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Enterprise Systems Engineer roles in cloud infrastructure, ERP platforms, and systems integration qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension if your degree falls under an eligible CIP code. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and you'll file an I-983 training plan outlining engineering objectives tied to your STEM degree.
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Join one of the most influential, most quoted, and most trusted think tanks!
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to equip decision-makers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world. To advance our mission, we are committed to the following four goals:
- Develop economic growth strategies for a changing world
- Expand economic and social opportunity for all
- Revitalize U.S. democratic institutions
- Advance peace and security worldwide
At the core of our mission is the quality, independence, and impact of our research. We are dedicated to finding bold, pragmatic solutions for societal challenges through open-minded inquiry, diverse perspectives, and holding ourselves to the highest standards of scholastic rigor.
Beyond the pursuit of excellence and intellectual rigor, Brookings places immense value on creating a supportive and collaborative environment where every individual can do their best work, learn, and grow. Because of this, Brookings has been at the forefront of public policy for more than a century.
Position Location: This position is hybrid. Hybrid positions combine regular in-person presence at our Washington, DC office with the option of two days of remote work each week.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Ready to contribute to Brookings success?
The Systems Analyst, Enterprise Applications supports the planning, governance, implementation, integration, and continuous improvement of Brookings' enterprise technology ecosystem. Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Applications and Architecture, this role serves as a bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, translating business needs into scalable, secure, and practical technology-enabled solutions.
The position contributes across a broad portfolio of enterprise applications — including enterprise architecture initiatives, roadmap execution, integration and automation, data and analytics, governance processes, solution analysis, and technology modernization — spanning platforms such as Workday, Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, Adaptive Planning, Concur, integration technologies, and future systems.
The successful candidate operates as a hands-on individual contributor — doing the development work directly, not just specifying it. With a working grasp of how backend systems function, they can pick up new tools quickly to build integrations, reports, dashboards, and automations, while partnering with business stakeholders to analyze requirements and recommend scalable solutions. For example, they might write a Workday report, build a Power BI dashboard, develop an API integration, or configure an automation or AI agent.
Technical Delivery (45%)
- Design, build, configure, and maintain integrations between Brookings enterprise systems, using APIs, middleware/integration platforms, and scripting as appropriate.
- Support troubleshooting and resolution of integration errors, data-sync issues, and automation failures, escalating to the Director when architectural decisions are needed.
- Evaluate and document API endpoints, data mappings, and error-handling logic for new and existing integrations.
- Partner with internal teams, vendors, and implementation partners on configuration, development, testing, data conversion, and deployment of integration and automation solutions.
- Build reporting, dashboards, and automation workflows that reduce manual effort and improve data reliability across systems.
- Perform system configuration, quality assurance, regression testing, and user acceptance testing for integration and automation changes.
- Research and pilot emerging integration patterns, automation tools, and AI-enabled capabilities; build small proofs-of-concept to demonstrate value before broader investment.
Enterprise Systems Analysis & Solution Design (25%)
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand business challenges, requirements, pain points, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support requirements-gathering sessions, workshops, interviews, and discovery activities with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for system optimization, automation, integration, and modernization.
- Contribute to the evaluation of alternative technology solutions and support developing recommendations based on business requirements, technical feasibility, cost, complexity, risk, and long-term sustainability.
- Create process flows, user stories, systems documentation, data flow diagrams, and solution proposals that support decision-making and implementation — including building the actual report, dashboard, or prototype where feasible.
- Assist in technology assessments, software evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and platform-selection initiatives.
- Develop a strong understanding of Brookings’ enterprise application landscape and the relationships, dependencies, and data flows among systems.
Governance, Roadmap & Project Support (20%)
- Support governance processes for enterprise applications, including change management, intake management, prioritization, and decision documentation.
- Assist in maintaining enterprise application inventories, roadmaps, project backlogs, decision logs, architecture artifacts, and implementation plans.
