HIRECLOUT
Principal Systems Architect Distributed Platforms & Infrastructure
HIRECLOUT, Irvine, California, United States, 92713
Job Title: Principal Software Architect Head End
Role Overview:
A high-impact opportunity for a Principal Architect to lead end-to-end platform architecture across onboard systems and ground-based operations. This role includes architectural oversight, roadmap development, design governance, and cross-functional alignment across complex, distributed software ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities:
Define and own the overarching architecture for integrated platform systems across embedded and operational domains.
Guide and review architecture and implementation efforts across onboard and ground software teams.
Lead product development and architecture reviews involving teams of engineers, SMEs, architects, and product stakeholders.
Translate business goals into functional and non-functional system requirements, architecture documentation, and implementation plans.
Design scalable, high-performance system architectures for transactional, cloud-native, and distributed computing environments.
Implement hosting architectures leveraging virtualization, container orchestration, and software-defined infrastructure.
Architect modern platforms using DevOps/DevSecOps principles and CI/CD pipelines.
Apply architectural patterns such as microservices, service-based, event-driven, and serverlessunderstanding trade-offs and application contexts.
Lead development efforts on both embedded (Linux/Android) and distributed systems, including cloud integration across platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Ensure secure design practices across both on-prem and cloud environments.
Establish observability practices using tools like OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.
Foster a culture of mentorship, technical rigor, and agile collaboration in a fast-paced, global SAFe/Scrum development environment.
Preferred Experience: Proven leadership of large-scale software platform architecture projects.
Deep experience in system design for highly regulated or mission-critical environments (e.g., aerospace, automotive, industrial).
Strong working knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform), modern DevOps pipelines (e.g., GitLab, ArgoCD), and cloud-native technologies.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and business teams.
Education & Qualifications: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or a related technical fieldor equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of experience architecting and developing embedded and distributed software platforms based on Linux or Android.
10+ years of experience in systems architecture and development within complex technical industries.
Location: Position is based in Portland, Oregon (PDX region preferred). #J-18808-Ljbffr
Guide and review architecture and implementation efforts across onboard and ground software teams.
Lead product development and architecture reviews involving teams of engineers, SMEs, architects, and product stakeholders.
Translate business goals into functional and non-functional system requirements, architecture documentation, and implementation plans.
Design scalable, high-performance system architectures for transactional, cloud-native, and distributed computing environments.
Implement hosting architectures leveraging virtualization, container orchestration, and software-defined infrastructure.
Architect modern platforms using DevOps/DevSecOps principles and CI/CD pipelines.
Apply architectural patterns such as microservices, service-based, event-driven, and serverlessunderstanding trade-offs and application contexts.
Lead development efforts on both embedded (Linux/Android) and distributed systems, including cloud integration across platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Ensure secure design practices across both on-prem and cloud environments.
Establish observability practices using tools like OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.
Foster a culture of mentorship, technical rigor, and agile collaboration in a fast-paced, global SAFe/Scrum development environment.
Preferred Experience: Proven leadership of large-scale software platform architecture projects.
Deep experience in system design for highly regulated or mission-critical environments (e.g., aerospace, automotive, industrial).
Strong working knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform), modern DevOps pipelines (e.g., GitLab, ArgoCD), and cloud-native technologies.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and business teams.
Education & Qualifications: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or a related technical fieldor equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of experience architecting and developing embedded and distributed software platforms based on Linux or Android.
10+ years of experience in systems architecture and development within complex technical industries.
Location: Position is based in Portland, Oregon (PDX region preferred). #J-18808-Ljbffr