Senior Deploy Software Engineer

General Motors•Warren, MI

56d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Deploy Software Engineer is responsible for leading a team of people in deploying and updating software applications used globally in GM's manufacturing and Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) plants that build the next generation of transportation. The Senior Deploy Software Engineer will work hands-on building out full-stack application environments based on detailed requirements and system specifications. Deployment activities will include gathering high-level requirements from manufacturing plant(s), updating existing software installations and/or configuring applications to the specific needs for the plant, testing and troubleshooting issues that may arise relating to either the new code or plant configuration. This role will need to have strong development background to help with process and test automation. This role will also need to identify AI opportunities and implement AI solutions. This role will contribute to security lifecycle maintenance by ensuring that all third-party applications and operating systems are compliant with the GM IT statement of technical direction. This role will also work closely with the development teams and support teams to ensure 100% uptime, reliability, and security.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience
Experience in leading technology teams with strategic and tactical responsibilities
Experience with Agile teams that have regularly delivered software while practicing code review
Experience in the Automated Manufacturing Equipment (AME) development and deployment. This will include integration, deployment, and development of Fleet Manager in addition of integration of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) that are GM specific (i.e. IPSB, EPS, PPD, FirstPage) as well as Wearhouse Management System (WMS)
Knowledge and Experience with Fleet Manager development and integrations that supports the interoperability by communication to AME's directly and/or other Fleet Managers within different products and vendors
Experience within Automotive / GM plant floor and their systems - and working directly with plant Floor system leads for smooth integration and deployment of AME and Software solutions
Candidates must have the ability to drive and create a standardized process for GM material automation; this can be accomplished in the creation of a playbook that can be used by different key stakeholders within the GM manufacturing space
Knowledge in end-to-end applications hosted on Kubernetes with a focus on scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance
Proven experience diagnosing issues from browser to infrastructure to network to database and all the way back
Experience in IT Enterprise Security concepts and implementation
Kepware: configuring IoT Gateway to allow a PLC to talk to an upper level application through Kepware, importing tags, automatic tag generation
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate and translate feedback, needs and solutions
Creative problem-solving skills that deliver elegant solutions to complex issues
Strong teamwork focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams
Drives results through a strong work ethic
Challenges themselves and their peers
Enjoys working collaboratively in a cross-functional teams
Has a strong ability and willingness to learn
Desires to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems
Has a strong attention to detail
Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills.
Proven experience creating and presenting solution proposals and technical proposals.
You will need to hold yourself and others accountable for demonstrating GM behaviors and actively contribute to building a winning culture.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing experience
Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL, or other databases
Web Application Servers: WebSphere, WebLogic, TomCat, IIS
Infrastructure: Server Provisioning, Virtual Machines, Networking, Cluster servers
OS: Linux, UNIX, Windows Server, Cloud technology
Tools: Team Foundation Server (Azure Dev Ops), IT Service Manager, PowerBI, Jenkins, Chef, GitHub, Fortify, SonarLint/SonarQube, Artifactory, Jira
Strong .net C#
Strong Python or PowerShell Scripting
Experience in IT Enterprise Security concepts and implementation
Kepware: configuring IoT Gateway to allow a PLC to talk to an upper level application through Kepware, importing tags, automatic tag generation
5+ years' experience integrating applications with industrial PLC or robot (or other automation equipment) in a manufacturing environment
5+ years' performing test automation
React UI development experience

Responsibilities

Manage day to day tasks for a team of deployment resources in order to meet project timeline.
Work closely with IT infrastructure delivery teams to install and configure virtual servers in plant data centers with minimum supervision.
Work closely with IT Project Management to ensure launch and deployment activities are tracking for on-time delivery and, escalating any risks as necessary with minimum supervision.
Identify repeatable deployment actions for automation via scripting or CI/CD pipelines.
Work closely with in-plant resources to validate application functionality with physical systems.
Provide analysis and site-specific business configuration required to meet launch and deployment initiatives.
Coordinate testing with upstream and downstream plant software applications to validate data continuity.
Investigate IT system integration problems and provide technical input in problem resolution.
Have knowledge of software monitoring tools for uptime and performance.
Have knowledge or experience in software development.
Maintain technical documentation to reflect accurate and current production installations.
Learn new technical concepts and practices quickly and apply them across multiple types of applications and software.
Must possess a high degree of business insight, creativity, decision making skills, a drive for results, the ability to negotiate, the ability to develop strong peer relationships, and a strong technical learning capability and focus
You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is very customer-centric, understands the big picture and feels strongly not only about building good software but about making that software achieve its goals
Review Pull requests, cross-collaborate with the developers for user stories and test cases.
Actively engage in development team activities associated with brainstorming new solutions and refining current solutions. Drive technical efforts that lead to success in software project delivery.
Possess technical depth and applied experience in multi-layer solutioning, performance tuning, solution debug, incident triage/remediation, and usability improvement.
This role will require you to travel to physical plant locations for workshop or deployment activities.
This role may require you to work during manufacturing plant downtime (weekends, second shift, third shift, holidays).