- Coordinate activities related to change review boards, governance committees, roadmap planning sessions, and cross-functional technology discussions.
- Track project status, risks, dependencies, decisions, action items, and follow-up owners across enterprise application initiatives.
- Help ensure proposed system changes are evaluated for downstream impact across business processes, integrations, reporting, data, security, and user experience.
- Maintain documentation, standards, knowledge repositories, and templates that support the Enterprise Applications function.
Continuous Improvement & Professional Development (10%)
- Stay current with enterprise technology trends, SaaS platforms, ERP and CRM systems, integration technologies, automation tools, analytics, and AI solutions.
- Develop expertise across Brookings’ core enterprise systems and related business processes.
- Participate in mentorship, training, and professional development opportunities to strengthen technical and analytical skills.
- Contribute to a culture of documentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within BTech.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ready to make an impact? In this role, you will support Brookings values of collegiality, respect, inclusion, diversity and community, and bring the following qualifications:
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's in information systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 0-5 years of experience in IT implementation, software consulting, software development, or integration — or an equivalent combination of education, internships, certifications, or hands-on technical experience
- Should demonstrate strong technical aptitude either via experience, or live demos of a work product
Knowledge/Skills Requirements:
Required:
- Curiosity and motivation to grow from hands-on technical delivery into broader enterprise systems analysis over time.
- Coding experience. Understanding of APIs (REST and/or SOAP) and common data formats (JSON, XML).
- Strong troubleshooting instincts and comfort digging into system logs, error messages, and data discrepancies.
- Clear written communication for technical documentation, aimed at both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred:
- Some hands-on exposure to integration/middleware tools (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato, or similar).
- Entry-level technical experience with a modern enterprise system such as Workday, Oracle Cloud, SalesForce, or similar.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What can we offer you? Brookings provides a generous benefit package that is comprehensive and includes both traditional benefits and unique offerings. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous time off, and workplace flexibility. For more information, please visit Brookings Benefits.
Brookings requires that all applicants submit a cover letter and resume. Please attach your cover letter and resume as one document when you apply. Please note: if you have applied to more than one Brookings job opening you should add a position-specific cover letter as a separate attachment.
Successful completion of a background investigation is required for employment at Brookings.
Brookings welcomes and celebrates diversity in all its forms, including diversity of experience, thought, and personal background. We welcome applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on ideology, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, first generation college goers, and other factors protected by law. Brookings is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. All selection decisions are based upon merit, skills, abilities and experience.
INTRODUCTION
Join one of the most influential, most quoted, and most trusted think tanks!
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to equip decision-makers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world. To advance our mission, we are committed to the following four goals:
- Develop economic growth strategies for a changing world
- Expand economic and social opportunity for all
- Revitalize U.S. democratic institutions
- Advance peace and security worldwide
At the core of our mission is the quality, independence, and impact of our research. We are dedicated to finding bold, pragmatic solutions for societal challenges through open-minded inquiry, diverse perspectives, and holding ourselves to the highest standards of scholastic rigor.
Beyond the pursuit of excellence and intellectual rigor, Brookings places immense value on creating a supportive and collaborative environment where every individual can do their best work, learn, and grow. Because of this, Brookings has been at the forefront of public policy for more than a century.
Position Location: This position is hybrid. Hybrid positions combine regular in-person presence at our Washington, DC office with the option of two days of remote work each week.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Ready to contribute to Brookings success?
The Systems Analyst, Enterprise Applications supports the planning, governance, implementation, integration, and continuous improvement of Brookings' enterprise technology ecosystem. Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Applications and Architecture, this role serves as a bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, translating business needs into scalable, secure, and practical technology-enabled solutions.
The position contributes across a broad portfolio of enterprise applications — including enterprise architecture initiatives, roadmap execution, integration and automation, data and analytics, governance processes, solution analysis, and technology modernization — spanning platforms such as Workday, Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, Adaptive Planning, Concur, integration technologies, and future systems.
