WirelessCar Application Specialist

Volvo Group Telematics (VGT) is a part of Volvo IT Services and is a global organization within the Volvo Group providing telematics off-board services. Volvo Group Telematics enables and accelerate customer-oriented off-board telematics service development and delivery. Volvo Group Telematics supports the Volvo Group whilst the WirelessCar brand is used to support external customers in the Automotive Car OEM segment such as BMW, Volvo Cars and Audi.

VGT Service Operations

The Car OEM Operations team is part of the VGT Service Operations and has the responsibility for the operations of telematics solutions for external customers. This means that we deploy, operate and monitor our customer solutions according to agreed SLAs. The Car OEM Operations team consists of 14 people and is represented at three sites (Gothenburg, Bangalore and Beijing). The team work during office hours, but also have on-call and deploy duties during weekends on a regular basis.

As Application Specialist, you will be part of a global organization that delivers telematics solutions to our customers. Important elements of the position are experience from operating high availability services in a Linux and Java based environment. We expect you to have the ability to troubleshoot in a complex operational environment involving multiple partners or suppliers.

Qualifications:
We believe that you are social, flexible and enjoy working in global teams. You have a strong customer focus and a service minded attitude with a great interest to find a solution for problem that occurs. In your working situation you enjoy teamwork, but you can also work independently and take initiative with a result-oriented mindset.
The general qualifications are that you have an adequate academic background and that you are a communicative team-player. You are proactive and have a strong drive to continuously challenge and improve your knowledge. You are also proficient in both spoken and written English.

Competence Requirements:
-You have several years of experience in Linux, preferably Red Hat
-Experience in scripting (Bash, Ruby, Perl)
-Knowledge in high availability installations
-Experience in application servers (Jboss or WebSphere)
-Deployment of application in application servers
-Experience of complex systems
-Basic database knowledge (Oracle, PostGres)
-Basic knowledge in network (Firewall, Load Balancers?)
-Knowledge in ITIL
-Telecom experience is an advantage

In return we offer
You get an opportunity to work together with highly skilled colleagues in an exciting, global environment which provides a big opportunity to develop both professionally and personally. You will work in close collaboration with our customers and development team. Together delivering cutting edge solutions and services which drive customer profitability and growth.

Location: Gothenburg
Travel requirements: Occasionally
Starting date: To be agreed upon, but as soon as possible

For further information please contact:
Ulrika Allén, Manager Car OEM Operations Manager, Phone: +46 31 3225641