational procedures.
Actively participate in Agile/SAFe ceremonies.
Off-hours support of upgrades as needed.
Rotational on-call responsibilities.

Basic Qualifications:

8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
2+ years supporting enterprise business applications.
Experience supporting REST APIs, web services, and application integrations.
Experience with Mule Soft or comparable integration platforms (Boomi, Azure Integration Services, Informatica, Workato, etc.).
Working knowledge of REST, JSON, XML, OAuth, and Postman.
Experience with SQL and relational databases.
Experience supporting SaaS platforms in production.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
Experience working with business stakeholders to translate business requirements/business outcomes into successful system/platform changes.
Experience with Agile/SAFe and IT service management processes.
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Mule Soft Anypoint Platform.
Experience supporting Costpoint, Ivalua, Unison CLM, Workday, Concur, Salesforce, or Service Now.
Experience with…