Software Architect

Software Architect

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your software architecture expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative, innovative, and forward-thinking teammates.

You'll play a critical role in designing infrastructure, configuring platforms, and optimizing operations to contribute to product development. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (software engineers, Data Architects, API Architects), troubleshoot and provide technical guidance, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of managing the development lifecycle of products and standardizing release management processes, but also guiding the team on best practices for container-based applications deployed on-premise and in the cloud.

We’ll look to you for:

• Owning the entire development lifecycle of the product, ensuring smooth code integration with CI/CD and optimizing release management processes.

• Designing and managing the adaptation of cloud and on-premise strategies (Azure and on-premise).

• Standardizing software development release management processes.

• Troubleshooting and providing technical support to developers, V&V teams, and quality teams.

• Writing and maintaining product technical documentation, including release processes, upgrade processes, and patch management.

• Mentoring team members on cloud techniques and improving system design.

• Providing guidance on best practices for container-based application development and deployment.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• 10 to 14 years of experience in IT and/or digital companies.

• Excellent knowledge of .NET C#, OOAD, OOPS, patterns, and anti-patterns.

• Strong understanding of Ansible, Kubernetes, and containerization.

• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.

• Experience developing helm charts and Kubernetes operators (CKA certification preferred).

• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with Azure cloud-based provisioning, deployment, and troubleshooting (a plus).

• Understanding of platform security best practices, digital certificates, and SSL/TLS.

• Knowledge of networking concepts, load balancing, disaster recovery, and firewalls.

• Proficiency with source control tools like Git and GitLab; familiarity with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio Code (a plus).

• Experience working with VMware/OpenShift and AKS (a plus).

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling.

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.

• Contribute to innovative projects.

• Utilise our flexible working environment.

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.

• Progress towards senior leadership or specialized technical roles.

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

 

 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

 

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Experience Level

Senior Level