Associate Principal - Architecture

Role description

Solution Architect Linux Platform and virtualization

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Linux Solution Architect with 10 years of overall IT experience including 5 years in solution or platform architecture roles with a strong understanding of VMware KVM and other enterprise virtualization platforms The role requires leadership in solution architecture platform integration architecture governance and stakeholder engagement with the ability to design and support integrated virtualized solutions aligned to business security and operational requirements The focus is on outcome driven delivery within regulated enterprise environments

Architecture Design

Lead solution and enterprise architecture activities translating business security and operational requirements into implementable technical architectures

Drive architecture governance including architecture board reviews approvals and compliance to enterprise standards

Identify document and justify product gaps risks constraints and acceptable architectural deviations

Translate highlevel architectures into executable technical designs standards and reference architectures

Conduct design reviews technical validations and architecture assessments

Implementation

Design deploy and operate solutions using HPE VM Essentials Morpheus with strong handson involvement

Provide advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting including performance tuning and stability improvements

Design and implement KVMbased virtualization solutions in enterprise environments

Develop automation scripts and tooling to standardize provisioning configuration validation and lifecycle management

Support technical validation UAT and production readiness activities

Perform root cause analysis with structured incident problem and postincident documentation

Delivery Collaboration

Coordinate across multiple streams engineering support pre sales and delivery

Resolve technical dependencies and crossdomain integration challenges

Work effectively with crossfunctional teams including operations compliance and business stakeholders

Demonstrate high accountability and reliability in meeting delivery commitments

Contextswitch effectively between technical deep dives architectural discussions and stakeholder conversations

Mandatory Technical Skills

Strong experience in Solution Enterprise Architecture

oTOGAF or equivalent certification is beneficial

Strong experience in requirements engineering

oCPRE or equivalent certification is beneficial

oStrong engineering capability to analyse customer requirements and develop viable technical solution proposals

Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting

oKernel behavior boot process systemd

oFilesystems ext4 XFS GFS2

oLVM VxFS multipathing udev

oExperience in Serviceguard and pacemaker clustering technologies

Strong Infrastructure and compute background

oVirtualization

oSecurity

oExtensive experience with KVMlibvirt virsh virtinstall virtmanager

oStrong understanding of VMware concepts ESXi vCenter and migration strategies

oCPU models NUMA awareness SRIOV PCI passthrough nested virtualization

Storage

oSANNAS concepts FC iSCSI NFS

oStorage integration with Linux and virtualization platforms

Networking

oDeep understanding of Linux networking

oBonding LACP bridging VLANs

oTCPIP fundamentals MTU jumbo frames

oTroubleshooting complex network paths in virtualized environments

Recommended NicetoHave Skills

HPE VM Essentials Morpheus design deployment operations experience

Experience working in regulated enterprise environments

Exposure to automation and orchestration platforms

Experience with largescale enterprise infrastructure transformations

Mandatory Soft Skills

Strong outcomeoriented mindset with proactive ownership

Ability to drive outcomes not just designs

Strong collaboration skills across crossfunctional teams

Ability to contextswitch across technical architectural and stakeholder discussions

High level of accountability and delivery discipline

Excellent analytical documentation and communication skills

Ideal Candidate Profile

Architect who is handson not slideonly

Comfortable owning solutions endtoend

Trusted to deliver in highstakes enterprise environments

Known for execution reliability and architectural rigor

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Application Architecture, Architectural diagrams, Architecture Governance, Embedded devices - Linux Operating Systems and Kernel programming, Linux - Openshift
Good to Have Skills : Network Protocol - L2 Protocols, VMWare Tanzu