Mobile Software Architect

Job Description

Business Unit:

Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details:

Job Summary: Plays a critical role in ensuring that enterprise applications are designed, developed and implemented across the enterprise meeting the best practices and architectural patterns. Incumbents in this position will be involved in every phase of the project lifecycle from intake through delivery, and will be considered one of the leadership team members who have primary responsibility that a solution is well engineered, operable, and maintainable, delivered on schedule, aligns to enterprise vision and provides the anticipated business value. The Systems Architect is responsible for defining, documenting and leading the technical development of these applications. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Job Details:

Minimum Job Requirements:

Four-year college degree in computer science, Engineering or Masters in Computer Application (MCA) or related field plus a minimum of 15 years of related experience. Experience leading requirements analysis, design, development and operation of distributed, fault-tolerant applications with particular attention to security, scalability, performance, availability and cost/revenue optimization. Demonstrates expertise and leadership in working with business units, product management, development and operations staff to architect innovative solutions that meet the requirements with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability, realistic implementation schedules and adherence to architectural goals and principles. Must be available for domestic and international travel.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

- 15+ years relevant software development experience creating business applications with Mobile technologies (React Native, Android, or iOS), Java, Spring boot and relational database systems.
- 3+ years experience Mobile application architecture providing solutions on performance, security, scalability, responsive UI design, localization, usability and accessibility.
- 3+ years technical leadership experience.
- Application development experience using Mobile development frameworks and platforms (e.g., Swift, Objective C, Xcode, Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, React Native, Flutter or Xamarin), Java EE, Spring Framework , Spring Boot, Gradle, Postgres.
- Strong understanding of Mobile app architecture patterns (e.g., MVC, MVVM, MVP) and design principles.
- Database technologies: Hibernate and JPA Spring Data , Postgres, SQL Server ,SQL datawarehouse.
- Experience with mobile payment systems and contactless integrations (NFC) is highly preferred.
- Experiments and provides proof of concept with emerging technologies, while developing enterprise-wide architectures, standards, design guides, processes, and other reference guides in a leadership role.
- Provides architectural direction, 3rd party vendor evaluations, analysis of external party integration, detailed estimation, schedule development, assesses resourcing needs during proposal & bids, part of existing programs or R&D efforts.
- Leads creation of and is accountable for system design documentation, including enterprise architectures, feature designs and interface specifications.
- Oversees detailed technical designs created by development teams.
- Knowledgeable about SaaS software, software licensing and able to explain both the design and business model of a SaaS system.
- Keeps up-to-date on the latest developments in systems engineering, computers, communications systems and software techniques relevant to the company's operation.
- Provide architectural options along with advantages and disadvantages of each option and articulate a recommended approach.
- Review the work as it progresses and provide support to the team members as and when required
- Knowledge of cloud and container technologies like Azure, Docker, Kubernetes etc.
- Experience building high quality applications by creating a well designed architecture, writing clean code and implementing common industry practices (e.g. continuous integration, unit tests).
- Ability to mentor and lead other technical team members with having direct supervision responsibility.
- Deep understanding of mobile architecture, app deployment workflows, and integration with physical devices.
- Lead end-to-end mobile device and embedded systems integration for fare collection infrastructure.
- Techniques for profiling and optimizing Mobile applications, including memory management, network performance, and responsiveness.
- Experience with tools and methodologies for performance testing and debugging.
- Expertise in mobile security principles, including data encryption, secure authentication, and vulnerability management.
- Familiarity with industry standards and regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and OWASP.
- Experience with Mobile UI/UX design principles and best practices.
- Discussing technical aspects of the mobile application solution architecture, including the technology used, methodology followed, and devices selected with the customer and governance team
- Research, monitor, and evaluate emerging technologies and recommend long-term technology solutions
- Design or Modify existing solution for better performance optimization
- Code Quality systems: SonarQube, Nexus IQ and third party vulnerabilities check systems.
- Experience with designing and developing deployment pipelines using Jenkins / Bamboo
- Experience with Software Architecture tool like Enterprise Architect or MS Visio.
- Agile/Scrum and DevOps practices

Worker Type:

Employee