Enterprise Application Engineer

Are you passionate about creating smarter workflows and making technology work better for people?

Join Syngenta in Durham, NC, as an Enterprise Application Engineer, where you’ll develop, optimize, and connect enterprise platforms supporting our Seeds Research & Development (R&D) teams. You’ll collaborate across engineering, application, data, and support teams to simplify processes, automate workflows, and deliver innovative technology solutions that help move our business forward.

Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, configure, and support Jira and ServiceNow solutions that enable Seeds R&D engineering, application, data, and support teams.
• Develop and enhance ServiceNow capabilities, including Service Catalog, request forms, RITMs, catalog tasks, Flow Designer, scripts, custom tables, and CMDB.
• Configure and optimize Jira workflows, issue types, fields, permissions, hierarchies, components, boards, filters, dashboards, reporting, and automation.
• Translate business and technical requirements into effective platform designs, configurations, development tasks, acceptance criteria, and test plans.
• Design, develop, and support integrations between Jira, ServiceNow, AWS, Snowflake, Active Directory, and other enterprise systems using REST APIs.
• Establish and implement platform standards that improve workflow efficiency, application onboarding, support routing, reporting, and lifecycle management.
• Manage assigned enhancements through development, testing, deployment, production validation, documentation, and ongoing support.
• Troubleshoot complex workflow, configuration, access, data, and integration issues while coordinating solutions with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, communicate progress and risks, provide technical guidance, and share knowledge to support continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise application development, platform engineering, workflow automation, service-management technology, or application-platform support.
• Hands-on ServiceNow development and configuration experience, including Service Catalog, Flow Designer, scripting, custom tables, CMDB, and update sets.
• Experience configuring and administering Jira workflows, issue types, fields, permissions, hierarchies, components, boards, dashboards, reporting, and automation.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting REST API integrations across enterprise applications and services.
• Experience translating technical requirements into solutions and managing changes through development, testing, production release, validation, and rollback processes.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work independently, coordinate dependencies, and proactively escalate risks., * ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) or Certified Application Developer (CAD) certification.
• Atlassian Jira administration certification or equivalent Jira Cloud administration experience.
• Experience integrating Jira or ServiceNow with AWS, Snowflake, Active Directory, identity services, and other enterprise platforms.
• Experience with application onboarding, access management, service-request automation, CMDB, application lifecycle management, or decommissioning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps practices, or controlled promotion of ServiceNow update sets.
• Knowledge of ITIL practices, including request, incidents, problem, change, release, configuration, and knowledge management.
• Experience supporting scientific, research, engineering, regulated, or data-intensive environments.

• A culture that celebrates belonging and collaboration, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts on your first day.
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits.

About Syngenta

At Syngenta Seeds Field Crops, we’re shaping the future of agriculture and empowering farmers to meet the ever-growing demand for food and fuel. We’re a global Ag Tech powerhouse, headquartered in the United States, with passionate, local experts collaborating with farmers to deliver solutions that create market opportunities. We unite precision breeding, advanced biotechnology trait choice, and digital platforms for unmatched in-field performance. Our seeds help mitigate risks such as disease, insect, weed, and extreme weather pressures, all while promoting sustainable farming practices that protect and enhance our planet. Join our mission of revolutionizing food security and transforming agriculture., At Syngenta, you’ll have the opportunity to strengthen the platforms that support our Seeds R&D teams, improve how technology connects across the organization, and develop solutions that make a meaningful difference in how work gets done.

Bring your technical expertise, curiosity, and problem-solving mindset to a team and help shape the future of agriculture., Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal. Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color