Summary
Lear Corporation is seeking an Application Development & Deployment Analyst II to support its manufacturing technology operations. The role drives the development and modernization of shop-floor applications, including the adoption of containerized, cloud-based, and modern software engineering practices. The position also collaborates across development, infrastructure, manufacturing, and architecture teams to improve application scalability, reliability, and operational performance.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and modernize applications supporting shop-floor and manufacturing operations
- Help transition appropriate applications from traditional deployment models to containerized environments
- Support the adoption of modern application architectures and cloud-native development practices
- Develop applications and services using .NET, C#, and modern web technologies
- Evaluate and implement container technologies and orchestration platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift
- Support deployment of applications to Linux-based and containerized environments
- Identify opportunities to modernize legacy shop-floor applications while maintaining compatibility with existing manufacturing systems
- Develop reusable components, services, APIs, and common frameworks to improve development efficiency across multiple applications
- Help establish standards and best practices for application architecture, containerization, configuration, logging, monitoring, and deployment
- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, manufacturing, and architecture teams to deliver solutions that meet plant requirements
- Support integration between shop-floor applications and enterprise or manufacturing systems using APIs, messaging, databases, and other integration technologies
- Participate in proof-of-concept initiatives to evaluate new technologies before broader production adoption
- Troubleshoot application and deployment issues across development, test, and manufacturing environments
- Create and maintain technical documentation covering application architecture, deployment, configuration, and operational support
Skills
- Experience with containerization and container platforms
- Experience developing enterprise applications using C# and .NET
- Experience with web application development and modern application architectures
- Understanding of REST APIs, web services, and application integration patterns
- Experience working with relational databases and SQL
- Understanding of source control and modern software development practices
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across application development and infrastructure teams
- Experience supporting applications in production or other business-critical environments
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located
- Docker or other container technologies
- Kubernetes or OpenShift
- Linux application hosting
- ASP.NET Core or Blazor
- Microservices and service-oriented architectures
- CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
- RabbitMQ or other messaging technologies
- RESTful API development and integration
- Cloud or hybrid-cloud application environments
- Manufacturing or shop-floor application development
- Application monitoring and observability
- PostgreSQL, MongoDB database knowledge and experience
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Experience with containerization and container platforms
- Experience developing enterprise applications using C# and .NET
- Experience with web application development and modern application architectures
- Understanding of REST APIs, web services, and application integration patterns
- Experience working with relational databases and SQL
- Understanding of source control and modern software development practices
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across application development and infrastructure teams
- Experience supporting applications in production or other business-critical environments
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located
Nice to Haves
- Docker or other container technologies
- Kubernetes or OpenShift
- Linux application hosting
- ASP.NET Core or Blazor
- Microservices and service-oriented architectures
- CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
- RabbitMQ or other messaging technologies
- RESTful API development and integration
- Cloud or hybrid-cloud application environments
- Manufacturing or shop-floor application development
- Application monitoring and observability
- PostgreSQL, MongoDB database knowledge and experience