Lead Architect

Role overview

Lead Architect at Alstom

Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: - Strong knowledge of Linux systems and low-level OS concepts - Solid understanding of virtualization fundamentals, including VM lifecycle, isolation, networking, and storage - Hands-on experience with hypervisor technologies such as Xen, KVM, or Harvester - Understanding of Kubernetes and container concepts (clusters, workloads, lifecycle) - Ability to design hybrid VM/container architectures - Strong understanding of networking principles, including VLANs, segmentation, and latency considerations - Awareness of security and isolation mechanisms in virtualized platforms, including secure boot concepts - Experience with automation, deployment, or platform tooling (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, orchestration concepts) - Ability to work in multi-hypervisor environments and understand nested virtualization concepts Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

Responsibilities

• You'll play a key role in shaping the end-to-end software and infrastructure architecture for products based on Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) platforms.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore [KA] [IN]

Application details

• Your future role Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in a cutting-edge field.

About the employer

• At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people.

Benefits

• You’ll also: - Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines - Work with new security standards for rail signalling - Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues - Contribute to innovative projects - Utilise our agile and flexible working environment - Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries - Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning - Progress towards leadership roles or technical specialization - Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension) You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us.

Additional role details

• From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry.
• Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
• Could you be the full-time Architecture Definition & Governance Specialist in Bangalore we’re looking for?
• You’ll work alongside innovative, collaborative, and solutions-driven teammates.
• Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (e.g., virtualization, networking, and security experts), define architecture requirements, and ensure alignment with industry best practices and organizational goals.
• You’ll specifically take care of designing scalable, secure, and maintainable architectures, but also guide the evolution of deployment tools and processes.
• We’ll look to you for: - Defining and maintaining the end-to-end software and infrastructure architecture for HCI-based products - Ensuring architectural consistency across virtualization, deployment, networking, and security domains - Architecting solutions supporting multiple hypervisors, including XCP-NG and KVM-based platforms - Guiding adaptations of deployment and orchestration tools to support various platforms - Promoting the reuse of existing tools, frameworks, and commercial or open-source solutions - Identifying and formalizing administration use cases for virtualized environments - Ensuring compliance with secure boot, platform security principles, and lifecycle security - Collaborating with cybersecurity stakeholders to validate system hardening and trust chains - Defining network architecture principles, including VLAN design and high-bandwidth requirements - Assessing technology obsolescence risks and ensuring sustainability All about you We value passion and attitude over experience.
• That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill.
• We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud.
• If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
• Important to note As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in.
• We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.
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