Application Management Engineer (m/w/d)

Become an Application Management Engineer with sonnen in Cairo, Egypt. Oversee critical applications like Jira and Confluence, ensuring smooth operations and user support. Enjoy the opportunity to shape the energy transition while working in a dynamic, multinational environment. Join sonnen as an Application Management Engineer in Cairo, Egypt, and play a vital role in deploying and managing key applications globally. You will oversee tools like Jira and Confluence, ensuring operational excellence and user support. This role offers the chance to represent sonnen in the local tech community and contribute to the energy transition. Enjoy a collaborative, multinational work environment focused on innovation and sustainability.

sonnen Cairo, Egypt On-site Full Time UTC+02:00

sonnen

Company Overview

Name

Sonnen GmbH, a subsidiary of Shell

Headquarters

Wildpoldsried, Bavaria, Germany

Founded

2010

Size

Over 700 employees worldwide (as of 2020) (source: wikipedia.org). Revenue data is not publicly available as the company is private.

What They Do

Sonnen GmbH is a leading company in the field of intelligent lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) home storage systems that are safe and sustainable. The products are designed to store excess energy from photovoltaic systems and promote energy independence for users. Key products include the modular sonnenBatterie, available in various sizes, as well as solutions like sonnenCommunity, which allows users to share renewable energy (source: sonnengroup.com). Sonnen has evolved from a battery manufacturer to an energy provider and operates one of the largest virtual power plants in the world, based on home storage systems.

Projects & Track Record

Notable projects by Sonnen include the sonnenCommunity, which connected over 50,000 households by 2020, enabling them to share renewable energy in a decentralized manner. By 2020, over 90,000 sonnenBatterien had been installed worldwide, allowing households to act as "small power plants" (source: sonnengroup.com). The production facilities in San Jose, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, support the U.S. markets and research and development. Sonnen has also partnered with companies like ES Solar and Haas Home Technologies to offer integrated solar battery solutions.

Recent Developments

In the past two years, there have been no major announcements or acquisitions; however, the acquisition by Shell in 2019 was confirmed in July 2023 (source: kfw.de). Sonnen continues to have over 90,000 installations and offers a standard 10-year warranty on its products. The ten-year anniversary celebration in 2020 highlighted the company's achievements, including connecting over 50,000 households and reaching a workforce of 700.

Working There

Sonnen offers a variety of roles in engineering, manufacturing, sales, and energy supply. The workforce has grown from 200 to over 700, indicating increasing demand in technical and expansion-oriented departments (source: wikipedia.org). The company culture fosters innovation and a decentralized team that operates in the rural environment of Bavaria while also acting globally. The headquarters is located in Wildpoldsried, where the core production of 1,000 units per month takes place.

Contact

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Job Description

At sonnen, we're driven by a clear goal: creating a future powered by clean, affordable energy for everyone. That's why we make our customers independent - not only from fossil fuels, but also from rising electricity costs.

The key to this independence is our intelligent, all-in-one energy system. It combines solar panels, battery storage, energy tariffs, and wallboxes - all developed and manufactured in Germany.

As the first and only provider in Germany, we also connect thousands of home batteries into one shared network: the sonnenVPP, our industry-leading virtual power plant.

In short: every day, we're working to shape the energy future. And we'd be thrilled to have you join us!

For our location in Cairo, we are looking for an experienced Application Management Engineer to join our team as we establish sonnen's newest office. As a key member of our Application Management Team, you will be responsible for overseeing the deployment and management of critical applications on a global level. Additionally, you will represent sonnen within the local tech community, helping to build and maintain strong relationships.

What you will do to drive energy transition

In the role of Application Management Engineer, you will take on a global, operational, and project-related function for the operation and further development of various IT core applications, eg. Jira, Confluence and others, in the areas of project and service management
You will be a key contact for the operation of our core applications - from identity and access management, maintenance, update and upgrade topics, to integration projects.
As an Application Management Engineer, you will be part of a team that provides competent support to our user base with all kinds of questions and problems.
Additionally, you will plan projects together with our IT project and change management teams, define requirements with your technical expertise, and oversee their implementation up to a successful rollout.

What you will need on that journey

You have a degree in IT or any related area. Alternatively, you have acquired the necessary fundamentals through several years of practice.
You certainly bring a lot of experience in the area of application management and possess a broad understanding of current IT technologies and developments.
As an ideal candidate, you can already look back on several years of experience with Atlassian products or have comparable knowledge in the operation of project management or call center solutions.
You see yourself as a coach, enabler, and focal point for the applications you manage and always have an open ear for the concerns of your users, which you can translate into concrete requirements and activities.
You bring organizational talent and customer orientation and use your experience to make the user experience of the applications you manage a little better every day.
You enjoy working with people in a multinational environment that spans from Australia to America and always impress with your open, friendly, and communicative nature.

You feel we are a match? Apply now and help us to shape the energy transition together. We look forward to welcoming you to #teamsonnen!