Sr. Principal Engineer Software Engineering XIV

JOB DESCRIPTION

T14 Senior Principal Engineer Software (Architect Role)

JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer Software to provide technical and architectural leadership for KVM&S software products and platforms. The role requires deep product knowledge strong system-level thinking and the ability to define and guide software architecture across complex product features and modernization initiatives. The candidate will work closely with engineering leadership product management development test/QA DevOps and other corporate functions to evolve product capabilities improve engineering quality and deliver robust scalable secure and maintainable solutions. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with architecture ownership technical mentoring and cross-team execution alignment.

• Own and evolve software architecture and high-level design for assigned KVM&S product areas including ACS and related management capabilities.
• Apply deep product and domain knowledge to translate product requirements customer needs and platform constraints into sustainable technical solutions.
• Lead architecture and design for complex software features services APIs integrations and modernization initiatives; document key decisions trade-offs interfaces and non-functional requirements.
• Evaluate architectural options with respect to scalability performance reliability security maintainability interoperability and deployment constraints.
• Provide technical direction across development teams review designs and critical code changes and establish engineering patterns and best practices.
• Drive cloud-enablement and cloud-related engineering initiatives including relevant Azure and MP1000 Virtual Appliance considerations in partnership with platform infrastructure and DevOps teams.
• Lead software modernization and technical-debt reduction by assessing legacy components defining migration/refactoring approaches and balancing business priorities with long-term product health.
• Work with Development and Test/QA leadership to establish quality strategies improve testability resolve systemic defects and strengthen product reliability.
• Provide technical leadership for complex debugging root-cause analysis customer escalations and cross-component integration issues.
• Mentor and coach engineers and technical leads; promote knowledge sharing design reviews and stronger architectural capability across the team.
• Support effective Agile execution by helping establish clear technical scope identifying dependencies and risks early and aligning sprint commitments with architecture and delivery priorities.
• Collaborate with Product Management Support QA DevOps and other corporate functions to communicate product capabilities clarify requirements and drive cross-functional decisions.
• Identify opportunities for AI-assisted engineering automation developer productivity and innovation; assess practical use cases and help translate suitable ideas into measurable improvements.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps architecture standards technical proposals proof-of-concepts and engineering improvement initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Extensive software engineering experience with strong capability in system design software architecture and delivery of complex products.
• 15 years of industries experience.
• Strong experience with Linux-based software systems and relevant programming/scripting technologies used across the product stack such as C/C Go Python and shell scripting.
• Strong experience designing and developing service-based software and APIs including REST and/or gRPC and familiarity with asynchronous messaging or distributed-system patterns.
• Experience with software configuration management and collaborative development workflows using Git-based platforms such as GitHub or GitLab.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines automated build and deployment practices and containerized application environments such as Docker.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate architecture trade-offs and address non-functional requirements including performance reliability security scalability and maintainability.
• Strong debugging root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills across software and system boundaries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions to engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated technical leadership mentoring design-review and cross-team collaboration capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep product knowledge in access appliances device-management platforms ACS or related KVM&S solutions.
• Experience with cloud architecture and deployment models preferably Microsoft Azure and virtual-appliance deployment considerations.
• Experience with software modernization legacy-system refactoring platform evolution and technical-debt management.
• Knowledge of object-oriented design design patterns multi-threading distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
• Experience with protocol buffers databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL database schema design and SQL.
• Knowledge of web/server technologies such as NGINX and network or server-management protocols such as SNMP SMTP and TCP/IP.
• Experience partnering with QA DevOps Product Management Support and other teams to deliver integrated product capabilities.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development engineering automation or applying AI/ML concepts to practical engineering workflows.
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum execution coordinating dependencies improving delivery predictability and enabling team members to deliver effectively.