The successful candidate operates as a hands-on individual contributor — doing the development work directly, not just specifying it. With a working grasp of how backend systems function, they can pick up new tools quickly to build integrations, reports, dashboards, and automations, while partnering with business stakeholders to analyze requirements and recommend scalable solutions. For example, they might write a Workday report, build a Power BI dashboard, develop an API integration, or configure an automation or AI agent.
Technical Delivery (45%)
- Design, build, configure, and maintain integrations between Brookings enterprise systems, using APIs, middleware/integration platforms, and scripting as appropriate.
- Support troubleshooting and resolution of integration errors, data-sync issues, and automation failures, escalating to the Director when architectural decisions are needed.
- Evaluate and document API endpoints, data mappings, and error-handling logic for new and existing integrations.
- Partner with internal teams, vendors, and implementation partners on configuration, development, testing, data conversion, and deployment of integration and automation solutions.
- Build reporting, dashboards, and automation workflows that reduce manual effort and improve data reliability across systems.
- Perform system configuration, quality assurance, regression testing, and user acceptance testing for integration and automation changes.
- Research and pilot emerging integration patterns, automation tools, and AI-enabled capabilities; build small proofs-of-concept to demonstrate value before broader investment.
Enterprise Systems Analysis & Solution Design (25%)
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand business challenges, requirements, pain points, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support requirements-gathering sessions, workshops, interviews, and discovery activities with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for system optimization, automation, integration, and modernization.
- Contribute to the evaluation of alternative technology solutions and support developing recommendations based on business requirements, technical feasibility, cost, complexity, risk, and long-term sustainability.
- Create process flows, user stories, systems documentation, data flow diagrams, and solution proposals that support decision-making and implementation — including building the actual report, dashboard, or prototype where feasible.
- Assist in technology assessments, software evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and platform-selection initiatives.
- Develop a strong understanding of Brookings’ enterprise application landscape and the relationships, dependencies, and data flows among systems.
Governance, Roadmap & Project Support (20%)
- Support governance processes for enterprise applications, including change management, intake management, prioritization, and decision documentation.
- Assist in maintaining enterprise application inventories, roadmaps, project backlogs, decision logs, architecture artifacts, and implementation plans.
- Coordinate activities related to change review boards, governance committees, roadmap planning sessions, and cross-functional technology discussions.
- Track project status, risks, dependencies, decisions, action items, and follow-up owners across enterprise application initiatives.
- Help ensure proposed system changes are evaluated for downstream impact across business processes, integrations, reporting, data, security, and user experience.
- Maintain documentation, standards, knowledge repositories, and templates that support the Enterprise Applications function.
Continuous Improvement & Professional Development (10%)
- Stay current with enterprise technology trends, SaaS platforms, ERP and CRM systems, integration technologies, automation tools, analytics, and AI solutions.
- Develop expertise across Brookings’ core enterprise systems and related business processes.
- Participate in mentorship, training, and professional development opportunities to strengthen technical and analytical skills.
- Contribute to a culture of documentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within BTech.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ready to make an impact? In this role, you will support Brookings values of collegiality, respect, inclusion, diversity and community, and bring the following qualifications:
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's in information systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 0-5 years of experience in IT implementation, software consulting, software development, or integration — or an equivalent combination of education, internships, certifications, or hands-on technical experience
- Should demonstrate strong technical aptitude either via experience, or live demos of a work product
Knowledge/Skills Requirements:
Required:
- Curiosity and motivation to grow from hands-on technical delivery into broader enterprise systems analysis over time.
- Coding experience. Understanding of APIs (REST and/or SOAP) and common data formats (JSON, XML).
- Strong troubleshooting instincts and comfort digging into system logs, error messages, and data discrepancies.
- Clear written communication for technical documentation, aimed at both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred:
- Some hands-on exposure to integration/middleware tools (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato, or similar).
