Senior Automation Developer

Description

Position Description - Senior Automation Developer

Background: Global Business Solutions – Digital Solutions:

GBS Digital Solutions is focused on driving a disruptive shift in strategy, structure, systems, processes and technology across the GM enterprise. We strive to be global strategic business partners delivering world class transformational and operational solutions with the highest integrity and quality. GBS operates as a global organization supporting various GM functions including Finance, Controllership, Purchasing, HR, Manufacturing and a growing list of new business partnerships.

Position Overview:

The Senior Automation Developer is primarily responsible for developing, testing and implementing automation solutions to drive value across the organization. In this role, you are expected to be self-sufficient and capable of handling intermediate to complex projects.

Core Responsibilities include:

Support the Automation Development Lead and Digital Solutions Production Support Lead in managing in-flight and deployed automations

Lead development of new automations, enhancements and break fixes based on design requirements

Mentor and train other developers on all facets of Digital Solutions

Collaborate with automation team members to develop coding standards and best practices for development and deployment, to maximize effectiveness/reuse of developed code

Serve as the automation lifecycle subject matter expert

Review and test code developed by other team members

Present completed automation development projects at governance tollgates

Monitor and communicate project progress, risks and outcomes to all levels of the organization

Perform automation retirement and ongoing change management

Contribute to the knowledge management repository and support development of artifacts to provide training to team members that leverage automation and analytics tools

Identify and lead continuous improvement projects to strengthen and scale the digital solutions program

Stay abreast of current market trends and industry practices to help inform thoughtful solutions, strategies and initiatives

Establish relationships with all levels of business and IT stakeholders

Competencies:

Communication - Ability to effectively communicate at various levels of the organization tailored appropriately to the audience

Start Up - Creativity balanced with a structured approach to innovate in a new area with minimal formal guidance

Collaboration - Candidate should be approachable to others and build an internal network. Seek opportunities for collaborative experiences to help accomplish organizational goals.

Service Innovation - demonstrated experience innovating in a service environment (tools and methodologies such as RPA, LEAN, OPEX, etc.)

Advancement - Mindset that challenges conventional boundaries and looks for new opportunities across all aspects of a program or project

Qualifications, Skills & Knowledge:

Strong technical/IT background and demonstrated continual development of skills in new technologies

3-5 years hands on experience on RPA tools – Automation Anywhere is preferred

Experience with tools like KNIME, Power BI, HUE, OCR tools, Enterprise Systems SAP, Workday is preferred

Experience in any of the programming languages like VBA, SQL, Python, C/C++, Java, JS, .Net is preferred

Experience with project and/or program management, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects

Maintains effectiveness in a continually evolving environment

Demonstrated effective executive communication skills

Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally in a collaborative, inclusive manner

Ability to travel on an infrequent basis

Level: 6

Additional Description

This role is for mid shift.

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