Platform Engineering Principal

Domicile Information: This is a hybrid position located in Plano, TX or Pittsburgh, PA or Memphis, TN. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the campus location. Employees will be required to work at the FedEx campus location several times per week. 

Business Summary

Takes end-to-end ownership and responsibility over critical initiatives including development, integration and management of technical frameworks deployed within private, public, and/or hybrid cloud platforms ensuring performance and scalability of complex analytical applications. The Platform Engineer Principal identifies various patterns for data acquisition, processing, and management with respect to differing data types, volume, velocity, and accessibility requirements supporting BI /AI /ML based applications. Collaborates with engineers and architects to develop analytical frameworks which are the foundation of FedEx's Data and Analytics Platform. Ensures the platform, data, and derived BI/AI /ML applications are scalable, reliable, and performant while balancing security, maintainability, reliability, and operational excellence.

Essential Functions

Identify various patterns for data acquisition, processing, and management with respect to differing data types, volume, velocity, and accessibility requirements to determine platform designBased on requirements, in collaboration with CloudOps Engineers, Software Engineering, Data Engineers and Data Scientists, architect and build platforms and frameworks that enable the creation of data and analytical products and ensure that the services and solutions on the platform are repeatable, scalable, and resilient while also being cost efficient.In collaboration with data governance and information security SMEs, develop access controls to secure data and compute on the platform.In collaboration with SREs, build monitoring and alerting systems to provide visibility and resolutions to failures on the platform and that of the hosted solutions in order to minimize down times and maintain high service levels.

Preferred Qualifications

Extensive experience conducting end-to-end analyses, including data gathering and requirements. Strong experience providing leadership in a general planning or consulting setting. Strong experience as a leader of multi-functional project teams. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to present and communicate effectively to executive audiences. 

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree/equivalent in computer science, engineering, or information systems.

Minimum Experience

Seven plus (7+) years’ work experience in Platform Engineering or related field. Refined understanding of the transportation industry, competitors, and evolving technologies. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Pay Transparency: 

Pay:  Plano, TX and Pittsburgh, PA: $10,231.53 – $13,812.57; Memphis: $9,719.16 – $13,121.94

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Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact View email address on careers.fedex.com .

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