Solution Architect

Cubic Corporation; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Transportation Systems in India, Hyderabad invites an experienced IT Operations professional to lead advanced solution architecture and DevOps for critical business applications. You will guide engineering, implement scalable infrastructure, and manage 24x7 operations to ensure stability and resiliency.

The role requires deep virtualization, storage, network and security knowledge, plus hands-on tooling with Azure, AKS, Terraform, Ansible, Docker and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, CS or related DevOps disciplines.
• 5–10 years in a high‑performance datacenter with system engineering and architect responsibilities.
• 24x7 operations experience and strong DevOps tooling expertise.
• Advanced virtualization, high availability and disaster recovery knowledge.
• Experience with storage, SAN/iSCSI, and enterprise network/security fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced solution architecture design and engineering review for computing, storage and data retention needs.
• Lead infrastructure initiatives to improve stability, availability and resiliency.
• Coordinate release and change management; plan deployments and back-out strategies.
• Deliver crisis, incident and problem management leadership and communication.
• Interface with project managers and technical directors to drive installation, customization and integration.

Skills

DevOps

Azure Cloud

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

VMware

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering/CS or related DevOps disciplines

Tools

Azure Cloud

Azure Kubernetes Service

Terraform

Ansible

Visual Studio

Docker

Git

NGINX

SolarWinds

AppDynamics

Job description

Business Unit: Cubic Transportation Systems Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details: Solution Architecture and DevOps: Provide advanced solution architecture design and engineering review for customer systems and services requirements definition, architecture development, and system level design and integration for computing, data storage, data retention and recovery needs of business-critical applications and functions Participate in Engineering working groups, and ensure that the technology organization is aligned to corporate technology directions Assist application development life cycle by serving as a general operational infrastructure product SME to help identify and qualify infrastructure improvement opportunities that will enhance a systems stability, availability, TOC, and resiliency. Provide advanced technical direction and leadership to the lower-level systems administrators and engineers through the planning, implementation and support processes Lead requirements derivation and analysis, system specification, system design, functional partitioning, and system architecture definition Crisis, Incident and Problem Management: Provide Infrastructure Architecture leadership to the team into the crisis, incident and problem management processes Provide updates to the Crisis Manager, Stakeholder Manager, Cubic Managers and the Client as required Participate in Infosec and DevSecOps working groups. Change and Release Management: Participate in the deployment of new releases into all Environments in conjunction with the Engineering team, the Release and Change Managers to ensure deployments are well planned, documented and executed and result in successful outcomes with robust back out plans where appropriate Interface and coordinate tasks with internal and external technical resources. Collaborates with Project Managers and technical directors to provision estimates, develop overall implementation solution plan, and serve as a lead as required, to implement the installation, customization, and integration efforts

Job Requirements and Skills:

Personality and Soft Skills:

Due to the nature of the role (IT Operations), you must be reasonably available 24/7 Strong verbal, written communications and interpersonal skills. Ability to interact professionally with internal and external customers, and technical and non-technical persons. Adherence to change control policies and documents their work regardless to time pressures. Must be able to work under project deadlines pressures, and associated schedule constraints Must be calm and able to stay focused under pressure Responsible, organised, logical thought process Have a positive attitude and enthusiasm to achieve business deliverables Strong analytical and problem solving skills a must Must be able to travel to Cubic offices and customer sites as needed

Knowledge and Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related DevOps disciplines, or equivalent experience 5-10 years’ experience in a high-performance datacenter with direct support, systems engineering, design and architect responsibilities. 24x7 operations experience required. Strong DevOps skills and hands‑on tooling experience Highly developed understanding of Virtualisation Technologies including Windows/Unix/VMWare Advanced knowledge and experience working with high transaction, resource intensive OLTP and batch process databases to include system performance monitoring and tuning for optimal performance. Advanced knowledge of high-availability and redundancy technologies. 3+ years in architecture and design of high performance, highly available solutions 3+ years’ experience working with storage solutions and related hardware such as SAN and iSCSI. 3+ years with high availability solutions such as MSCS or Oracle RAC Advanced knowledge of backup, restore and disaster recovery planning and deployment. Knowledge of network, security and IP Telephony management systems Tooling and Technical Skills: Azure Cloud Networking (i.e. Load Balances, Firewalls, Virtual Networks, NSGs, vWAN and ExpressRoute), Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Terraform, Ansible, Visual Studio, Docker, Git NGINIX, SNMP v3, App Dynamics, SolarWinds Linux, Windows, Oracle PCI DSS compliance Thales HSMs (Hardware Security Modules)

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Comply with Cubic’s Quality Management System
• Comply with Cubic Occupational Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures
• Comply with security in accordance with established policies and procedures of the organisations
• Comply with Cubic Human Resources Procedures Other duties as requested

Conditions of Employment:

The successful outcome of a National Police Check

Worker Type: Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.

Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). CTS is an industry-leading integrator of payment and information solutions and related services for intelligent travel applications. CTS delivers integrated systems for transportation and traffic management, delivering tools for travelers to choose the smartest and easiest way to travel and pay for their journeys, and enabling transportation authorities and agencies to manage demand across the entire transportation network. Cubic Defense provides networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions, and live, virtual, constructive and game-based training solutions for both U.S. and Allied Forces. These mission-inspired capabilities enable assured multi-domain access; converged digital intelligence; and superior readiness for defense, intelligence, security and commercial missions. Cubic is proud to have a presence in over 60 countries and employ over 5,000 people worldwide.

We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law.

For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!