- Entry-level technical experience with a modern enterprise system such as Workday, Oracle Cloud, SalesForce, or similar.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What can we offer you? Brookings provides a generous benefit package that is comprehensive and includes both traditional benefits and unique offerings. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous time off, and workplace flexibility. For more information, please visit Brookings Benefits.
Brookings requires that all applicants submit a cover letter and resume. Please attach your cover letter and resume as one document when you apply. Please note: if you have applied to more than one Brookings job opening you should add a position-specific cover letter as a separate attachment.
Successful completion of a background investigation is required for employment at Brookings.
Brookings welcomes and celebrates diversity in all its forms, including diversity of experience, thought, and personal background. We welcome applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on ideology, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, first generation college goers, and other factors protected by law. Brookings is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. All selection decisions are based upon merit, skills, abilities and experience.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as an Enterprise Systems Engineer
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's CIP code appears on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List. Computer Science, Systems Engineering, and Information Systems codes typically qualify, but interdisciplinary degrees sometimes don't. Confirm with your DSO before targeting STEM OPT roles.
Filter job postings by E-Verify status
Ask recruiters directly whether the company is enrolled in E-Verify before advancing to interviews. Federal contractors are required to use E-Verify, so roles at government-adjacent firms or defense primes often meet this requirement without extra confirmation steps.
Build your I-983 training plan around systems deliverables
Draft your I-983 training plan before your start date, mapping specific engineering objectives like system migrations, infrastructure audits, or ERP implementations to your STEM degree. Vague plans delay DSO approval and can push back your OPT extension start.
Target employers with active H-1B LCA filings
Use Migrate Mate to filter Enterprise Systems Engineer roles by employers with verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history, so you're applying to companies that have already navigated visa sponsorship for technical roles rather than learning the process alongside you.
Check prevailing wage tiers for your target metro
Run your SOC code for Enterprise Systems Engineers through the OFLC Wage Search to see Level I through Level IV prevailing wages in your target city. If an offer falls below Level I, that can create LCA complications for any future H-1B visa transition with that employer.
Time your extension application to avoid gaps
File your STEM OPT extension with USCIS at least 90 days before your initial OPT EAD expires. If you file on time and your EAD expires while the application is pending, your employment authorization automatically continues for up to 180 days under the cap-gap provision.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Enterprise Systems Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. Your degree's CIP code must appear on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List. Degrees in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Information Systems typically qualify. Confirm with your DSO before accepting an offer, since the extension is tied to your credential, not the employer's job description.
How do I confirm my employer is enrolled in E-Verify?
Ask the recruiter or HR contact directly whether the company is an active E-Verify participant. Federal contractors are required to enroll, so roles at those firms are reliable. For other employers, you can also ask them to share their E-Verify company ID. Your DSO won't approve the I-983 training plan for an employer that isn't enrolled, so confirm this before signing an offer.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for an Enterprise Systems Engineer?
The I-983 requires you to describe how your day-to-day engineering work relates to your STEM degree. For Enterprise Systems Engineers, that means documenting specific projects like ERP migrations, systems architecture decisions, or infrastructure automation, and connecting each to learning objectives from your degree program. Generic descriptions get flagged. Your employer must sign the plan, and your DSO must authorize it before your extension starts.
What happens to my work authorization if my H-1B is selected in the lottery but my OPT expires first?
If your employer files an H-1B petition on your behalf before your OPT EAD expires, the cap-gap provision extends your STEM OPT work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. You can continue working legally as an Enterprise Systems Engineer during this gap. USCIS automatically grants this extension, but your employer must file before your EAD lapses.
Where can I find Enterprise Systems Engineer jobs at E-Verify employers?
Migrate Mate filters Enterprise Systems Engineer roles by employers with verified E-Verify enrollment and DOL LCA filing history, so you're not guessing about sponsorship eligibility. You can also cross-reference O*NET for the official SOC code used to classify Enterprise Systems Engineer positions, which helps when evaluating whether a job posting maps to your STEM degree for the I-983 training plan.