Software Architect – Orchestration and Automation Platform

Overview

Software Architect – Wind River Orchestration and Automation Platform at Wind River. Location options include Walnut Creek, CA;
San Diego, CA;
Boston, MA;
Troy, MI. Wind River is a global leader in software for mission-critical intelligent systems with a focus on security, safety, and reliability.

• Define and maintain the architectural vision for Wind River Conductor, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security across thousands of distributed sites.
• Lead architectural decision-making for core automation and orchestration capabilities, balancing technical innovation with product delivery priorities.
• Design architectures for operations at scale, enabling consistent, reliable, and repeatable management of thousands of geographically distributed sites.
• Architect zero-touch provisioning frameworks that securely onboard new sites and systems without manual intervention, using policy-driven automation and declarative service definitions.
• Prototype and validate key product changes, emerging technologies, and architectural patterns to guide implementation teams.
• Partner with engineering managers to align design decisions with long-term platform strategy.
• Collaborate with customers, product management, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into scalable architecture solutions.
• Represent Wind River in industry forums and open-source communities, influencing standards and best practices.
• Mentor engineers on architectural principles and design trade-offs.

• Core Technical Expertise (must have):
• Cloud-native architecture:
  Kubernetes, container orchestration, multi-cloud environments (Private Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Automation & orchestration frameworks:
  Cloudify, ArgoCD, Terraform, TOSCA models, ONAP.
• Scalable distributed systems:
  Designing for high availability, security, and operational automation at global scale.
• Expertise in large-scale distributed system design, including federation, fault isolation, and asynchronous orchestration.
• Understanding of zero-touch provisioning architectures, including secure bootstrap mechanisms, device attestation, and policy-driven deployment pipelines.
• Proven track record in designing for immutable infrastructure, declarative configuration management, and event-driven automation to achieve predictable and repeatable outcomes at scale.
• Service modeling & APIs: REST API design, data modeling, and integration strategies.
• Technical Proficiency for Prototyping & Deep Product Understanding (strongly preferred):
• Backend:
  Python, Postgre
  
  SQL.
• Frontend:
  Type Script, modern JS frameworks, state management (Redux or equivalent).
• Security:
  Secure coding practices, authentication/authorization models.

• ETSI and O-RAN standards.
• Open-source contribution and governance experience.

• Flexible home office: hybrid or 100% remote options.
• Named Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row.
• 100% employee-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible Time Off policy plus 12 observed holidays.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Wellness Benefits through Unmind.

The annual base salary range for this role’s listed grade level is $150,000 to $210,000 plus a bonus for Colorado, New York, and New Jersey residents, and $170,000 to $230,000 plus a bonus for SF Bay Area, Greater Seattle, NYC, and Washington, DC residents. Salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities, and equity with other team members.

Employees in this role are also eligible for company benefits including health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flexible time off, 401(k), and 12 paid holidays.

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