Infrastructure Engineer i Olofström

It's not about cars. It's about people.

Our human-centric focus is what makes us different from all other car companies, and it’s at the heart of everything we create. If you want to join us in our mission to make people’s lives less complicated, we offer you a chance to grow together with talented people who want to make a true difference.

What’s in it for you?

Join the Engineering Chapter at Consumer & Enterprise Digital to become a part of Volvo Cars exciting journey towards a product-oriented software company. We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer with a broad knowledge, who will perform within the Factory and Operator Support, a part of Manufacturing & Logistics products. Together we deliver upon our vision “Provide freedom to move in a personal, sustainable and safe way” by scale our users globally, but of course also pick up other tasks helping the product team(s) move forward, broadening your t-shaped profile. We use modern tools and agile methods to create business value continuously. We ensure high quality and adaptability in our delivery. Of course, we have fun together while doing it!

In general, the Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for the operations of secure and highly available computing platforms, servers, storage area networks, hosting and networks. They are responsible for getting things installed, maintained, upgraded, and continuously improve our organization's operating environment. Infrastructure engineering ensures that the IT infrastructure is sufficiently robust, scalable, and efficient to deliver the integrated services underlying the physical environment that supports the processes, physical resources (including facilities, hardware, software, and tools) and people required for developing, integrating, operating, and sustaining IT applications and support services.

What you’ll do

You will support objectives to ensure that a reliable, consistent level of service is available to infrastructure consumers and/or IT service consumers—both human, machine and applications. You are responsible for the hosting environment in the local factory plant, including servers, storage, virtualization, the facilities (or clouds) in which they are housed. With an always-on mindset you will be assisting departments in the factory (Engineering, Operation & Maintenance) in designing, configuring and managing solutions for their devices, tools and applications, in line with factory and corporate standards. You will also be working closely with the local Factory On-Site team and be supported by global specialists and operations teams.

You and your skills

You are a curious team player who loves to collaborate with others. You have a bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or equivalent experience in relevant field to properly set, manage, and meet expectations to ensure quality of solution delivered based on user impact and stability. You are an experienced engineer, comfortable with hosting environments and client access infrastructure. You possess a general knowledge in the areas of Network, DC management, Cloud solutions, hosting, end user services

As a person you are user focused and passionate about solving problems. You are flexible, open to new ideas and always looking for ways to improve. You have strong analytical skills, are energetic and always push for innovation. You are excellent at communication, presenting and relationship building with teams and global stakeholders. You have a holistic viewpoint and being value oriented, with an ability to inspire and motivate others in working towards a goal.

You are fluent in both Swedish and English, both verbally and written. If you possess knowledge within automotive ITIL and/or agile development practices tools such as Azure DevOps or alike it’s beneficial.

How to learn more and apply

Does this sound like your new challenge? Please register your application as soon as possible, but no later than 8th of March 2019. Please note that we will not accept applications via email. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Peter Grande at . If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact .  

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.