Job Summary
Essential Skills:
- Strong technical knowledge of:
- Collaboration tools: Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket/GitHub
- Operating Systems: Unix, Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu), Windows
- Mounting technologies: Autofs, DFS
- Protocols: NFS, CIFS
- Virtualization technologies: VMWare Horizon/ESXi/Cloud Foundation
- Agile methodologies (Scrum)
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Powerpoint, Excel)
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
Advantageous Skills:
- Knowledge of Agile Working Model (AWM) Framework and dedicated roles
- Experience in DevOps methodologies and team leadership
- Knowledge of migrating complex VDI environments
- Expertise in Linux (Redhat/Ubuntu) for high-performance virtual environments
- Knowledge of storage technologies (EMC2, NetApp)
- Experience with systems management tools (scVENUS, Ansible) and Ansible Tower
- Familiarity with Public and Private Cloud solutions (Azure, AWS)
- Knowledge of Data Security & Privacy best practices
- Understanding of Directory Access Manager (DIVA)
- Knowledge of Intelligent Storage Orchestration Environment (iStore) and Active Directory Gruppentool (ADGR)
Qualifications and Experience:
- Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience
- Minimum 4 years of IT operations experience with ITIL certification (advantageous)
- Minimum 3 years of experience each in storage, Scrum, VDI/operating systems, and managing service provider topics
- Scrum certification (advantageous)
Responsibilities:
- Understand complex CA application architecture and its impact on VDI environments
- Design VDI solutions tailored to business needs using BMW guidelines
- Develop Ansible playbooks to optimize CA application performance in VDI deployments (Public/Private Cloud)
- Manage VDI operations and maintenance within a hybrid cloud architecture
- Understand BMW's CA Data Management/"Follow the Data" approach for VDI deployment
- Drive automation initiatives related to VDI deployment, resource management, and asset management
- Define specific VDI engineering roles catering to application needs, supporting BMW partner onboarding
- Analyze global engineering resource demands and design optimal VDI solutions
- Continuously update BMW's CA VDI cloud strategy with cutting-edge architecture
- Perform housekeeping, monitoring, and management of VDI platforms, focusing on stability, performance, and cost optimization
- Define self-service requests in ServiceNow portals for VDI needs (resizing, additional VDI, platform switch)
- Report and forecast overall CA VDI demands based on user requirements and platforms
- Support and consult application owners on cloud migration requests specifically for VDIs
- Manage Problem, Incident, and Change processes for dedicated ITSM service
- Willingness to work weekends (on-call) for changes
- Operate and maintain scripts (e.g., deletion)
- Keep documentation up-to-date in relevant systems (CMDB, Application Instance Wizard, Connect IT, resolveIT)
- Attend and moderate operational meetings
- Coordinate with external contractors and service providers
- Manage and track service provider feedback and timelines
- Manage security vulnerabilities
To Apply:
If you are a highly skilled VDI engineer with a passion for the automotive industry, we encourage you to apply!
We look forward to hearing from you!