Principal Enterprise Applications Engineer

This role serves as the Port's senior technical authority for enterprise applications and integration, guiding platform strategy, ensuring secure and cohesive system behavior, and maintaining data reliability across the enterprise environment. From the hiring manager: Join us as the Principal Enterprise Applications Engineer and help shape the technical backbone of Port Forward - our multi-year modernization effort transforming how the Port operates. In this role, you'll serve as the Port's senior technical authority for enterprise applications, driving platform strategy, integration architecture, and data reliability across mission-critical systems. You'll influence teams across the organization, elevate system cohesion, and bring scalable, modern solutions to life. If you want to make an enterprise-wide impact on a flagship transformation initiative, this is the place to do it. *This is a Limited Duration role lasting approximately 24 - 36 months to assist the Port of Portland with an ERP implementation. The role may be lengthened or shortened based on business need. Essential Job Duties Enterprise Platform Technical Leadership

• Provide enterprise-wide technical leadership for core business platforms, establishing and enforcing standards for configuration, environment management, and platform consistency.
• Ensure cohesive operation across systems and direct the technical approach of senior administrators and integration specialists without formal supervisory authority.
• Drive continuous improvement in platform performance, reliability, maintainability, and overall architectural maturity.
• Identify emerging technologies and recommend strategic enhancements aligned with enterprise needs.

Integration Strategy & Execution

• Own and govern the enterprise integration strategy, defining and standardizing integration patterns including APIs, event-based flows, batch processes, and middleware.
• Partner with iPaaS resources to design scalable, reusable, and secure integrations.
• Oversee cross-system data flows, dependencies, quality controls, and error-handling requirements to support reliable and resilient integrations.

Data Integrity & Analytics Enablement

• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data across integrated enterprise platforms.
• Establish standards for data movement, transformation, synchronization, and reconciliation.
• Identify and resolve cross-system data discrepancies.
• Partner with BI and analytics teams to ensure enterprise platforms effectively support reporting, data consumption, and downstream analytics environments., * Integration technologies including APIs, middleware, iPaaS platforms (e.g., Boomi), and event-driven architecture
• Identity and Access Management (IAM), Single Sign-On (SSO), and security best practices
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and release management practices
• Data integration patterns, data quality controls, and reconciliation strategies across systems
• Enterprise reporting and analytics ecosystems (e.g., data platforms, BI tools)
• Disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability system design

Supplemental and Selection Information Selection Process: (tentative schedule):

• A minimum qualification evaluation of the education, training, and experience of submitted application packets will take place by Human Resources until this role closes on 5/15/2026.
• A Subject Matter Expert (SME) Panel will perform an evaluation of experience and training taken from your employment application materials.
• Our goal is to notify candidates who are selected for interviews by 5/20/2026. We will then schedule the virtual first round of interviews with candidates who successfully passed the SME evaluation. Panel Interviews will be held afterward.

• Six (6) + years of progressive experience in enterprise systems administration, engineering, or integration roles
• Bachelor's Degree - Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related Field, or a combination of related education and demonstrated experience
• Master's Degree - preferred, not required.
• Ability to pass a criminal history records check to allow entry to secure airport areas (Grey Badge).
• Clear credit check (due to access to sensitive financial information)., Do you have experience serving as a technical lead or principal-level engineer responsible for cross-system architecture or enterprise integrations? If yes, provide a brief example (1-2 sentences). 02 Have you led or governed integration design across multiple enterprise platforms (e.g., API, middleware, Boomi, event-based, batch)? If yes, briefly describe the environment. 03 Please confirm your understanding (by answering YES) that this role is 1. Limited Duration and 2. a Hybrid role that requires an on-site presence at least 3 days a week, and that a relocation budget has not been established for this role.

Equal Opportunity Employer: The Port of Portland is dedicated to maintaining and improving a work environment, which extends equal opportunity to all individuals, regardless of their race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability or sexual orientation. Employment decisions shall be made in such a manner as to further the principle of equal employment opportunity and to comply with state, federal and local laws. We affirm through this policy statement our continuing commitment to the principles of nondiscrimination. Veterans Preference: Under Oregon law, qualified veterans may be eligible for veterans' preference when applying for Port of Portland positions. If you are a veteran and would like to be considered for a veteran's preference for this job, please provide the qualifying documents as instructed during the application process. Background Checks and Drug Testing: The Port of Portland will conduct background checks and/or drug tests for positions where such tests are required by regulation and for other safety-sensitive positions. ADA Accommodation: Accommodations will be considered for applicants or candidates with a qualifying disability that prevents them from participating in this process. Accommodations will be made where the Port can reasonably do so without imposing an undue hardship on the business or compromising the integrity of the recruitment process. An applicant with any disability who believes that they need an accommodation should contact Human Resources: call 503-415-6690 or email careers@portofportland.com. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal At the Port of Portland, we strive to offer a holistic and comprehensive benefits package for employees and their families. We care about your health by offering highly-subsidized healthcare plans that include alternative care. We look out for you and for family by paying for life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage. We participate in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) retirement program. We provide access to additional coverage and benefits including pre-tax spending accounts, voluntary term life insurance, a deferred compensation plan, and critical illness and accident insurance policies. We go above and beyond by offering an award-winning wellness program for all employees to engage in. Employees can tend to their physical and mental health, earn rewards, and create community. Our employee assistance program supports the Port's commitment to emotional and mental well-being by providing mental health services, discounts on local gyms, and pet insurance for companions. Our commitment to work-life balance ensures you have time to spend with loved ones and do the things you enjoy. We offer generous vacation time that accrues with length of service, sick leave that never expires and can be used for dependent care, health maintenance and mental health, and 8 weeks of paid parental leave - all in addition to 10 paid holidays. As an added bonus - because we know employees use their time off differently - once a year we give employees the opportunity to convert sick leave to personal leave, and to convert vacation leave to either cash, a retirement plan contribution, or a contribution to a Health Savings Account. Please note: Some benefits vary by job type/group, so please be sure to review your comprehensive benefit guide and/or collective bargaining agreement upon hire to confirm what is available to you., + $140,000-170,000 per year

At the Port of Portland, we use everything we have - our three airports, three working marine terminals, six business parks, and all the resources, expertise, and experience behind them - to move with purpose, connecting people with powerful opportunities and creating value for our region. We know that every person we hire, business we work with, contract we sign and decision we make is a chance to make someone's life better. And we'll use our power and influence to unlock new opportunities and ensure more people share in our region's success. With YOUR help - together with our partners, customers, and community - we'll help drive meaningful change!, Safety: The Port promotes safety as a Core value and we seek to eliminate harm through a culture of active prevention, curiosity, evaluation, and action. We comply with safety and health policies and procedures and consistently look for improvements that support operational excellence., © 2026 Careerjet All rights reserved