Major telecommunications Services Company is in search of a Software Architect to lead the design effort on a variety of projects in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with engineering teams in Alviso, CA, Italy and Bulgaria. Your role is to design innovative solutions to real market problems. You will work closely with product and marketing managers, user interaction designers, and other software engineers to develop new product offerings and improve existing ones. This position reports to the VP of Engineering. This position requires periodic travel to Italy and Bulgaria but it will be based in Alviso, CA.
Job Responsibilities:
• Identify the appropriate software architecture based on the requirements and design elements contained in a system specification. Current with latest technologies relating to scalable cloud based distributed systems with large amounts of data.
• Design next generation STB and distributed server architecture for Minerva’s evolving IP Based video platform designing new features such as content management, Advertising, and integration with social networks.
• Record software architecture in a software architecture document using use cases and the Unified
Modeling Language (UML) where appropriate
• Maintain and evolve software architecture documents based on evolving system requirements and industry trends and technologies for Client and Server designs
• Analyze risk and report problems in meeting system requirements.
• Provide supporting information to the Engineers to aid in the creation of a system specification.
• Assist Software Developers with the creation of detailed software design specifications.
• Lead the review process for software architecture documents. .
• Participate in the system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into valid software architecture
• Comply with all applicable product development processes. Perform detailed software design as well as implements and/or maintains code according to duties and responsibilities
• Ensure the overall integrity of the software architecture and validates it against the system specification.
• Integrate internal and external product design into a cohesive user experience
• Work with visual designers to improve and refine product visual design and consistency
Candidate Must Have:
• Master's degree in computer science or related field
• Knowledge about video standards, IPTV, VOD, Advertising
• Embedded software experience in consumer electronics
• Experience relating scalable database system(Oracle, MySQL, DB2 etc)
• Cloud computing experience having deployed a distributed system
• At least 10 years experience in large designs and coordinating project teams in entertainment or cloud computing areas.
• Proficiency in Java and C/C++ programming experience
• UML experience a plus
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be organized, have an eye for detail, and be able to put ideas into a tangible form
• Ability to prioritize and manage work to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to develop new approaches to complex design problems
Candidate Must Have:
10+ to 15 years of experience
Minimum Education - Master's Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally
Required Skills and Certifications:
Cloud - scalable cloud based distributed systems with large amounts of data
IPTV - VOD, STB, IP base video platform systems
Java
MySQL
DB2
C/C++
J2EE
UML
Base Salary $125K++ D.O.E.
Benefits - Full
Relocation Assistance Available - No
Bonus Eligible - Yes
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Mackenzie was founded in 1992 to grow strong LifeScience, Animal Science, HealthCare and Technology companies with their most important asset - Talent, and to become the preeminent consulting firm in our space. Those goals have been accomplished time and time again as Mackenzie has been recognized simultaneously and in consecutive years (Business Journal Book of lists) as the Mid-Atlantics top firm, with offices nationwide. Along the way we have completed thousands of searches from the Boardroom to the C-Suite, and from the Sales Field to the Scientific Bench on both the Business and Manufacturing sides of an organization. Mackenzie has expanded Start-ups and Conglomerates locally, regionally, and nationally and filled just about every position in the organizational matrix.