Senior Director Architecture

Remote Work: No

This role will drive technical architecture and management of services engineering teams within the Software Solutions business unit. These products focus on empowering front-line workers using Zebra (and other) hardware to be more effective in their roles. Our software solutions combine the power of the cloud with IoT, big data analytics, and machine learning to put powerful insights and capabilities into the hands or our customer’s workers in real-time.  We serve customers in various verticals, including transport & logistics, healthcare, retail and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include working with cross-functional, Agile development teams to evaluate, design and architect cloud native solutions. The candidate will have a sound working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services and capabilities, microservice design and domain-driven-development. They will collaborate across functions to define the system architecture and ensure the integrity of the design by defining SLOs.

They will have overall responsibility for setting the technical direction and decisions of a solution, including selecting frameworks, identifying dependencies, writing technical requirements and driving continuous improvement. They shall understand DevOps and can drive requirements for CI/CD, automation scripts, load performance testing, auto-scaling and monitoring tools capable of operating solutions with minimal manual intervention. Shall evaluate work upon completion to ensure technical KPIs have been met and will drive functional excellence initiatives.  Works effectively in a fast-paced, global environment supporting high-demand solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Working with cross-functional, Agile development teams to evaluate, design and architect cloud native solutions.
2. Collaborate across functions to define the system architecture and ensure the integrity of the design by defining SLOs.
3. Setting the technical direction and decisions of a solution, including selecting frameworks, identifying dependencies, writing technical requirements and driving continuous improvement.
4. Drive requirements for CI/CD, automation scripts, load performance testing, auto-scaling and monitoring tools capable of operating solutions with minimal manual intervention (understanding DevOps).
5. Evaluate work upon completion to ensure technical KPIs have been met and will drive functional excellence initiatives. Works effectively in a fast-paced, global environment supporting high-demand solutions.
6. Brings in best industry practices, processes and architecture tools and is able drive efficiency.
7. Brings in culture of innovation across the team to create differentiation to the products in a
rapid way,

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required in an appropriate engineering discipline
• 15+ years of experience product Engineering with 10+ years of experience in cloud-based enterprise systems architecture. Specifically on Work Force Management or related B2B or ERP like systems. Greenfield and brownfield experience is preferred
• 10+ years managing teams with direct reports

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree preferred
• Experienced hands-on architect. Enjoys active prototyping, design and code reviews, production incident handling and service evolution.
• Experience with highly Agile development teams and large-scale system creation
• Experience in GCP and API development, including externally exposed APIs
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to create architecture diagrams and distill complex technical subjects in order to present updates to executive leaders
• Real-world experience in cloud native product development, including delivering a software solution through to production
• Proven problem solver and impediment remover, identifies issues, finds solution to blockers and helps resolve technical issues quickly to achieve goals.
• Eager to evaluate the pros and cons of different technical solutions and determine how best to apply different cloud capabilities.
• Drives innovation and acts as evangelist for technology improvements
• Cloud native architecture and delivery experience at scale for B2B customer base.
• Knowledge of variety of database and datastore technologies and how best to utilize each (RDBMS, Distributed SQL, DeltaLake, bucket/blob storage, & document stores such as MongoDB and BigTable).
• Working knowledge of building compelling back-end application frameworks.
• Strong interest in product development and platform approach to system design.
• Understand ways to incorporate Machine Learning and AI into a larger system design. •
• Familiarity with a variety of API and client/server communication technologies such as gRPC/Protocol Buffers, OpenAPI, GraphQL, MQTT, Kafka, MongoDB/Realm
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and Service Mesh
• Familiar with load-testing, scaling services, right-sizing and cost management
• Familiar with Infrastructure-as-Code approach to cloud deployment via Terraform and Helm.
• Working knowledge of several computer languages, especially modern Java and Javascript
• Solid understanding of continuous integration, continuous deployment and operations concepts.
• Experience in a broad range of Google Cloud Platform services and capabilities, preferred.

Zebra is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability and protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at workplace.accommodations@zebra.com. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings. We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.

Salary: USD 194000.00 - USD 291000.00 Yearly

Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.
Additionally, all Zebra roles are eligible for cash incentive programs. For example, sales roles have additional opportunity to earn substantial variable compensation tied to quota achievement. In most other roles, the Zebra annual cash incentive program links Company and individual performance together. Some roles may also be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.