Cloud Software Architect – Wind River OpenStack

Job Location: Ottawa, ON

Why Choose Wind River?

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy.

The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world.  Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones, including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone.        

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software-defined world.    

What you’ll do

The Software Architect for the OpenStack platform will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing high-level software architecture solutions for our OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure tailored to the Telecom core network. The solution involves deploying OpenStack services on the Wind River Cloud Platform as Kubernetes containerized services for an on-premise core network solution. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with OpenStack, Kubernetes, and a deep understanding of cloud computing principles, and specific knowledge of Telecom core networks.

Who You Will Work With:

• Product Line Managers, Engineering Project Managers, Development Managers, developers, and other architects to plan ongoing feature development.
• Product Line Managers, Sales, and customer architects to determine software requirements.
• Significant opportunity to engage with and contribute to various open-source communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design of overall platform architecture and container services features for the Wind River OpenStack.
• Oversee integration of OpenStack features, design of new features, scoping of work, defining approaches with colleagues and upstream communities.
• Resident expert on OpenStack, architecting and designing new features as needed.
• Work with other architects to define technical roadmap for Wind River OpenStack
• Contribute to the open-source community with the aim of advancing the community.  StarlingX, OpenStack and Kubernetes are communities with which you will have visibility and contributions.
• Research, design, and write specifications and methodologies in cooperation with other architects.
• Work closely with Engineering Project Managers, Engineering Development Managers, and other Architects to plan ongoing feature development.
• Work with Product Line Management, Sales, and customer architects to determine software requirements.  Direct customer engagement and travel will be possible.
• Generate outward facing whitepapers, blogs, presentations and talks at conferences.
• Investigate new technologies and techniques and research ongoing industry developments.
• Assists in project management decisions.
• Mentor senior developers in technology, industry best practices, procedures, and concepts.

Core Competencies:

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years experience in cloud technologies, with typically 14+ years of experience in software engineering.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud computing principles and experience with cloud platforms, particularly OpenStack.
• Experience with deploying and operating OpenStack services in production.
• Knowledge of networking, storage, and virtualization technologies.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Telecom core network protocols and standards (e.g., 4G/5G, IMS, EPC) is a benefit.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang and other common infrastructure management languages (e.g. Ansible, Puppet).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins).
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience in participating and contributing to open-source projects.

BENEFITS 

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.
• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.
• Matching RRSP.
• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.
• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind.
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY 

Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.  Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics. 

To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com. 

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