Engineering Applications Administrator at Mksinst · Trevo

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About the role

A Day in Your Life at MKS: The Engineering Applications Administrator is part of the Engineering Services organization and supports the team's responsibility for the operational administration, support, and lifecycle management of enterprise engineering software applications used throughout MKS. Collaborating with Engineering Services colleagues, Information Technology, software vendors, and business stakeholders, this role assists in managing software licensing, application administration, user onboarding, software inventories, vendor relationships, reporting, documentation, and operational processes associated with the engineering applications portfolio. As Engineering Services continues to expand its support of engineering applications across the company, this role contributes to the effective day-to-day management of the application portfolio, helping ensure a positive customer experience, reliable operations, and accurate application governance while allowing senior team members to focus on strategic initiatives and long-term planning. Principal Responsibilities Administer and support enterprise engineering software applications throughout their operational lifecycle, including onboarding, access management, licensing, renewals, and user support coordination. Maintain accurate records of engineering applications, software assets, vendors, support contacts, ownership information, and lifecycle status within enterprise repositories and systems of record. Coordinate software licensing activities, subscription management, renewal tracking, maintenance agreements, and procurement-related activities to help ensure uninterrupted application availability. Serve as a primary operational point of contact for engineering application vendors, coordinating routine communications, support requests, licensing inquiries, renewal activities, and service-related issues. Support application onboarding and offboarding activities, including access provisioning coordination, user administration, communications, and documentation updates. Partner with Engineering Services, Information Technology, Procurement, and business stakeholders to coordinate support activities, issue resolution, and operational process execution. Maintain application documentation, knowledge articles, inventory records, software catalogs, and related operational materials. Support Engineering Services reporting activities by collecting and maintaining information related to software usage, licensing, inventories, renewals, vendor relationships, and application portfolios. Assist in establishing and supporting user communities for engineering applications through communications, awareness activities, training coordination, and adoption support. Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on engineering application administration, software governance execution, operational efficiency, and customer experience. Representative Applications Supported GitHub Enterprise / Copilot Microsoft Azure DevOps, GHA Altium Designer SolidWorks Perforce (Helix Core, Swarm etc.) Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket etc.) Engineering simulation tools Additional engineering software applications used throughout MKS

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Experience supporting engineering software tools or technical business applications.
Experience working with software inventories, CMDBs, LeanIX, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise platforms.
Experience supporting globally distributed user communities.
Exposure to engineering, manufacturing, R&D, or product development environments.
Physical Demands & Working Conditions
Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time.
Regularly operates a computer and other standard office productivity equipment.
Work is primarily performed in a professional office or remote office environment.
Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations. Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.
MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.
MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: accommodationsatMKS@mksinst.com .
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Knowledge of engineering software environments, software licensing concepts, application administration, or software lifecycle management is

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