Senior Tool Admin (Polarion/Jama)

Job description

Job Purpose & Dimensions • Given the organic growth of our enterprise, we do have the need to establish a central pool of tools, with a standardized way of using them in development, in order to assure development excellence, a high standard of quality and reuse across our SW assets, and investment efficiency in SW Tools, particularly in the area of open-source code security vulnerabilities, and code-quality risks derived from it. • Work closely with SW development teams who are using Polarion, 3DS, R4J and Jama tools, and manage the tool to be used in a managed fashion in order to provide business added value. Principal Accountabilities • Maintain the requirements management tools in use (Polarion, 3DS, Jama, R4J) or other requirements management system on the existing infrastructure. • Understand business requirements for the usage of the requirements management tools in use, and be the referee regarding which tool fits better each use-case. • Design and develop custom-made solutions for traceability, implementation & test status reports in the requirements management tools in use, with respect to the business requirements from this category of tools. • Proactively advice & support the Renesas Engineers with usage of the requirements management tools and provide coaching regarding the best practices for requirements management. • Coach the reports creation and usage of the tools according best practices, tool performance and aSPICE compliance. • Offer online training for Engineering staff regarding the configuration & usage of the tools in target. • Understand & drive end-to-end architecture for optimal performance of the tools. • Be the gatekeeper for the requirements management tools with respect to corporate compliance to standard. • Explore technologies/solutions for continuous improvements; prime technical Interface for the vendor communication. • Integrate the requirements management tools with the rest of the development tools in order to implement the best DevOps practices and facilitate the data flow. Key Performance Measures • Tool uptime and performance of the service • Scalable architecture of new tool, with a ‘state-of-the-art’ level of security • Business needs are properly acknowledged, managed and implemented. • Regular training sessions for the new users of the service, and increased number of users of the tool. • Ablility and willingness to learn new skills over time which are required for the job • Integrate into the existing team and be a team player Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or related equivalent • Proven experience with Polarion, 3DS, Jama, DOORS, DOORS Next Gen, CodeBeamer, Requirements Yogy, R4J, TFS or other similar tools for requirements management or ALM / PLM systems – for both - usage and administration / configuration • Experience SQL, Javascript or similar technologies used in the landscape of tooling, used for building extension of the basic functionality of the tools in target. • Knowledge of aSPICE, ISO 26262, TISAX or similar standards can represent an advantage • Experience or knowledge in the following areas would be advantageous: automotive, tools and methods for software quality assurance, aSPICE, System test, development of safety critical systems, system or software architecture definition • Knowledge or experience with agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban or XP. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. • Deep understanding of the state-of-the-art SW development methodologies and best practices.