Technical Systems Expert- Service Manager

At Jeppesen we work with breakthrough technology, exciting customers and fantastic colleagues from around the world. Our culture is characterized by creativity, professionalism and hard work within an open and flexible work environment. We believe that our employees must be allowed to think big and have fun for us to remain one of the top companies in the industry. To get the best out of each talent, we encourage and enable our employees to continuously develop and explore.

What we are looking for:
We are looking for a motivated individual with very strong technical capabilities combined with the ability and desire to learn about and work with complex system installations.

This is an opportunity for you to work in an international environment with a team of likeminded system experts in a leading edge expanding software company. The global Service Management team operates from three different locations; Gothenburg, Montreal and Singapore.

As a Systems Expert/Service Manager you will:
-Become an authority on several production system installations
-Participate in ongoing implementation projects
-Provide application management and advanced technical support for day of operation flight crew tracking and related products, in relation to the Service Level Agreement(s)
-Assist the client with knowledge injections, proactive problem solving and daily management of the production installation
-Maintain Linux installations on company servers and make recommendations to clients on patches/upgrades
-Provide System requirements to the Technical Development team
-Participate in a 24x7 standby roster ? currently 1 week every 5

Qualifications and Skills:
This role requires an individual who is experienced and interested in an array of IT related technical areas.
-Minimum Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
-Expert knowledge of Unix and/or Linux (you probably have a flavor installed at home!)
-Expert knowledge with shell scripting
-A good command of the English language

Preferred Experience:
-2-5 years in a similar or a software development role
-Particular interest in technical problem solving
-Good programming skills in a range of languages (Python and Java preferred)
-Distributed version control systems such as mercurial, git
-Messaging systems such as MQ, ActiveMQ, Qpid
-Databases (Oracle preferred)
-Other: Univa Grid Engine, Kerberos, JBoss
-Customer relationship experience is advantageous but secondary to technical aptitude

Personal qualities:
-Highly responsible, able to take ownership of issues
-Strong technical & analytical aptitude
-Self Starter
-Problem Solver
-Able to work independently and within a team

The team you will be working with consists of 3 Service Managers, 1 Systems Expert and 2 Service Account Managers handling 3 customers in the EMEA region and 2 customers in the APAC region. The team works closely with other local and global teams within Jeppesen.

Last day of application will be August 2nd. For questions about the position, please contact Christine Lundell, Manager Crew Services & Support at [email protected]

Please note that the position might be filled before the last day of application since applications will be processed continuously and interviews may take place throughout the period. We look forward to receive your application!

Please note that we don't accept applications through the above contact details.