Application Architect
Irvine, CA

Job Description

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Job Description:

THE POSITION

BlackBerry Cylance is seeking a hands-on Implementation Architect to be part of the Cloud architecture team.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

* Lead design, implementation, and testing of scalable and highly available Cloud based applications and API services. (Hands-on implementation will be 50%)
* Provide deep software development knowledge with respect application architecture, design patterns and programming best-practices.
* Work with both Development and Product Management teams to define roadmaps and plans based on requirements.
* Research and provide guidance on adoption of new technologies.
* Participate in team architecture discussions; contributes ideas throughout the process from planning to execution.
* Mentor and coach Junior and Mid-level engineers.
* Utilize expert ability to troubleshoot and resolves problems on a regular basis.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

* 5+ years hands-on experiences as application architect.
* 10+ years extensive application programming experiences in any of the following languages: .Net, Java, Python.
* Strong OOP knowledge and past data modeling experience.
* Experiences in building scalable applications (12-factor, Scale Cube, Microservices).
* Experience with continuous integration tools and practices.
* Demonstrated ability to write and analyze functional and design specifications.
* Extra-curricular software development passion (e.g. open source contributions)
* BS or MS Engineering degree in Computer Science, EE or related professional experience.
* Agile software development expertise.

ABOVE AND BEYOND

* Experience architecting, designing, and programming applications in Cloud environment (e.g.: Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure)
* Deploy and manage virtualized and/or containerized workloads in development through production (e.g.: Vagrant, Docker)
* Experience with migrating existing application to Microservices architecture.
* Experience with cyber security concepts

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU TO APPLY

* Current resume
* Cover letter/summary expressing:

o Why you are interested in working at Blackberry Cylance

o The skills, strengths and expertise you will contribute to our diverse team of extraordinary talent and humble hearts

Job Family Group Name:

Product Development

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40