Mainframe Software Engineer

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 we offer 
This role is within our digital Supply Chain Logistics and Procurement area, which has the goal to provide digital technologies to support our supply chain and procurement operations globally. You will be part of the global supply chain management cluster with the goal to enable reliable and lean supply chains globally. More specifically within the Parts Supply and Logistics (aftermarket) domain. It enables our business to supply spare parts to our global partner network and directly to consumers. 
Explicit for this role is that it will be part of a dedicated product working with the inbound warehouse management. This will be done in cooperation with the other PS&L product teams in place running the development and operation of other parts of this aftermarket solution. The mission is to continuously deliver business value to our customers and future proof our business system of record application.
Main responsibilities 
•    Providing technical mainframe competence
•    Gathering functional and non-functional requirements from the stakeholders and document such requirements 
•    Developing efficient & quality assured software according to design and business requirements within agreed time frame
•    Aligning and coordinating delivery with product owner, product team colleagues and tech leads to ensure consistency in solutions
•    Collaborating within and outside the product team to secure resilient solutions and shared technical design
•    Providing technical design and guidance – Code Review, Test Automation, DevOps best practices

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter via the link below no later than the 22nd of February 2022. However, incoming applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible. For questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Igorce Anakijoski, Team Manager, at igor.anakijoski@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Jonathan Allirol at jonathan.allirol@volvocars.com. Please note that we will not accept applications via email.

Do you fit the profile? 
We believe that you have a BSc or equivalent training/experience in Computer Science or other relevant subject area. We expect you to have 8+ years of industry experience.
The person we are looking for must have some years of practice from software development, testing and operational management (Design/Build/Maintain/DevOps) of IT systems/applications. Furthermore, 4-7 years of development and maintenance experience in Cobol and IMB mainframe is also a requirement. We expect the candidate to be technically strong in Cobol, JCL and IMS DB (DL1) databases.
As we are in a transformation and digitalization journey, we also value complementary skills and experience within the agile methodology SAFe, the more modern technology stack like Java, SQL databases and querying and modern integration & development architecture like API management and microservices. 
Having business domain experience from Supply Chain Logistics/warehousing/manufacturing and/or the automotive industry is also a big advantage.

Finally we see that you are a colleague who is curious with an agile mindset. You are communicative and you excel in collaboration, both with internal and external stakeholders, and you are passionate about building a work environment based on trust.