Staff Software Architect

Company: Elbit
Location: Bedford
Posted on: April 6, 2021

Job Description:

At Elbit Systems of America (ESA), we spend our days working on exciting--and meaningful innovative solutions that protect and save lives. --From providing solutions for our warfighters and commercial pilots, to providing lifesaving medical instrumentation and homeland security technologies, the employees of Elbit Systems of America understand the value of their work and why we do what we do each and every day.-- We are looking for extraordinary people to join us in making a difference in the lives of others. We are currently recruiting for a highly talented Staff Software Architect -- but we are looking for more than an impressive skill set. --We are looking for the type of person who respects others for their knowledge, skills, and experience as individuals and as team members. If you are the type of person who has high integrity and would thrive in an inclusive environment of camaraderie and friendship with your fellow teammates, we're pretty confident you'll love it here. Responsibilities: - Provide technical leadership in the architecting and development of large network centric software products.
- Work with systems, software, cyber and networking engineers to develop large software products for our customers.
- Work with customer teams to understand problems and needs.
- Provide to collaborate with customers, Elbit affiliates and internal stakeholders to create solutions that will differentiate ESA in the US market.
- Lead system architecture development for C4I products aimed at the US market. Collaborate with team members to determine best practices and product requirements. Work collaboratively with systems infrastructure, AI/ML and security engineers to provide best overall system design. Provide technical reviews and design approval of products before deployment to customers.
- Provide leadership to evolve global product lines in collaboration with company affiliates in other countries.
- Provide leadership in communicating product architecture and capabilities to customers
- Provide leadership in developing responses to customer initiatives and solicitations.
- Lead the technology stack update process. Bring relevant technologies and processes into the product line as appropriate to advance our products and services. Provide leadership in awareness of technical and industry innovations and drive continual improvement in ESA capabilities with latest available tools, technologies and processes.
- Provide leadership in collaborating with 3rd-party development teams, including customer developers, on the ESA platform in the aim of building a strong community around the company's platform.
- Willing and capable of deep dive troubleshooting of technical issues impacting software system functional operation and/or system performance. Able to lead team to investigate issues and develop fixes or appropriate mitigations.
- Provide coaching and training of team members to help develop and grow engineering organization.
- Demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills and have the ability to work well with people at all levels.
- Maintain robust relationships with the business unit peers and engineering functional management as well as with appropriate counter parts in Elbit affiliate companies and key subcontractors and partners. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical discipline required with advanced technical degree(s) preferred.
- 10+ years of relevant development experience (Homeland Security and/or Defense Department experience preferred). Familiarity with Industry standards (MIL Specs, DO178).
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Hands on experience in agile software development, designing big data system architectures, and modern digital technology stack: cloud-based architecture, micro services, Web technology
- Knowledgeable in secure development & cyber security consideration and its implications on system architecture based on industry-specific specifications.
- Proficiency with Java, PHP, C++/object-oriented programs, SQL, web application development, security and open source technologies.
- Demonstrated experience designing big data system architectures on Windows OS platforms.
- Demonstrated experience developing solutions on Linux platforms.
- Advanced knowledge of the defense, military and homeland security industry.
- Ability to estimate cost of development activities.
- Observe and evaluate the outcomes of implementing the solution to assess the need for alternative approaches and to identify lessons learned.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance required. PandoLogic.Category: Technology, Keywords: Software Architect

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