DevOps Engineer-1

The Volkswagen Group is one of the first and most successful international car manufacturers in China’s automobile industry and we have made individual mobility possible together with Chinese Partners. For over 40 years, the Volkswagen Group and its brands have always been pioneers of mobility in China.

Volkswagen Group China’s business scope includes the production, sales and services of vehicles and parts, such as engines and transmissions. The Group is represented by a diverse array of brands across all segments, including Volkswagen, Audi, ŠKODA, JETTA, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Ducati, MAN and SCANIA.

As the automotive industry rapidly shifts towards the era of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV) and autonomous driving, the Group is following a strong strategic plan to maintain its leading position in this attractive growth market. Therefore, Volkswagen Group is consistently powering forward its “Target picture 2030” and the consistent “In China for China” approach.

To date, about 50 million customers in China are driving cars from the Group brands – a customer base that is unparalleled by any other domestic or international automaker in the country. 

DevOps Engineer-1

Brief description of the position:

Lead the AMS -Application Management Service and application Change activities, Drive continuous development, improvement, optimization of IT Applications and Platforms. Define Product Quality concept, drive Quality gate for changes; Define and track application SLA to ensure customer satisfaction.

Key Tasks:

• Lead the AMS (Application Management Service) and application Change activities.
• Drive continuous development, improvement, optimization of IT Applications and Platforms. 
• Lead Application Deployment, Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans of IT Applications.
• Set up Product Quality concept, drive Quality gate for changes; Define and track application SLA to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Oversee infrastructure upgrades, modifications and deployments and align appropriate project activities & business communication.
• Continuously analyse, review and re-check the existing IT business processes to be more efficient, more effective and more capable of change.
• Evaluate business cases (ROI/TCO) to ensure cost efficiency of IT Products.
• Specification of the strategic objectives of the Incident, Problem and Change mgmt and coordination of Incident management process across the IT Operation areas in compliance with Group Standards.
• Build up a suitable release plan for each specific platform in consideration of their technologies.
• Train and supervise less experienced DevOps Engineer within a sub-department. Checks and vets work results from junior DevOps Engineer before productive deliveries.

Qualification and skills:

• Master degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related studies.
• In-depth knowledge of Agile Software Development Methodology.
• Experience in IT Software Development and IT infrastructure.
• Expert knowledge in IT Service Management Standards and deep experience in operation management.
• Language: Chinese and English business fluent; German advantageous
• Certification in ITIL version 3, SAFe, PMP etc.