VIAVI Solutions - Chief Software Architect - C / C++

Duties & Responsibilities :

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Software Chief Architect to join our team developing state of the art test & measurement products.

The candidate will hold a highly visible position in a very dynamic, multi-tasking work environment.

The position is a technical role where you will be responsible for the Software and Solution architecture across multiple hardware and software products, driving convergence when possible.

This role requires both technical and leadership skills to be successful across the different teams / locations / products.

The successful candidate must have a proven ability to utilize personal leadership, communications and team development skills to help align the teams on architecture, tools and processes while maintaining our innovation leadership.

Position Title : Chief Software Architect.

Responsibilities :

• Interact with diverse areas (e.g. marketing, operations, other divisions) to achieve business unit goals.
• Display experience and participate in full lifecycle of development for software systems.
• Act as a change agent, collaborate with others to create architecture roadmaps and improve development processes.
• In conjunction with Marketing and Engineering teams, develop and maintain a product / technology roadmap aligned with industry architecture trends the strategic direction of the business.
• Identify any technology or skill set gaps that will impede roadmap attainment and develop and execute plans for resolution.
• Support our "One-Team" initiative to converge on tools / processes across the different R&D locations.
• Mentor the other SW leads to better enable cross-site development capabilities.
• Exercise Business Acumen to make smart business and product tradeoff decisions across entire business.
• Work cross-functionally to perform risk assessments to encourage teams to take informed risks with measured consequences.
• Manage complexity and ambiguity to lead teams in execution while details are being finalized over time.

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements :

Required Qualifications :

Education and general experience :

Ethernet Domain Experience :

Programming language, and development experience :

Software development environment and methodology experience :

System software architect and design methodology experience :

Organization development and communication :

Additional Consideration :

(ref : hirist.tech)