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Johnson Controls Technical Analyst in Dalian, China
Software Developer - Automation
Automation became a strong and significant part of the business strategies that are formed by Leaders in the market. We in the Enterprise Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) are the go-to experts who help the business to challenge, shape and improve ways of working daily. Our vision is not just to automate transactional tasks using Robotic Process Automation. We strive to enable the business to benefit from AI, machine learning, chatbots and intelligent document processing. Each one of us plans our learning curve and educational roadmap with respect to the areas where we want to improve ourselves. We dream big, do you?
What will you do?
Software Developers design, build, configure, and implement new or modified software products and solutions. They collaborate with all members of the Solution Delivery team and Business-IT Engagement team to ensure that products meet requirements (i.e., business, functional, and technical).
This position will suit Developers or Software Engineers with experience of RPA tools such as UiPath (preferable), Blue Prism or Automation Anywhere (experience with other RPA tools will be considered). Experience with Microsoft Azure, Power Apps or Power Automate is also a great fit into this role. Our RPA solutions evolved over time into Intelligent Automation. This means we extend them with cognitive services, such as chatbots (or virtual agents), NLP or OCR to create end to end, digital and intelligent automated solutions for our Stakeholders. We would be happy to consider AI Engineers whose knowledge and experience can help drive this journey. We would also consider Python Engineers who are open to transitioning into the world to RPA and AI.
How will you do it?
Technical Requirements Definition, Solution Build & Configure, Solution Design
• Develop technical design based on defined scope, requirements, and functional design
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to create and refine user stories and acceptance criteria
• Conduct research, design, and prototyping, and other exploration activities
• Design and evolve systems to support testability, test automation, and continuous improvement
• Conduct product demos with the Product Owner to get the story to done
• Partner with the Product Owner to continuously reduce technical debt (e.g., create technical debt stories, remove bugs) and decommission legacy applications and solutions
• Create the release manifest and validate with Solution and System Architects; coordinate with Operations to release into production
• Follow code development best practices (e.g., documenting code, code reviews)
Quality Assurance & Testing
• Collaborate with Operations and Application Support team to execute testing
• Fix bugs identified during quality assurance and testing
Project Planning & Management
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily Stand-Up, Backlog Grooming, and Team Retrospective
• Develop and commit to Program Objectives and Iteration goals
• Present technical design in architectural review boards
Who are we looking for?
Required
At least familiar with one of coding language (.NET, VBA, SQL, HTML, C#)
Major is engineering, Computer Science or related technical fields
Knowledge of RPA tools such as UiPath (preferable), Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere is welcomed
Experience with Microsoft Azure, Power Apps, Power Automate or Virtual Agents is welcomed
Great knowledge of code troubleshooting and quality assurance
Good verbal and written communications skills
Strong problem-solving skills: able to logically break down a problem into smaller, manageable parts to solve
Self-motivated, team player, action and results oriented
Preferred
English language to a business proficiency level
Good understanding of IT Service Management and Change Management
Knowledge of MS Power BI, SharePoint and Microsoft Azure DevOps proficiency
Experience in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning
Understanding of basic object-oriented concepts
Great networking skills and the ability to influence outside of own team
Training
In this role you will be encouraged to improve and develop your knowledge through on-going training and achieving certifications in areas such as UiPath, Blue Prism, Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative, Agile/Project Management and more!
Who are we?
At Johnson Controls, we’re shaping the future to create a world that’s safe, comfortable and sustainable. Our global team creates innovative, integrated solutions to make cities more connected, buildings more intelligent and efficient. We are passionate about improving the way the world lives, works and plays. The future requires bold ideas, an entrepreneurial mind-set and collaboration across boundaries. You need a career focused on tomorrow. Tomorrow needs you.