DevOps Engineer for Observability

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

What’s in it for you?
You will be part of our Developer Experience organization with the mission to create a great developer experience by providing platform products that support good work & productivity for our software engineers. For us, every software engineer and software team at Volvo Cars is a potential customer, and we are obsessed with understanding our customers and how we can assist them to be effective and productive.

What you’ll do
You will have an important role in supporting the observability stack used by application teams. The team works according to agile and scrum principles. As a DevOps Engineer, you will work closely with application teams to ensure application reliability and performance. We promote modern DevOps ways of working and are responsible for supporting shared DevOps toolchains at an enterprise scale. The assignment consists of development and operational work, including on-call once every 5th week.

Who you are
You have a bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent and at least 3 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, and have worked with Git Version Control. You are fluent in English both written and spoken.  We see that you have experience integrating and supporting cloud-native observability tools like ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, InfluxData, and Azure Monitor.  You enjoy working hands-on and have great problem-solving and debugging skills. You actively participate in discussions with stakeholders and members of your team. You are an expert in monitoring and alerting systems using ElasticStack, InfluxData, OpenSearch, and Grafana.  You have good scripting and automation skills, with experience in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Python. You also have experience working closely with application teams to integrate observability tools into the software development life cycle. We also see that you are familiar with agile development methodologies.

As a person, you are tech proficient, self-driven, outcome-oriented, and have a code mentality. You are resilient and a strategic thinker with enterprise-scale, developer experience, and micro-service architecture in mind.  You are an effective communicator, have proficient writing skills, and great ability to work in a team environment.

We offer our employees amazing benefits such as:
• Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.
• At Volvo Car Group, all new parents with one year’s active permanent service now receive 24 weeks of parental leave, paid at 80 percent of their base pay. The policy is for everyone – whether you’re a designer or a plant operator, whether you work in Sweden, China, or the USA. Read more here: https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars
• Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
• An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next step? Kindly apply for this position through our jobs portal, enclosing your CV in English by no later than the 8th of May, 2023. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email.
For questions about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Klara Magnusson at: [email protected]. 
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Abigail Glez at: [email protected].