9771 - Cloud Solutions Architect

Wind River; Swindon; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology solutions company is seeking an experienced individual to support the technical delivery of integrated solutions that bridge Operational Technology and Information Technology. You will work closely with customers on complex integration projects, leveraging cloud platforms and provide essential support for the company's product offerings. Candidates should possess significant experience in software or systems engineering, with a strong understanding of OT environments and the capability to communicate technical concepts effectively.

Benefits

Health and life insurance

Company-sponsored permanent health insurance

Company-funded healthcare

Dental coverage

Paid volunteer days

Birthday time off

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of OT systems and their integration with enterprise IT.
• Experience with system-level solution design and enterprise platform integration.
• Familiarity with virtualization, containers, and orchestration tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the technical implementation of OT/IT solutions.
• Serve as a key technical resource for customer projects.
• Assist in the integration of OT and IT systems.

Skills

Technical delivery for OT and IT integration

Customer-focused solution design

Experience with cloud platforms

Familiarity with ServiceNow

Knowledge of industrial protocols

Hands-on experience with open-source projects

Education

Experience in software, systems, or infrastructure engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Linux

Job description

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

This role supports the technical delivery of solutions to end-customers that bridge Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT), with an emphasis on cloud, edge and enterprise integrations. Your efforts will enable Wind River to implement integrated solutions using cloud platforms in real-world industrial and enterprise environments. You will position and provide support for Wind River’s portfolio including eLxr Pro Linux, Studio Operator and other Wind River Edge products as needed. Depending on customer needs, you will be involved in integration projects that include enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow and cloud platforms such as Wind River’s Cloud Platform, particularly in the context of OT / IT workflows and automation. The solutions you will support address complex challenges of deploying physically distributed clouds at scale and managing highly available and secure platforms for modern enterprise applications. You should have experience in software, systems, or infrastructure engineering, with familiarity in cloud platform and distributed systems. Exposure to OT systems (e.g. SCADA, PLCs, industrial protocols) is a strong plus. You must be capable of understanding the end customers’ problems and whiteboarding solutions using our product offerings and services. You should also understand software or infrastructure deployment cycles and be comfortable working in both IT and OT-oriented environments. Some amount of travel will be required. Interface & Collaboration Report directly to the Senior Director of Sales and Field Applications Engineers. You will be an integral part of sales team and the broader community of solution architects and specialized Account Managers / Directors and strive to become the trusted technical advisor to our partners and customers by understanding their business needs and addressing those needs through Wind River’s products, services, and solutions. You will collaborate with customer-facing teams, engineering, product management, professional services, and other members of the solutions engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Support the technical implementation of solutions that integrate OT and IT systems for customers, leveraging Wind River tools and platforms.
• Serve as a key technical resource for customer projects, contributing to architectural planning, deployment guidance, and solution integration.
• Work with customer stakeholders to understand needs and assist in the development of Proofs of Concept, demonstrations, and technical presentations that showcase OT / IT integration and enterprise platform interoperability.
• Assist in customer projects that involve integration between OT systems and platforms, such as ServiceNow for workflow automation or incident management.
• Participate in requirements analyses and contribute to technical solutioning.
• Participation in open-source projects will be based on business needs.
• Provide consistent market feedback to Wind River.
• Remove technical barriers for Wind River solutions.
• Increase Wind River's market share globally.

ABOUT YOU Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success

• Be hands-on in supporting the development and testing of PoCs for OT / IT integrated solutions.
• Familiarity with open-source projects such as StarlingX, Kubernetes is a must.
• Knowledge of modern enterprise IT infrastructure, private / hybrid cloud platforms, Telco Core / RAN, OSS / BSS and application performance management tools is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with enterprise platforms like ServiceNow, particularly in the integration or automation context, is a strong plus.
• Exposure to OT environments such as industrial automation, SCADA systems, PLCs, or industrial protocols is a strong plus.
• Experience explaining technical concepts to large audience, comfort, and confidence in front of customers.
• Able to work independently in partner and end customer locations / labs.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of OT systems and their integration with enterprise IT and Cloud platforms (data center, edge, and public / private cloud).
• Experience with system-level solution design, including workload orchestration, networking (switching, routing) and integration with enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow is preferred.
• Familiarity with virtualization, containers, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and cloud-native technologies and orchestration tools is a strong plus.
• Linux background covering deployment, image build, application, and kernel development and familiarity with various programming languages (C++, C) and scripting languages (Python, Perl) is preferred.
• Must have English language skills enabling business discussion / dialogue.
• Travel at short notice availability required up to 25%.

Your Benefits

• Health and life insurance : Wind River provides a company-sponsored life insurance offering x3 base salary cover, from the first day of employment
• Income protection : Wind River offers company-sponsored permanent health insurance from the first day of employment, providing earnings-related income protection in the event of extended periods of illness or injury disability.
• Healthcare : Company-funded healthcare is available to all employees, including vision care and AD&D coverage
• Dental : Wind River offers comprehensive cover with any qualified dentistry practice. Cover
• Wind Gives Back : All employees are encouraged to take advantage of five paid days each year to volunteer with not-for-profit community organisations or activities in their communities.
• Birthday time off : Wind River offers all employees a day off annually to celebrate their birthday, to be taken around the time of the special day

APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE

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#LI – REMOTE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regard to their citizenship in order to perform fundamental job duties, as per applicable law. In particular, candidates with certain citizenship may not be able to perform such fundamental job duties. Currently, this includes citizens of the following countries : Belarus; Burma; China; Cuba; Iran; North Korea; Syria; Venezuela; Afghanistan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Cyprus; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Libya; Russia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Zimbabwe. The security clearance process may take a significant amount of time to complete, and any offer of employment will be contingent on the candidate's legal ability to perform the fundamental job duties. Wind River is committed to meeting its obligations to candidates under applicable human rights law and privacy law in this regard.