Senior Manufacturing Applications Engineer

Senior Manufacturing Applications Engineer (Contract) Troy, MI, United States (On-site) Contract (1 day) Published 2 days ago IT Service Management ERP integrations

ITSM/ITIL

DevSecOps Observability & Monitoring Vendor and commercial management We're seeking an accomplished Senior Manufacturing Applications Engineer to lead the engineering, reliability, integration, and continuous improvement of manufacturing and enterprise application services. This role combines deep technical expertise with service leadership to sustain business-critical platforms, strengthen operational performance, and advance modernization across a complex global manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will work across manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, network, ERP/SAP, and third-party teams. The engineer will provide hands-on technical direction, lead resolution of complex issues, guide transitions and releases, and translate business priorities into secure, scalable, and supportable solutions. Key Responsibilities: Manufacturing & Enterprise Applications: Own delivery and support of Manufacturing and Enterprise Applications. Ensure availability, performance, reliability, and SLA compliance. Technical Operations & Service Management Lead Incident, Problem, Change, Release, and Service Management. Manage global L1/L2/L3 support and cross-functional technical teams. Platform Integration & Transformation Collaborate across Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Network, ERP/SAP, and vendors. Drive automation, AI/GenAI, observability, and modernization initiatives. Transition, Business & Client Leadership Lead application transitions, operational readiness, and hypercare. Partner with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and IT stakeholders to drive business outcomes.. Mandatory Skills: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or a related discipline is required. 15 or more years of progressive experience in application engineering, application services, managed services, IT delivery, or related enterprise technology roles. Extensive experience supporting manufacturing and enterprise applications in complex, multi-site environments. Demonstrated ability to lead global technical support, service improvement, transition, and transformation initiatives. Strong understanding of IT service management practices, including incident, problem, change, release, configuration, knowledge, and service-level management. Proven expertise in application architecture, integration patterns, interfaces, databases, middleware, APIs, infrastructure dependencies, cloud services, and production support. Experience with monitoring, observability, automation, performance engineering, high availability, backup, disaster recovery, and security controls. Ability to analyze complex technical and operational problems, establish root cause, evaluate options, and drive durable solutions. Other Skills: Experience in automotive or other discrete manufacturing environments. Knowledge of MES/MOM, plant-floor systems, industrial data platforms, quality, maintenance, warehouse, supply chain, and engineering applications. Experience with SAP or comparable ERP ecosystems and their integration with manufacturing operations. Familiarity with cloud platforms, DevSecOps, SRE practices, AIOps, AI/GenAI use cases, and enterprise observability solutions. Experience in supplier governance, commercial delivery, service transition, and multi-tower managed services. Relevant certifications such as ITIL, cloud, architecture, security, project management, or platform-specific credentials. The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $46.23/hour - $72.23/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations. #J-18808-Ljbffr Capgemini