Penske Reading , PA 19601
Posted 5 days ago
Summary Statement:
You will manage a team of developers to help us create next generation innovative solutions while also enhancing and optimizing our existing systems and applications. Providing day-to-day management and development for your team, you will manage the software development of projects and agile teams to ensure seamless delivery, high quality, secure, and performant implementations, support, and issue resolution. Using your knowledge and experience with technology you will help guide our organization to implement solutions that will move us forward and keep us ahead of the competition.
Catalyst AI is an industry first platform that allows customers to compare, diagnose and manage their fleets using the power of data science and Penske's deep business knowledge. This game-changing technology lets customers get apples-to-apples comparisons instead of static, aggregated industry benchmarks. Penske is the first to solve this need by leveraging AI and machine learning, robust fleet data, and our unique view on maintenance. This technology not only streamlines the fleet benchmarking process, but also delivers actionable, data-driven recommendations tailored to each customer's unique needs. In this role, you will support Catalyst AI and all the future generations of the product. Working with a diverse team, you will lead the technical design of complex components that support our business critical applications, while mentoring other developers on best practices in an effort to deliver our next generation of innovative solutions to our customers.
What You Will Be Doing:
As a Penske software development manager, you will be leading a team focused on key software development, enhancements, and maintenance. Working with your teams, stakeholders, and development partners/vendors to ensure implementation and help define architectures to create robust solutions. Conducting performance reviews for your team and engineering process for quality assurance to ensure that deliverables are effective and meet the needs of the end-user. Guiding teams and removing roadblocks to ensure timely solutions through the full system development life cycle, as well as, growing your team of developers to advance in their careers are key tasks that help make sure we can keep our organization moving forward. Fostering a partnership with business owners and key stakeholders to get the job done.
Penske Responsibilities:
Provide direction and day-to-day management of onsite, offshore and remote development staff to ensure that any roadblocks are removed, and developers/teams are successfully moving forward
Make sure that development projects are prioritized, scheduled, and completed according to business need
Work with teams, stakeholders, and development partners/vendors to understand business challenges and processes, help define architectures and provide guidance during implementation of robust solutions to meet business needs.
Foster collaboration by leading regular meetings and communicating with process owners, product managers, agile teams, IT groups, and other stakeholders to negotiate priority and timelines while managing resources required to get the job done
Hire new associates, conduct performance reviews, guide, and mentor their career development
Ensure on-time and defect-free delivery of applications in accordance with Penske standards
Ensure technical leads follow the PDP (Penske Development Process) and maintain management reporting
Responsibilities for multiple systems, agile teams, and cross-functional projects
Other projects, teams, and responsibilities as assigned by the manager
Follow IT practices in security, licensing, source code management, incident management, and following architectural standards
Coach and mentor associates. Develop team members to increase value to the organization
Reduce complexity in the environment
Identify future opportunities for system enhancement and value generation
Penske Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math or Information Systems or equivalent development experience
10+ years of development experience with 3+ years leading/supervising multiple IT projects through the full SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) including prior work defining complex application architecture and integration with multi-tiered systems
Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to build and grow teams of highly motivated, deeply technical, productive software engineers preferably in an Agile environment
Strong interpersonal and decision-making skills
Significant functional experience (8+ years) with core Technologies and Architectures - Java Enterprise Technologies, Spring Boot, Spring Frameworks, Restful Web services, SOA, Angular, HTML/CSS, SQL, DB2/Oracle, Event Driven & Domain Driven Architectures
Experience in migrating legacy applications to cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
Strong knowledge of Integration technologies like Spring Integration Framework, API Management, and Micro-services
Experience in leading teams in custom development, evaluating, selecting, integrating, and implementing application software (package) solutions when appropriate
Able to communicate highly technical concepts in a clear/concise manner to non-technical individuals
Experience prioritizing technology needs within set budget requirements
Knowledge of project management methods and tools, include development tools like the Atlassian product suite (Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo), Maven, Artifactory, Open Shift, Kubernetes, and Docker.
Strong experience with Agile / DevOps approaches and methodologies
Expertise in leading the architecture, design & implementation of highly complex data integrations and data services by utilizing technologies such as Spring Boot, Angular, DB2/Oracle.
Advanced experience in working with the various IT teams to build and implement a scalable architecture for relevant software solutions
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The associate must regularly lift and /or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this Job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Penske Truck Leasing
Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P., headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, is a partnership of Penske Corporation, Penske Automotive Group and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. A leading global transportation services provider, Penske operates a premier fleet of vehicles and serves its customers from locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Penske's product lines include full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance, commercial and consumer truck rentals, used truck sales, transportation and warehousing management and supply chain management solutions. Visit www.GoPenske.com to learn more.
Job Family: Information Technology
Address: 100 Gundy Drive
Primary Location: US-PA-Reading
Employer: Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.
Req ID: 2408339
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