.Platform Engineering Lead – Application Virtualization Platform MXN 400,000 - 600,000 At Cognizant, we have an ideal opportunity for you to be part of one of the largest companies in the digital sector worldwide. A Great Place To Work where we look for people who contribute new ideas, experiencing a dynamic and growing environment. At Cognizant, we promote an inclusive culture, where we value different perspectives providing career growth and development opportunities. #WelcomeToCognizant!We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to work supporting one of our clients as a Platform Engineering Lead – Application Virtualization Platform.What you'll do:Direct platform engineering team by establishing priorities aligned to committed objectives, then executing and monitoring progress towards platform engineering outcomes.Provide specialized knowledge and expertise in Application Virtualization platform engineering activities related to Foundational Technology platform family, primarily leading design, deployment, management, and maintenance of the Citrix Virtual Apps / XenApp global environments which are supporting critical Business Functions (i.E. Manufacturing, Plasma, R&D, etc.).Ensure focus on platform engineering quality by adopting consistent development, testing, debugging and documenting practices for effective communication of capabilities.Accountable for overall platform capabilities engineering outcomes (i.E. implementation, development, testing, validation, maintenance), as well as management of development practices.Continuously drive improvements across platform performance while remaining accountable against identified KPIs and OKRs (i.E. Quality, Speed, Adoption, Costs).Execute activities based on Scaled Agile Framework PI Planning framework.Responsible for planning, managing, and measuring work.Responsible for management of vendor contracts, and capacity commitments.Drive partnership with platform and Enterprise architecture teams to drive consistent design of platform capabilities.Contribute to platform architecture roadmap, in collaboration with platform owner, product manager, and platform architecture leads.Lead and oversee platform engineering execution lifecycle (planning/scheduling/building/testing/deploying/documenting), and monitor progress to ensure that engineering activities are completed on time, on budget, and with proper engineering practices and quality processes.Preferred experience:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, and/or Management Information Systems from an accredited university or equivalent experience.10+ years or more of relevant professional experience as a technology engineer, with 7+ years in a role managing platform teams.7+ years of experience deploying Application Virtualization infrastructure using private hosting and public cloud solutions
