Chief Architect, Optical Transport

3 days ago


india Viavi Solutions Inc. Full time

Summary:

VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for telecommunications, cloud, enterprises, first responders, military, aerospace, and railway. VIAVI is also a leader in light management technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace applications.
We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are passionate about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company – to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.

Duties & Responsibilities:

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Software Chief Architect to join our team developing state of the art test & measurement products. The candidate will hold a highly visible position in a very dynamic, multi-tasking work environment. The position is a technical role where you will be responsible for the Software and Solution architecture across multiple hardware and software products, driving convergence when possible. This role requires both technical and leadership skills to be successful across the different teams/locations/products. The successful candidate must have a proven ability to utilize personal leadership, communications and team development skills to help align the teams on architecture, tools and processes while maintaining our innovation leadership. 

Position Title: Chief Software Architect

Responsibilities :

Interact with diverse areas (e.g. marketing, operations, other divisions) to achieve business unit goals.

Display experience and participate in full lifecycle of development for software systems.

Act as a change agent, collaborate with others to create architecture roadmaps and improve development processes. 

In conjunction with Marketing and Engineering teams, develop and maintain a product / technology roadmap aligned with industry architecture trends the strategic direction of the business. Identify any technology or skill set gaps that will impede roadmap attainment and develop and execute plans for resolution.

Support our "One-Team" initiative to converge on tools/processes across the different R&D locations.

Mentor the other SW leads to better enable cross-site development capabilities.

Exercise Business Acumen to make smart business and product tradeoff decisions across entire business.

Work cross-functionally to perform risk assessments to encourage teams to take informed risks with measured consequences.

Manage complexity and ambiguity to lead teams in execution while details are being finalized over time.

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:

Required Qualifications

Education and general experience:

BSCS / BSCE or equivalent experience (required), advanced engineering degree (preferred)

Eight plus years of systems architecture and/or engineering leadership experience and 10 years of hands-on software development experience.

Ethernet Domain Experience:

Solid grasp of L0-L7 Ethernet (both unframed and protocol based traffic)

Deep understanding of Routing Protocols

Experience with application and testing of Ethernet standards (IEEE, RFC, …)

Fundamental understanding of Ethernet performance characteristics

Practical experience with high-speed Optical Ethernet (100G, 400G, 800G…)

Firm grasp of HW and SW acceleration technologies and system utilization

Programming language, and development experience:

Skilled in relational database queries, schema generation, performance analysis, maintenance

Strong diverse large-scale database experience (SQL, NoSQL, Geospatial, …)

Proficient with C, C++, and Python programming languages 

Various Network Communication Protocol experience

Software development environment and methodology experience:

Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile (SAFe) and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment

Familiarity with standard SW development tools (version control, debuggers, issue databases, etc.)

System software architect and design methodology experience:

Proficient with C, C++, and Python programming languages 

Various Network Communication Protocol experience

OO Design methodology experience

Experience with enterprise level solution architectures

Skilled in relational database queries, schema generation, performance analysis, maintenance

Strong diverse large-scale database experience (SQL, NoSQL, Geospatial, …)

Organization development and communication:

Experience leading in-house and outsourced development teams

Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building

Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and master new technologies and techniques.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and abilities

Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with PLM, BU GM and executive level

Ability to define and create project management plans and documents to present project status to senior management. Must be results oriented to achieve project goals by doing whatever is necessary to move the team forward.

Ability to work across sites, time zones and cultures to deliver on project goals in addition to overall company initiatives.

Additional Consideration :

Experience in technologies and trends in telecommunications

Exposure to modern micro-service architectures

Relevant experience with SW Orchestration and Kubernetes

Significant experience with application and data hosting 

Demonstrated experience in distributed systems

Relevant and recent Cloud computing experience

If you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, apply to join our team today.

VIAVI Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer – minorities/females/veterans/persons with disabilities.


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