Senior Technical Application Specialist

Senior Technical Application Specialist

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Senior Technical Application Specialist to join the team in Seattle, WA; North Charleston, SC; Hazelwood, MO; or Ridley Park, PA.

Engineering Tracking and Control (ETAC) is a long-running, Boeing Commercial Airline’s (BCA) critical engineering and production execution system used across airplane programs to track and manage hundreds of thousands of events required for airplane build and delivery.

ETAC integrates with multiple upstream/downstream systems and relies on Global Attributes Database (GAD) for authoritative organizational and release attributes used to create and manage release events.

This role blends hands-on technical application ownership with disciplined product delivery execution, partnering closely with product leadership, technical leads, and delivery teams to refine demand, remove impediments, and drive predictable outcomes while maintaining platform stability.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide end-to-end application management and hands-on technical leadership for ETAC and integration touchpoints with GAD

• Partner with product managers, technical leads, and development teams to refine demand and execute the product roadmap with disciplined delivery practices

• Drive backlog readiness and delivery flow through intake, refinement, prioritization, trade-off decisions, and release planning aligned to business value and production risk

• Lead operational stability work including incident triage, root-cause analysis, defect management, performance tuning, and usability improvements

• Perform hands-on technical investigation and troubleshooting across SQL Server, Classic ASP, .NET, ASP.NET, and Microsoft ASP.NET Framework

• Coordinate and govern impacts across ETAC upstream/downstream integrations and reporting/analytics consumers

• Ensure data integrity, controlled access, and adherence to Boeing process and compliance expectations for mission-critical systems

• Establish and improve operational practices including release readiness, runbooks, knowledge management, and repeatable triage patterns

• Remove delivery impediments, coordinate cross-functional work, and improve predictability and quality of releases

• Hold suppliers accountable to delivery, quality, and operational expectations through clear acceptance criteria, code/release readiness reviews, and performance tracking

• Drive a sustainment and modernization roadmap to stabilize ETAC and position it for future business needs

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• 5+ years of experience in multi-tiered application structure or highly integrated systems

• 5+ years of experience with leading Incident Response and/or Vulnerability Management activities

• 5+ years of experience managing product backlogs

• 5+ years of experience working with relational database management systems (Exadata, Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server)

• Experience Coordinating Release Management of applications to production

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience using the Boeing Application Development & Sustaining (AD&S) process

• Experience supporting or developing web applications using Classic Active Server Pages (ASP) and/or .NET / ASP.NET (Microsoft ASP.NET Framework)

• Experience supporting reporting and analytics consumers, including data extract patterns and data-mart style usage

• Experience improving operational excellence (monitoring/alerting expectations, incident playbooks, release readiness checklists, defect prevention)

• Experience modernizing legacy platforms incrementally while maintaining high availability

• Experience partnering effectively with geographically distributed teams and high-visibility business stakeholders

• Experience coordinating work delivered by external vendors/suppliers in a product delivery and/or production support environment

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range: $136,850 – $197,800

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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