Sr. Systems Engineer – AI Platforms

The Senior Systems Engineer serves as the technical architecture authority for the platforms team, owning integration design, security standards, platform governance, and server administration across the Alteryx, KNIME, and cloud infrastructure estate. This hands-on senior engineering role defines platform standards and reference architectures, engineers and administers on-premises and cloud platform infrastructure, and builds production automation in Python and PowerShell. The role also owns developer experience and onboarding for LLM tooling, including the OpenAI API and Claude API platforms, provides Tier 2 technical support during U.S. hours for escalated configuration, identity, and integration issues, and serves as the dedicated technical counterpart to the identity, security, networking, and infrastructure teams and to peer engineering teams on shared technical concerns. The role is expected to flex into adjacent areas of the department as priorities evolve, learn new platforms and technologies quickly, and cross-skill and mentor other associates.

Responsibilities

• (25%) Technical Architecture Authority and Platform Standards: Serve as the technical architecture authority for the platforms team, owning reference architectures, design patterns, environment topology, and platform standards across Alteryx, KNIME, cloud infrastructure, and AI platform services. Review and approve technical designs, integration proposals, and significant configuration changes; evaluate new tools and vendor releases for technical fit, security posture, scalability, and supportability; and maintain architecture decision records. Own platform governance, including environment strategy, naming and tagging standards, technical acceptance criteria, change control, and upgrade, capacity, resiliency, and technical debt planning.

• (20%) Alteryx, KNIME, and Cloud Infrastructure Engineering and Server Administration: Own hands-on administration and engineering of Alteryx Server and KNIME Server or Business Hub environments, including installation, n