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JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Sylmar CA or Waukegan IL locations within the Business Solutions & Service IT Organization.
As the Application Technol
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The Opportunity
This position works out of our Sylmar CA or Waukegan IL locations within the Business Solutions & Service IT Organization.
As the Application Technology Lead (Manufacturing) youll have the chance to implement and build a technology focused team within our TS3 Manufacturing IT Organization. The role will focus on Manufacturing Execution System BASIS and Platform technologies delivery and support. You will work with our business customers to ensure key technologies are delivering required value to the organization.
What Youll Work On
- Build and maintain multiple DEV QA and prod environments for a J2EE application (FTPC -MES by Rockwell Automation) running on JBOSS and tomcat. Maintain the same code base across all environments with documented or automated deployment processes.
- Deploy and maintain various application components on JBOSS IIS and tomcat technologies. Monitor and maintain these technologies at optimal performance levels and manages SLAs for the functionality.
- Maintain and manage various application related services like data transfer and data purge at optimal levels.
- Collaborate and partner with infrastructure teams (network Oracle Windows /Linux) to deliver and deploy MES and other manufacturing systems.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a DR (Disaster Recovery) plan for MES and related systems. Lead yearly testing plans for DR set-up by collaborating with infra and business teams.
- Partner with the functional groups within the IT organization to communicate and clarify business needs contribute to development of long-range system /platform plans and ensure products and services are aligned with business needs.
- Maintain server infrastructure compliant to Cyber security standards. Manage folder and user permission standards for access to various file types. Define plans and paths to remediate if not compliant.
- Manage semi-annual code pushes for enhancements to all QA and prod environments and manage related documentation in a validated environment
- Create and maintain robust and validated processes for making changes / incidents to core MES components (Linux /Windows/JBOSS) and application related changes. Create and manage proper documentation for DWI (departmental work instructions) and SOPs and processes should be followed by him and the team.
- Responsible for high system up-time of MES system and other related manufacturing system integrations with SAP Windchill etc. Provide leadership on outage calls and work with infra team to restore application functionality quickly and seamlessly.
- Set-up monitoring for system uptime on application servers and web servers and application components like JBOSS tomcat by using dashboards and scripting and reduce critical line down incidents.
- Ability to triage performance issues on JBOSS Linux and other systems by partnering with infra groups like Linux network Citrix and windows teams.
- Collaborate with operations and technology leaders on system upgrades and enhancements.
- Create a compelling roadmap for system upgrades of the MES system and making sure it is well documented and complete within the guidelines of SLC and within timelines.
- Create and manage projects for system upgrades and system set-up by collaborating various stake holders.
- Support Design and Development of enhancements to Rockwell FTPC platform including reports
- Responsible for aligning technology solutions with business strategies working principally with senior management.
- Acts as the principal designer for major systems and their subsystems utilizing a thorough understanding of available technology tools and existing designs.
- Integrate manufacturing systems with other applications and shop floor equipment
- ITIL process understanding and deploy implement IT changes to manufacturing systems
- Work with pnuts and java code to program business rules and enhancements
- Level 3 support for Manufacturing Execution Systems
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or similar engineering discipline
- 8 years experience in developing (Java Pnuts) and deploying solutions
- 8 years experience with developing manufacturing solutions in FTPC preferred
- 5 years experience with writing complex queries in SQL
- 3 years experience in managing production systems
- Bachelors degree in engineering or computer science (preferred)
- Detailed understand of Cloud architecture and infrastructure tools that support these technologies.
- 5 years experience deploying applications and code with various application technologies like JBOSS WebLogic WebSphere tomcat and IIS.
- 3 years creating shell scripts to automate deploying code and monitoring applications or using tools like Splunk for log management.
- Create manage and monitor various environments like dev QA and production from an application landscape and responsible for uptime SLAs.
- 9 Years experience in IT application management or devops role and setting up related processes.
- Experience with IQ/OQ/PQ authoring validation documents and execution mostly for code deployment.
- Manage a team of 3-5 direct/indirect reports.
- 15% Travel Required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Maintain and managing applications in Life Sciences industry with all related regulations and documentation
- Strong understanding of java and J2EE frameworks from an application standpoint
- Understanding and administration of middle-ware technologies like TIBCO BIZTALK or JMS messaging services
- Developing reports/dashboards in PowerBI leveraging fabric.
- Understanding of MES and manufacturing preferably FTPC from Rockwell automation or Camstar.
- ITIL process in high regulated environments
- Familiarity with large scale ERP/MES Systems deployments
- Vendor management experience
- PMP certification will be nice to have
- Experience with global scale manufacturing systems (i.e. Rockwell) development integration and support.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
MISC:
- This is an onsite role; this is NOT a remote role/opportunity.
