Software Developer - Cloud

About the role

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, part of the global company Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG is the captive financing and mobility solutions company of the global luxury automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz AG. We offer a comprehensive range of automotive financial and insurance products that make it easy for our customers to drive their dream Mercedes-Benz vehicle. Why work at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services? Working at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services is more than a job – it’s an opportunity to join an innovative team where you are valued for your contributions. As an employee, you will experience career development in a positive, employee-centric environment. We’re a global company that not only offers best-in-class products to our customers but also best-in-class benefits to our employees. Our employees experience a comfortable, friendly environment and relaxed, inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

• As a software developer for cloud, configure the Kubernetes clusters and develop scripts to deploy docker containers using integration with DevOps tools.
• Understand the functional aspects, processes, inbound and outbound interfaces, load balancing requirements and database requirements to onboard the projects in Container as a service environment.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes master configuration to ensure zero downtime and failover of production workloads.
• This profile will leverage all available skills to enhance and strengthen our infrastructure provisioning to support application development capabilities and create solutions that are robust, scalable and secure.
• (40%) Capacity management and proactive recommendations to the customer to increase capacity as needed. Work with end users and other IT colleagues to develop infrastructure change system requirements; Keep up with the pace of change in cloud space in terms of technology. Support platform upgrades conducted by central team. Work with Security to ensure development of secure and robust solutions.
• (30%) Plan/Communicate: Assist as necessary in developing project plans and schedules; Track progress to plans; Communicate status, issues and risks to supervisor, colleagues and stakeholders on a timely basis. Provide Operational support and collaborate with managed service provider to resolve production issues.
• (20%) Develop strong and productive relationships with business partners, colleagues and management. Collaborate with DFS colleagues in other regions for building scalable solutions.
• (10%) (remaining responsibilities as described)

Qualifications

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application.
• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
• This position requires a minimum of 3+ years of overall work experience.
• Preferred experience includes: Information Technology: 3+ years.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree is required, Master's Degree is preferred.
• Recommended majors include: Computer/Information Science, Engineering.
• Work with end users and architects to understand and implement new requirements.
• Work in an agile team environment to develop, test and deploy software, platforms and changes using agile methodologies, concepts and framework such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Develop high performance, scalable solutions, front end to backend services, integration of solutions.
• Proficient in deploying, configuring and managing Kubernetes based docker containers, Microservices concepts, familiarity with cloud deployment patterns IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, knowledge