Chief Software Architect

October 29

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VIAVI Solutions

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Telecommunications • Aerospace • Security

VIAVI Solutions is a company that delivers testing, monitoring, and assurance solutions for advanced networks, including 5G and 6G. They provide a wide range of products and services including wireless application emulation, network deployment and maintenance, and fiber optical solutions. VIAVI also supports secure communications and operations for diverse sectors such as telecommunications, government, aerospace, and defense. In addition to its optical technologies for 3D sensing in consumer electronics and automotive, the company empowers its clients with data management and real-time network intelligence.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1923

📡 Telecommunications

🚀 Aerospace

🔐 Security

💰 $21.7M Grant on 2024-01

📋 Description

• 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. • 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.

🎯 Requirements

• BSCS / BSCE or equivalent experience (required) • Advanced engineering degree (preferred) • Eight plus years of systems architecture and/or engineering leadership experience • 10 years of hands-on software development 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 • 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 • Solid understanding of software development life cycle models • Familiarity with standard SW development tools (version control, debuggers, issue databases, etc.) • Experience leading in-house and outsourced development teams • Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building • Excellent oral and written communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) plan • Paid time off • Flexible working arrangements • Professional development opportunities