Senior Software Architect
Location: Madrid, Massy, Montpellier, Hyderabad TS IN 26
Remote Type: Hybrid
Time Type: Full time
Job Description
Job Description Summary
Grid Automation offers its customers a complete range of innovative products, systems and services covering design and manufacture, as well as commissioning and long-term maintenance of Substation Protection and Automation solutions. This includes, amongst others, Protection relays, control systems, cyber security solutions, device management, asset performance, and many more. Grid Automation Software in the boundaries of Grid technologies, embedded software and advanced analytics solutions. If you’re passionate about Software and want to work on improving Grid resilience through Software, this is the job for you.We are looking for a Senior Software Architect to join the GridBeats™ team. The GridBeats™ Software Portfolio is aggregating all Grid Automation applications which monitor, optimize and manage grid connected devices. It is a very complex and exciting portfolio which is setting the basis for grid connected devices management for the future.
The Senior Software Architect will head the Software Architecture team and will lead the integration and convergence of all GridBeats™ applications into a single coherent architecture and common software development practices.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities:
Architecture Strategy & Roadmap:
Define and maintain the long-term software architecture roadmap across the GridBeats™ portfolio, including system convergence, platform strategy, and technology evolution.
Drive the transition from multiple independent applications towards a coherent platform architecture with shared services, common interfaces, and standardized technologies.
Evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches and guide their adoption where appropriate.
System Integration & Interfaces:
Define system boundaries, interface contracts, data ownership, and communication patterns between applications and embedded devices.
Ensure interoperability and integration between embedded software, firmware, middleware, backend systems, analytics platforms, and other GE applications.
Establish guidelines for APIs, data models, communication protocols, and versioning strategies.
Architecture Governance:
Establish and lead architecture governance processes including architecture reviews, technical standards, and design guidelines.
Ensure teams follow common architectural principles while allowing appropriate team autonomy.
Support teams in making architectural decisions and resolving cross-team technical dependencies.
Platform & Common Components:
Drive development of shared platforms, libraries, and common services to reduce duplication and improve maintainability across the portfolio.
Define and promote reusable components and common development frameworks.
Quality Attributes:
Ensure systems are designed for reliability, scalability, maintainability, cybersecurity, and testability.
Work closely with QA, Systems Engineering, and Cybersecurity teams to ensure architecture supports verification, validation, and compliance requirements.
Legacy Systems & Migration:
Define migration strategies for legacy systems and ensure backward compatibility and controlled system evolution.
Support teams in refactoring, system modernization, and technical debt reduction strategies.
Required Must Have Qualifications:
Demonstrated senior‑level experience in software engineering, with a solid track record as a software architect.
Comprehensive knowledge of software design principles, patterns, and best practices
Experience with multiple programming languages and frameworks such as Java, C++, C#, Python and JavaScript
Proven problem-solving and analysis skills
Intimate knowledge with IEC64223 and other relevant cybersecurity related
Familiarity with IEC 61850 Data model
Experience defining architecture for large-scale, distributed, or embedded software systems.
Experience integrating embedded systems with backend/cloud or enterprise software platforms.
Experience defining APIs, system interfaces, and data models across multiple systems.
Experience with system evolution, migration strategies, and technical debt management.
Experience working with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and modern software development toolchains.
Understanding of cybersecurity architecture and secure software design.
Experience working in industrial, embedded, or safety-critical environments is highly desirable standards.
Required Must Have Qualifications:
Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
Strong business acumen, leadership, discipline in managing the day-to-day business.
Ability to work in international and matrix organizations.
Able to interface effectively with all levels of the organisation.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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