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ogy Lead (Manufacturing) youll have the chance to implement and build a technology focused team within our TS3 Manufacturing IT Organization. The role will focus on Manufacturing Execution System BASIS and Platform technologies delivery and support. You will work with our business customers to ensure key technologies are delivering required value to the organization.
What Youll Work On
- Build and maintain multiple DEV QA and prod environments for a J2EE application (FTPC -MES by Rockwell Automation) running on JBOSS and tomcat. Maintain the same code base across all environments with documented or automated deployment processes.
- Deploy and maintain various application components on JBOSS IIS and tomcat technologies. Monitor and maintain these technologies at optimal performance levels and manages SLAs for the functionality.
- Maintain and manage various application related services like data transfer and data purge at optimal levels.
- Collaborate and partner with infrastructure teams (network Oracle Windows /Linux) to deliver and deploy MES and other manufacturing systems.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a DR (Disaster Recovery) plan for MES and related systems. Lead yearly testing plans for DR set-up by collaborating with infra and business teams.
- Partner with the functional groups within the IT organization to communicate and clarify business needs contribute to development of long-range system /platform plans and ensure products and services are aligned with business needs.
- Maintain server infrastructure compliant to Cyber security standards. Manage folder and user permission standards for access to various file types. Define plans and paths to remediate if not compliant.
- Manage semi-annual code pushes for enhancements to all QA and prod environments and manage related documentation in a validated environment
- Create and maintain robust and validated processes for making changes / incidents to core MES components (Linux /Windows/JBOSS) and application related changes. Create and manage proper documentation for DWI (departmental work instructions) and SOPs and processes should be followed by him and the team.
- Responsible for high system up-time of MES system and other related manufacturing system integrations with SAP Windchill etc. Provide leadership on outage calls and work with infra team to restore application functionality quickly and seamlessly.
- Set-up monitoring for system uptime on application servers and web servers and application components like JBOSS tomcat by using dashboards and scripting and reduce critical line down incidents.
- Ability to triage performance issues on JBOSS Linux and other systems by partnering with infra groups like Linux network Citrix and windows teams.
- Collaborate with operations and technology leaders on system upgrades and enhancements.
- Create a compelling roadmap for system upgrades of the MES system and making sure it is well documented and complete within the guidelines of SLC and within timelines.
- Create and manage projects for system upgrades and system set-up by collaborating various stake holders.
- Support Design and Development of enhancements to Rockwell FTPC platform including reports
- Responsible for aligning technology solutions with business strategies working principally with senior management.
- Acts as the principal designer for major systems and their subsystems utilizing a thorough understanding of available technology tools and existing designs.
- Integrate manufacturing systems with other applications and shop floor equipment
- ITIL process understanding and deploy implement IT changes to manufacturing systems
- Work with pnuts and java code to program business rules and enhancements
- Level 3 support for Manufacturing Execution Systems
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or similar engineering discipline
- Understanding of java and J2EE frameworks from an application standpoint
- 8 years experience in developing (Java Pnuts) and deploying solutions
- 8 years experience with developing manufacturing solutions in FTPC preferred or Camstar
- 5 years experience with writing complex queries in SQL
- 3 years experience in managing production systems
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or Computer Science (preferred)
- Detailed understand of Cloud architecture and infrastructure tools that support these technologies.
- 5 years experience deploying applications and code with various application technologies like JBOSS WebLogic WebSphere tomcat and IIS.
- 3 years creating shell scripts to automate deploying code and monitoring applications or using tools like Splunk for log management.
- Create manage and monitor various environments like dev QA and production from an application landscape and responsible for uptime SLAs.
- 9 Years experience in IT application management or devops role and setting up related processes.
- Experience with IQ/OQ/PQ authoring validation documents and execution mostly for code deployment.
- 15% Travel Required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Maintain and managing applications in Life Sciences industry with all related regulations and documentation
- Understanding and administration of middle-ware technologies like TIBCO BIZTALK or JMS messaging services
- Understanding of MES and manufacturing preferably FTPC from Rockwell automation
- ITIL process in high regulated environments
- Familiarity with large scale ERP/MES Systems deployments
- Vendor management experience
- PMP certification will be nice to have
- Experience with global scale manufacturing systems (i.e. Rockwell) development integration and support.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
The base pay for this position is
$128000.00 $256000.00
In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
IT Business Relationship Management
DIVISION:
BTS Business Technology Services
LOCATION:
United States > Sylmar : 15900 Valley View Court
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
United States > Waukegan : J46
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes 20 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)
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