Software Architect jobs in San Antonio, TX

Reports to: Team Lead Engineer/Delivery Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

We are seeking experienced Senior Engineers to join our software maintenance and support team. As a Senior Engineer, you will be responsible for providing maintenance and support for OSP 10 and Rel 7.7 software products. Your expertise in Corgi, Pacemaker for RHEL HA, Python, git, ansible, and Jenkins/Groovy will be crucial in ensuring the stability and reliability of our software offerings. You will work closely with a team of engineers, reviewing published vulnerabilities, and providing support to customers who are using previous versions of our software products.

Performs research, design, implementation, and support tasks as a member of Capgemini team. Works in accordance with project guidelines, quality standards, and code conventions.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide maintenance and support for OSP 10 and Rel 7.7 software products.
• Review and address published vulnerabilities, ensuring the software remains secure and resilient.
• Collaborate with a team of engineers to troubleshoot and resolve customer issues.
• Assist in backporting critical CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) to maintain software security.
• Work closely with kernel developers to address software issues and optimize performance.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the software products and their functionality.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop and implement software patches and updates.
• Contribute to the improvement of software maintenance processes and procedures.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements to provide proactive support and recommendations.
• Ensures that assigned area/areas are delivered within set deadlines and required quality objectives.
• Provides estimations, agrees task duration with the manager, and contributes to the project plan of the assigned area.
• Analyzes the scope of alternative solutions and makes decisions about area implementation based on his/her experience and technical expertise.
• Reports about area readiness/quality and raises red flags in crisis situations that are beyond his/her AOR.
• Initiates and conducts code reviews, creates code standards, conventions, and guidelines.
• Collaborates with other teams.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Must have:

• 8 years of experience as an Ansible Automation Platform Architect.
• Background in architecting and designing complex customer solutions in a rapidly evolving technology domain.
• 8 years of experience as a solutions architect, enterprise architect, or in an architect consulting delivery role with a solution sales mentality.
• 4 years of experience focused on cloud environments and their supporting infrastructures.
• Background in consultative customer engagement with either a major consulting services organization or within the services division of a major software company.
• Demonstrated record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives, including extensive experience presenting to C-level executives at large firms.
• Ability to work with distributed cross-functional teams to achieve success on behalf of customers.
• Balance of strategic and tactical skills with a high level of creativity and passion for open-source software, tooling, and automation.
• Intermediate level of scripting using Bash and Python.
• Strong communication (oral & written) and interpersonal skills.

Would be a plus:

• Experience with containerization and virtualization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and VMware is a plus.