Mendix Platform Engineer
Introduction to the job
Mendix is the low-code application development platform used within ASML to rapidly build high-quality enterprise applications used by employees, suppliers, and customers. Since the introduction of the platform in 2019, approximately 70 applications have been created by development teams throughout the whole organization (by the centralized AppFactory, decentralized DevOps teams, and individual “business developers”).
To enable development teams to utilize the Mendix Low-Code Platform to build sustainable and impactful applications with ease, the Mendix Platform Team has been set-up years ago. The team consists of three platform experts (with very strong Mendix development expertise), a scrum master, and the product owner. The team is fully responsible for governing and directing the evolution and adoption of the Mendix Platform within the organization and aims to support any developer in their development journey, from beginning-to-end.
With the growth of the Mendix platform within ASML, new challenges are faced:
Complex integrations are required but difficult to be implemented.
Developers face complicated processes.
Application product owners seek better insights into the status and performance of their applications.
Downtime and incidents need to be absolutely minimized.
Security and compliance norms are constantly being tightened and thus require development teams to take action to improve their applications’ quality and resistance to threats.
Job summary
The responsibilities and activities of the role of the Mendix Platform engineer are highly diverse as the team’s activities are prioritized based on what’s most impactful for the users of the Mendix Platform (developers, product owners, and end-users) and in line with standards and norms in ASML. All activities of the Platform engineer contribute towards the three high-level objectives of the Mendix Platform Team:
1. Simplifying processes in the organization to optimize the experience of highly-experienced to new developers.
2. Extending the functionalities of the Mendix Platform within ASML, so that new use-cases can be picked up and the capabilities of the platform reach beyond where they do today.
3. Governing the continuity of (the applications on) the Mendix Platform to ensure compliance, security, and stability over the long-term.
In each quarter (product increment) several features to address these objectives are delivered by the Mendix Platform Team. The features generally take a couple of weeks and address topics such as:
Introducing a tool for automated software quality assessments.
Building a dashboard, planning and organizing an in-house Mendix training.
Assessing the feasibility of migrating to a new cloud.
Providing clarity into the security status of Mendix applications.
Understanding and clarifying the service management processes.
Engaging with the product teams that use Mendix to provide software to their departments’ end-users.
The Platform Engineer will be added as a completely new role to the Mendix Platform Team in order to bring more value to deliver on our shared mission statement, collaborating with the platform experts from a primarily business IT viewpoint, as opposed to bringing a mostly technical perspective to the table.
Role and responsibilities
Identify, deeply understand, and provide clarity on challenges and problems in the Mendix application lifecycle to be resolved.
Assess feasibility of solution directions (technical and non-technical) to important problems faced by stakeholder groups.
Continuously identify, simplify and clarify processes related to software delivery, life-cycle management, and application maintenance.
Organize activities and structure for the newly introduced Mendix community-of-practice.
Take the lead in defining new service management processes to reduce lead times for incident resolution.
Collaborate with experts, architects, and the Mendix Platform product owner to understand the ASML Mendix IT landscape and advice on improvements to grow the platform sustainably.
Education and experience
Master-level education in a relevant field.
5+ years of working experience in a role as business engineer or IT/business analyst, preferably in a corporate, technology-related environment.
Experience working with software development platforms, ideally with Mendix or another Low-Code application development platform.
Experienced in collaborating in accordance to the framework of SAFe and/or Agile Scrum.
Experience as a Low-Code software developer and/or platform engineer is preferred.
Experience in managing and optimizing IT Service Management processes for software systems is preferred.
Affinity with and knowledgeable of trends and standards in IT Security, governance, and compliance.
Skills
Ability to approach problems structurally, profoundly, and methodologically.
Positive, vibrant, and energetic attitude.
Ability to present complicated topics in an engaging and inspiring manner.
Naturally collaborative and engaging with colleagues.
Practices a professional and pragmatic working style.
Other information
The Mendix Platform Team is part of the Application Platforms and Development ART within the Generic Application Platforms division of ASML. The ambition of the ART is to provide application build and run capabilities (Mendix Platform, Mendix AppFactory, Testing Platform and Services, and Azure Cloud Infrastructure Services) according to the highest possible standards to ensure that ASML employees, suppliers, and customers can effectively use business applications to support their day-to-day activities.
EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability
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Diversity and inclusion
ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.
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