GM to hire 10,000 IT pros as it 'insources' work

07.09.2012

Mott's was named CIO of GM in February.

General Motors is posting a flurry of IT jobs on its Web site. On Aug. 30 it listed more than 20 IT jobs, on Aug. 31, seven IT jobs, on Sept. 1, 13 IT jobs, and so on. The list is long.

The company is seeking software engineers, business analysts, messaging engineers, analysts, developers, testers, planners, infrastructure architects, and other roles. They are also want platform-specific expertise, including people with knowledge of Maximo asset management tools, Tableau analytics software, and Peoplesoft.

GM has relied heavily on outsourcers to run its global IT for several years.

In 2006, for instance, the company announced it had signed valued at about $7 billion. Most of the work was to be done by Electronic Data System Corp (EDS)., which GM once owned before spinning it off.