Curious and easy-going IT Data Center Specialist to international company in the automotive industry. At Geely Business Center you will work with the infrastructure in a flat organization with a relaxed atmosphere.
Geely is a world leading mobility provider focusing on technological innovation and with a big interest in sustainable development. The company is the owner of car giants such as Volvo Car Group and Lotus Cars. Geely’s Gothenburg-based competence center Geely Business Center is now looking for you – a curious IT Data Center Specialist who wants to expand your skills and become a part of a familiar workplace.
At Geely Business Center, your main task will be to plan and build the company’s data center infrastructure. You will also help to educate 1st and 2nd line in advanced troubleshooting and be an important resource in projects and deliveries within the data center, both internally and to customers. You take lead for planning of updates and security updates for the devices that are related to the delivery and work with sizing in the area to meet the needs. In collaboration with other teams you will be responsible for the delivery of both updates and upgrades. The role also includes some documentation and knowledge base articles. At Geely, you will be part of the IT operations team. In your daily work you will be supported by colleagues such as Patrik, Claes, Joakim and Jesper.Geely Business Center is located in Geely’s new-built innovation center Uni3 on Lindholmen in Gothenburg. Here you work in a flat organization with all functions on the same floor.
Benefits
What we’re looking for
Skills
To fit the role, you need either a university degree in IT or 5 years of equivalent work experience. You have worked for at least a couple of years in the field where you have gained experience in server and storage solutions as well as various technologies. Perhaps you have worked with server deployment automation (Ansible and Terraform), handled server orders (virtual servers) from business and IT and worked in the server desk as 3rd line for server-related tasks.Hopefully you are fluent in English as it is the main language at the company.
Personal Qualities
Geely see that you are a curious and easy-going person with a desire to expand your skill set and learn about the different environments. If you are also independed in your work, have a proactive way of working and an eye for customer service, you may very well be a good fit as Geely’s new IT Data Center Specialist.
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Sustainability
Active environmental choices
Geely is an industry in total transformation where they actively work towards electrification. The company works at the forefront of technology to make transport more sustainable.Products that are no longer needed within the company are recycled or get reused if possible. Geely has reduced its travels in the last few years and most meetings on a global level now take place on Teams. Source-sorting is implemented at the office and bicycles are offered for a small monthly sum.
Diversity
Geely Business Center has a good mix of men and women, where the distribution is 57/43. There are also many women among the higher positions at the company – such as a female CEO.At the office, English is the natural working language and there are no requirements to understand Swedish. There are around 40 different cultures at Geely. Because they are a Chinese-owned company, there is a tradition of celebrating certain Chinese Chinese holidays, which is usually very popular among all employees.
Personal development
At Geely, development is adapted to the individual and you get to grow in the areas you find fun and interesting. The company believes it’s important to set goals, follow up and give feedback to those who want to develop. Here, free conferences are also promoted where lectures on technology and development are included, and where employees get the chance to meet like-minded people.
As a new employee at Geelys, you get a lot of support. For the first six months, you are supported by either a team leader or a person who works in the same field as you.
Location
The Swedish part of Geely is located in Gothenburg in Uni3 by Geely at Pumpgatan 1 in Lindholmen which currently houses several Geely companies, such as CEVT, Geely Design and Lynk & Co. Geely's Swedish holding company and group functions are also located in the main building. The campus consists of 5 buildings built with the five elements wood, fire, earth, metal and water as inspiration combined with the Swedish glass heritage. In the various buildings, you will find, among other things, offices/workplaces, an auditorium, a design studio, cafés & restaurants, an open courtyard and a hotel. You can easily get to Geely's office by both car, bus, ferry or bicycle. The office's local location on Lindholmen opens up the possibilities to get into town or further out on Hisingen with several different modes of transportation.