Software Architect

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company's new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com . It's not just about your career… or your job title…it's about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven't been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry. Application ArchitectWho will you be working with? Wabtec's Precision Dispatch System (PDS) is an advanced software solution that provides real-time train dispatching functions that direct and control the movement of trains over a railroad network. The legacy system is being converted from a monolithic implementation to a cloud native and horizontally scaling platform with high availability aspects. Here you'll interact daily with the PDS conversion team including the overall systems architecture team, multiple development teams, Helpdesk and DevOps teams, and senior technical leadership across the program. How will you make a difference?As a member of the Digital Intelligence group, the application software architect will be responsible for helping lead a large-scale, long-term product strategy centered around native cloud architecture and Java related technologies. In this role, you will lead and coordinate the domain technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction across the product portfolio or product line. Deliver Cloud Native Architecture for large Railroad for an Enterprise scale application that utilizes Microservices Software Development Principles. Work with software development teams to provide software framework components that achieve architectural objectives and accelerate software delivery. Understand security and compliance requirements; establish seamless integration with Cyber Security and Compliance teams. Support Cyber Security procedures for the product portfolio. This is an individual contributor role that reports to Senior Manager, Software Engineering. What do we want to know about you?You must have:Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, Engineering, or a closely related field of studyExperience in architecture, software design and cloud technologiesExperience in Java, J2EEExperience in Microservices is must and Experience in developing large resilient and reliable enterprise applications with microservices architecture (Fault Tolerance Strategies)Experience with KafkaProven understanding of software and system level design patterns using Java and related software ecosystemsStrong hands-on experience on Red Hat technologies such as Quarkus, JBoss, Red Hat SSO, RHEL Or Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Cloud Technologies and Keycloak, JWT, Open API, SwaggerExperience in JPA, Hibernate and Schema evolutionExperience and excellent understanding on Event Driven ArchitectureAdvanced understanding of GitLab, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes, software design patterns for HA and versioned microservicesWe would love it if you had:Hands on experience with Quarkus framework.Hands on experience with CockroachDB is a bonus.Good understanding of Avro and schema registryExperience in using application logging, tracing and performance monitoring frameworks or tools like Open Telemetry, Datadog, ELK Stack.Experience Client side and Server-side load balancing, API Gateway.Proven experience in delivering Highly Available 5-9s application for mission critical system.Ability to understand the technology stack and its impact on the final product. Capable of efficiently conducting customer and stakeholder interviews and elaborate on personas.Experience with Rally, Jira, or other defect/work tracking tools. Capable of generating Agile metrics reports (burn-up, burn-down, velocity, etc.) and interpreting the results for larger audiences.Superior knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and strong collaboration history with Quality Engineering and Dev Ops teams.Strong problem-solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments to others. Ability to break down complex problems and estimate level of effort. Clear communication skills and a strong command of the English language.Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problemsSkilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating effortsHas the ability to analyze impact of technology choicesWhat will your typical day look like?Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Dispatch technical architecture including tool, shared libraries and runtime efficiencyMentor and teach the engineering teams on best practicesWork hand in hand with the Development and DevOps teamDrive delivery of configurable product architecture to solve common problems driving towards product architecture vision. Deliver framework components and design guidelines for services and library components.Demonstrate expert level skill in problem decomposition and ability to navigate through ambiguityEngage frequently (80%) with the development team; facilitate discussions, provide clarification, story acceptance and refinement, testing and validation; contributes to design activities and decisionsMaintain overall industry knowledge and trends to show leadership to employee base and customersProvide accurate and timely status of Content plan and current execution status to Wabtec engineering leadershipDemonstrate superior persuasion and influencing skills that ensure alignment between customer, product manager and engineering teamDemonstrates excelling business acumen, knows latest industry trends and is looked at as an internal expert on the product as well as the associated competitive landscape. Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world's toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. About UsWant to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life?At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours! Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions. Wabtec celebrates thinkers and doers. Our values included in the About Us page are rooted in innovation, collaboration, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement to solve our customers' toughest challenges. Whether your talents lie in digital solution development, next-gen manufacturing, advanced service delivery, or the spectrum of business functions that support them, Wabtec literally has a world of opportunity for you across our global network.Our employees are the architects of the future. Where will you be tomorrow?#J-18808-Ljbffr