Senior Staff Software Architect

2 Months ago • 12 Years + • Devops

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Software Architect will be responsible for designing, delivering, and supporting the KinetiX inspection technologies products for railroads worldwide. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish a clear architectural vision and drive the implementation of frontend and backend components. The architect will be responsible for driving the technical vision, creating architectural blueprints, delivering software architecture for enterprise-scale applications, and ensuring data consistency, interoperability, and seamless communication between different components. This role also includes providing guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to development teams while identifying and managing risks associated with the integration and harmonization process.
Must have:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or STEM majors.
  • 12+ years of experience in architecture and cloud technologies.
  • Experience with .NET Framework, .NET Core/6+ applications.
  • Expertise in building web applications using ASP.NET MVC and Core.
Good to have:
  • Experience with gRPC.
  • Expertise in designing and deploying applications on Azure.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Job Details

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

 

Who are we?

 

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with 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 and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

 

Summary:

Wabtec’s KinetiX team is responsible for the design, delivery, and support the KinetiX inspection technologies products to railroads worldwide. The Kinetix Inspection Technologies is a suite of product solutions that facilitates the automated proactive monitoring of rolling stock condition from component level to full train inspection. The KinetiX team is seeking Senior Software Architect with experience in .NET Framework and .NET core/6+ applications, Web Development, and RESTful APIs and Microservices architectures. The senior software architect collaborates with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and developers to establish a clear architectural vision and drive the implementation of the frontend and backend components.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Drive the technical vision, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure the effective implementation of the architecture.

  • Capture the current architecture and design the high-level architecture of a unified application platform that accommodates data from different application types and a unified user interface.

  • Create an architectural blueprint that outlines the integration strategy, identifies key components, and defines interfaces and data flows.

  • Deliver software architecture for an enterprise scale application that utilizes microservices and cloud-native software development principles.

  • Identify opportunities for integration, define integration patterns, and develop strategies to migrate or modernize the legacy systems as required. This involves ensuring data consistency, interoperability, and seamless communication between the different components. 

  • Evaluate various technologies, frameworks, and tools that can be leveraged to achieve the integration and harmonization goals. Make informed decisions about the selection of appropriate technologies that align with the organization's objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, and maintainability. 

  • Collaborate closely with development teams, product managers, project managers, business stakeholders, and other architects to align the technical vision with the business requirements.

  • Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to the development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural guidelines and best practices throughout the development lifecycle.

  • Identify and manage risks associated with the integration and harmonization process, anticipate potential challenges, such as data inconsistencies, security vulnerabilities, or performance bottlenecks, and develop mitigation strategies to address these risks effectively. 

  • Understand security and compliance requirements; establish seamless integration with Cyber Security and Compliance teams. Support Cyber Security procedures for the product portfolio.

  • Drive 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 ambiguity

  • Provide accurate and timely status of content plan and current execution status to Wabtec engineering leadership

  • Demonstrate superior persuasion and influencing skills that ensure alignment between customer, product manager and engineering team

  • Demonstrate excellent business acumen by keeping up to date on the latest industry trends and being looked to as a Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Minimum Qualifications: (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.)

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

  • 12+ Years of experience in architecture, software design and cloud technologies

  • In-depth understanding of software, software architecture and system level design patterns using Java and related software ecosystems

  • Willingness to travel up to 15%

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

.NET

  • Deep understanding and hands-on-experience with .NET Framework, .NET Core/6+, .NET MVC, .NET Core and the latest .NET versions.

  • Experience in upgrading legacy .NET applications to .NET Core/6+

  • Advanced proficiency in C# for building scalable and maintainable applications

Web Development

  • Expertise in building web applications using ASP.NET MVC and Core

  • Knowledge of front-end technologies like Angular, React, or Kendo UI

RESTful APIs & Microservices

  • Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architecture

  • Experience with gRPC is a plus

  • Deep understanding and hands-on experience with cloud native technologies, deployment, and customer engagement.

Cloud Computing (Azure) & On-Premise Hosting

  • Expertise in designing and deploying applications that run seamlessly on Azure and on-premise environments

  • Experience with IIS (Internet Information Services) for hosting .NET applications on-premise. 

  • Knowledge of Windows Server. 

  • Proficiency in setting up CI/CD pipelines for hybrid deployments using Azure DevOps, GitHub 

Data Ingestion, ETL, and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)

  • Designing and implementing ETL pipelines for data transformation and integration in hybrid environments. 

  • Experience with distributed SQL systems, messages systems such as AMQP, RabbitMQ, Kafka and cache systems such as Redis.

  • Knowledge of real-time data ingestion using Apache Kafka, or on-premise message brokers 

  • Knowledge of CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and Event Sourcing

Database and Data Management

  • Expertise in database design, partitioning, indexing, and SQL tuning for MS SQL Server. 

  • Experience with both star schema and normalized database models. 

  • Strong understanding of relational and non-relational data modeling techniques. 

Performance Optimization, Scalability, & Observability

  • Designing scalable and resilient applications using load balancing, auto-scaling, and caching (e.g., Redis) for hybrid environments. 

  • Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in applications and databases across cloud and on-premise setups. 

  • Understanding of Kubernetes, software design patterns for HA and observable microservices.

Software Development Lifecyle

  • Superior knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and strong collaboration history with Quality Engineering and Dev Ops teams.

  • 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.

  • Advanced 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.

  • Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team. Able to navigate difficult situations and accountability within a matrixed organization.

  • Strategic and creative thinking to analyze issues that may arise, and create solutions.

  • Ability to respond positively to feedback, and implement change in process and procedures as needed.

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.   

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

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.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with 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 and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.  

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

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.

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About The Company

Want 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.

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