Senior ALM Engineer & Tooling Lead

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in Detroit is seeking an experienced ALM Tools Lead to oversee end-to-end support, governance, and optimization of Polarion, Jira, Azure DevOps, and related tooling across the SDLC.

You will lead a team of L2/L3 engineers, drive KPI dashboards, audits, and ensure compliance with ASPICE/ISO standards, while coordinating with Dev, QA, and IT to deliver reliable tool operations.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of ALM tools support, administration, and governance.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Polarion, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence.
• Experience in L2/L3 support, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of SDLC, ALM concepts, Agile and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with ASPICE and ISO 26262 (as applicable).

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 support for ALM tools including Polarion, Jira, Azure DevOps, Artifactory, MATLAB toolchain, Confluence, SVN, and Perforce.
• Configure and maintain projects, workflows, templates, permissions, and access control.
• Troubleshoot tool issues, performance bottlenecks, and integration failures.
• Manage version control systems (SVN, Perforce) including branching, merging strategies, and repository governance.
• Administer JFrog Artifactory including repository lifecycle, access management, and cleanup strategies.
• Support MATLAB/Simulink toolchain integration with ALM tools to ensure traceability.
• Establish and drive ALM governance through regular review meetings and stakeholder updates.
• Define and monitor KPIs for tool health, support efficiency, and process compliance.
• Lead and mentor a team of ALM engineers and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Drive continuous improvement based on support data and feedback.

Skills

ALM Tools

L2/L3 Support

Team Leadership

Governance

Stakeholder Mgmt

CI/CD Integrations

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Engineering

Tools

Polarion

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

JFrog Artifactory

MATLAB toolchain

SVN

Perforce

Job description

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in Detroit is seeking an experienced ALM Tools Lead to oversee end-to-end support, governance, and optimization of Polarion, Jira, Azure DevOps, and related tooling across the SDLC.

You will lead a team of L2/L3 engineers, drive KPI dashboards, audits, and ensure compliance with ASPICE/ISO standards, while coordinating with Dev, QA, and IT to deliver reliable tool operations.