Software Technical Lead Engineer (Azure) (m/f/d)

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The Staff Engineer works largely unsupervised. The Staff Engineer is involved in mentoring and teaching subordinate department or group members in order to improve their product knowledge, subject matter understanding, skills and
productivity. The Staff Engineer also will be involved in setup of strategic activities, process improvements, and specific scientific studies for research and development. The Staff Engineer will often be a team leader of either internal Cross Technical Teams (CTT) or external Cross Functional Teams (CFT) and responsible to drive associated projects to completion. The Staff Engineer can also serve in a consultant role in multiple functional teams. The Staff Engineer functions as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the respective products and disciplines in which he/she is trained and expert in and may be assigned to manage various aspects of products from development, changes, improvements, replacements, etc.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Offer comprehensive HR expertise and advice across various employee relations matters, including performance management, workplace investigations, pay issues, work environment concerns, employee policy inquiries, separation reviews, and complex employee relations cases.
• Handles sensitive and complex HR, Human Rights, Compliance, Ethics, and Legal investigations for all Company business lines in Slovakia.
• Engages in Works Council and union negotiations, contract management, and manages collective bargaining agreement requirements as needed (based on country and legal entity requirements).
• Provides guidance and direction regarding performance management plans and all aspects of progressive discipline and documentation.
• Identifies root cause issues in employee engagement and provides conflict resolution skills to both employees and managers. 
• Ensures proper use of the case management system and providing complete and accurate documentation and reporting across all related processes. Escalates sensitive or critical matters as needed.
• As requested, provides education, training, and coaching to managers on conflict management, crucial conversations, performance management, harassment, and other HR related topics.  
• Provides emergency response and crisis management support to employees.
• Facilitates exit interviews with voluntarily terminating employees when specifically requested.
• Perform additional duties as assigned
   

Additional responsibilities may include focus on one or more departments or locations.  See applicable addendum for department or location specific functions:

• Architect, design, and develop robust, scalable, high volume, distributed, and secure full-scale IoT software solutions from asset connectivity, provisioning, monitoring, and device management operational dashboard to data aggregation, normalization, and integration to other enterprise services.
• Develop testable Technical and Functional user stories, functional and nonfunctional software system requirements and specifications, in collaboration with cross-functional teams, to ensure alignment with user requirements.
• Must have contributed significantly to at least one IoT / Connected Product project and be able to describe those contributions.
• Device / Asset Management (Customer technical operations, Internal technical operations, service, ...) a big plus.
• Utilize various Azure services such as Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT Central, IoT Edge, Event Hub, Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure Arc to develop and deploy scalable solutions, and support IoT Agent implementation on various platforms and OS on various medical and non-medical devices.
• At least 10 years as a software engineer, with 5+ years of technical leadership, and expertise in C#, .NET, React, Python, containerizations, microservices, MQTT, etc., and complete understanding of technical principles, theories, and concepts in the software engineering field.
• Ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical lead with excellent communication skills who Leads, organizes, collaborates, and supports engineering team
• A commitment to staying updated on Azure updates, new features, and industry trends through continuous learning. Azure Certifications preferred, but not necessary.
• Implement and enforce security standards, design, and measures.
• Proactively prevent performance bottlenecks through good architecture, design, and implementation practices.
• Experience in full SDLC, and Agile development methodology is preferred.
• Experience in Thingworx Foundation & Thingworx Utilities ideally with certifications a plus.
• Highly motivated and energetic with a passion for creating high quality software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:

• This position requires approximately 10%-30% travel; dependent upon country requirements.
   

EDUCATION AND REQUIRED CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor or master degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or related fields.
   

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Has 3+ years of progressive experience directly in Employee Relations/ Human Resources with a strong understanding of country/regional employment law, works council/union requirements.
• Has experience in managing works councils and union relations, agreements, and negotiations.
• Demonstrates good judgment and objectivity in decision making and in recommendations provided.
• Is resilient and can navigate challenging or difficult situations with the ability to hold crucial conversations. 
• Collaborates at all levels through listening, sharing, and building upon ideas, challenging others’ ideas respectfully, compromises and adapts in order to achieve common goals that are the best interests of the organization and the teams involved.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills - both written and verbal including English
• Has an unquestionable commitment to confidentiality, integrity, and privacy.
• Healthcare experience a plus.