AI Platform Customization Engineer Build (Architect)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026. Cognizant scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job summary
Drives the velocity of application registration into the Flowsource catalog configuring catalog YAML wiring story tracking JIRA Azure Boards test management and ITSM integration on a per application basis and enabling delivery teams to self serve from day one This role is the primary interface between delivery squads and the platform running onboarding workshops fixing the small frictions that keep apps off the catalog and tracking onboarding health metrics that feed directly into the FDE Leads
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Run application onboarding workshops with each delivery squad discover scope prioritise and schedule
Configure catalog YAML for each onboarded application entity definitions ownership dependencies lifecycle tags
Wire per application integrations Git repo story tracker JIRA Azure Boards test management ITSM ServiceNow into the Flowsource Catalog and dashboards
Resolve the long tail of onboarding friction malformed repos missing CODEOWNERS broken webhooks repo permission gaps stale ITSM mappings
Train delivery teams on self service component creation using golden path templates reduce future dependence on FDE
Track and report onboarding health apps in catalog apps active in last 30 days apps emitting DORA telemetry to the FDE Lead
Feed back recurring onboarding blockers to the Platform Engineering Specialist for template scaffolder improvements
Required Skills and Experience
5 plus years application development or DevOps experience strong empathy for delivery team realities
Hands on familiarity with Git platforms GitHub Enterprise Azure Repos AWS CodeCommit Bitbucket
Working knowledge of JIRA and Azure Boards configuration ServiceNow integration basics
Comfort with YAML JSON and basic scripting
Strong communication and workshop facilitation skills this role lives at the platform delivery interface
Flowsource Tooling and Tech Stack
Flowsource Catalog component registration catalog YAML
Git platforms GitHub Enterprise Cloud Azure Repos AWS CodeCommit Bitbucket
Story tracking JIRA Azure Boards
ITSM ServiceNow
Flowsource self service templates Create flow
Success Metrics
Applications successfully onboarded per sprint month
Percentage of onboarded apps active build deploy story sync in last 30 days
Onboarding cycle time per application target 5 business days or less
Self service ratio percentage of new components created by client teams without FDE intervention