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Senior Systems Engineer - Business Analytics Platforms
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What General Motors Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles8 certified filings for “Software Systems Engineer” (Mechanical Engineers) in CA: $192k–$220k, median $209k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin Technical Center or GM Global Technical Center three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business if more than 3 days]. The Role At General Motors, we're revolutionizing decision-making through cutting-edge business analytics platforms. Our business analytics platform engineering team is at the forefront of this transformation, leveraging the power of Azure and AWS to deliver enterprise-grade solutions that provide insights to everyone across the company. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our data-driven culture. You'll be responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining state-of-the-art analytics platforms including Power BI Premium on Azure Fabric, Tableau Analytics on AWS, and Cognos Analytics on Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) to name a few. This is more than just a technical role – it's an opportunity to drive innovation and empower thousands of users with self-serve capabilities and frictionless experiences. You'll be at the helm of developing these platforms as products, ensuring end-to-end engineering excellence and setting new standards in developer productivity. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of business analytics platforms, driving innovation and efficiency in data-driven decision-making across the organization. If you're passionate about cloud technologies, thrive on complex challenges, and want to make a tangible impact on a global scale, we want you on our team. Join us in building the future of business analytics platforms at GM. What You’ll Do • Build and evolve a future‑ready, enterprise‑scale business analytics platform using a proven three‑plane architecture with an AI‑enabled experience layer for user support and operational intelligence, a metadata and configuration driven control layer, and an IaC and API driven execution layer supporting Power BI, Cognos, and Tableau, while enabling end‑to‑end automation of user requests through Slack integrations and modern platform engineering practices. • Design and develop scalable, secure, and reliable analytics platforms on Azure and AWS, leveraging container technologies for efficient application deployment and management. • BI platforms administration, management and operations, including data modeling and report authoring best practices using Power BI, Tableau, and Cognos. • Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, implement GitOps workflows, and establish CI/CD pipelines for platform components and applications. • Develop API integration, data extraction, transformation, and loading to Databricks DB SQL • Implement comprehensive DevSecOps practices, including regular security audits and vulnerability mitigation. • Establish robust observability solutions, implement disaster recovery and high availability designs to ensure platform reliability. • Manage identity and access management, implement security compliance measures including password/token rotations and key vault integration. • Implement Gateway connections for accessing on-premises sources, optimizing platform performance and cost-efficiency. • Participate in on-call rotations, demonstrate customer focus, and drive results in ambiguous project scenarios. • Implement Policy as Code and Compliance as Code to automate policy enforcement, ensure consistent governance, and compliance with industry standards & regulations. • Influence change, naturally accept ownership for project deliverables, explore opportunities to add value to job responsibilities • Self-starter with the ability to influence others, working in teams and independently with leader