Digital & IT Senior Analyst - Engineering Technology (Simulation, Electrical Design & ALM)

Position Summary

Job Description

Parker is seeking a Digital & IT Senior Analyst to own and manage the global enterprise portfolio of engineering simulation and electrical design software, including related ALM/toolchain integrations that support engineering workflows. This role is accountable for portfolio strategy and governance, lifecycle planning, software asset and license compliance, deployment and infrastructure coordination, vendor management, and delivery of secure, standardized solutions to engineering teams worldwide.

Position Summary

The Digital & IT Senior Analyst - Engineering Technology will serve as the primary IT owner for a global portfolio spanning CFD, mechanical simulation, electrical simulation, and electrical design platforms, including associated modules, solvers, add-ons, license services, and integrations. The Senior Analyst ensures tools are secure, scalable, compliant, and optimized for cost and performance, while enabling engineering productivity through consistent global standards, support models, and governance. The position also supports foundational ALM/software engineering concepts such as requirements management, source control, CI/CD fundamentals, SDLC governance, and tooling integration as applicable to engineering technology environments.

This role is subject to Export Control Restrictions (ITAR) and all applicants must be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.

Scope/Supervision and Interaction

___ Has Direct Reports __X__ Does Not Have Direct Reports

Responsibilities

• Essential Functions
• Serve as the primary IT owner for enterprise simulation and electrical design applications, ensuring consistent delivery, support readiness, and governance
• Lead the global portfolio roadmap for simulation and electrical design platforms, including lifecycle planning, version strategy, deployment planning, and standardization across regions/business units.
• Establish and maintain global standards for tool versions, configurations, validated workflows, interoperability, and integration patterns.
• Lead vendor relationships including roadmap alignment, escalations, service quality management, and business reviews.
• Coordinate renewals, contract negotiations, and entitlement management in partnership with Procurement and Legal.
• Drive cost optimization through application rationalization, usage-based licensing strategy, and elimination of redundant tools and add-ons.
• Implement practices for entitlement tracking, usage analytics, reclaim processes, and license allocation governance.
• Plan and coordinate global deployments and upgrades (including packaging/automation where applicable) and ensure consistent delivery via standard enterprise channels.
• Define and validate infrastructure requirements for simulation and electrical design tools, including license services, application servers, storage, and data locality needs.
• Coordinate with Infrastructure teams for provisioning, patching windows, backup/restore expectations, operational monitoring, and availability planning.
• Ensure solutions meet Parker security requirements (access control, segmentation, encryption expectations where applicable, vulnerability management, and secure configurations).
• Maintain compliance posture for audits, export control considerations, and software licensing obligations; retain required documentation and evidence.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across multiple regions/business units using standard project management practices (scope, schedule, risks/issues, stakeholder updates, and change control).
• Support and coordinate ALM-related capabilities tied to engineering workflows, including requirements management practices and tooling alignment where applicable.
• Support and coordinate source control fundamentals (repository standards, permissions, branching concepts) as applicable to engineering automation and integrations.

• Enable integrations and data flows across engineering tools (where applicable), with attention to authentication, data governance, traceability, and change impact.

  This position may be assigned to support the following disciplines, as needed

• CFD simulation platforms and solver ecosystems
• Mechanical simulation (FEA/multiphysics) platforms
• Electrical simulation (circuit/system-level) platforms
• Electrical design (schematic, harness, PCB as applicable) platforms
• License server services and usage analytics
• Cloud-based simulation or burst compute where applicable
• Engineering ALM toolchain integration (requirements, source control, CI/CD basics, SDLC governance)

Qualifications

Qualifications

This role is subject to Export Control Restrictions (ITAR) and all applicants must be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.

• Education
  • Bachelor's degree required; Electrical Engineering preferred.
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Demonstrated experience managing enterprise engineering software portfolios, including simulation and/or electrical design tools.
  • Working knowledge of simulation processes (e.g., model setup, solver execution, post-processing, workflow validation) sufficient to partner effectively with engineering teams.
  • Proven experience with software asset management.
  • Experience coordinating infrastructure requirements for engineering tools, including servers, HPC, and/or cloud environments where applicable.
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects with global stakeholders (project planning, execution, and change management).
• Technical/Professional Skills
  • Strong understanding of enterprise IT practices for software delivery: packaging/deployment coordination, configuration standards, and support enablement.
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity and risk practices (access controls, vulnerability remediation coordination, secure configuration expectations).
  • Foundational knowledge of ALM and software engineering concepts, including requirements management and traceability, source control fundamentals, CI/CD basics, and SDLC lifecycle/release governance concepts.
  • Strong analytical skills to drive standardization, compliance, and cost optimization using usage and entitlement data.

• Communication and Leadership

  • Ability to translate technical constraints into business impact and actionable plans.
  • Effective stakeholder management across engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, procurement, and vendors.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills; capable of producing standards, deployment guides, and governance documentation.
  
  

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

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