Principal Systems Architect

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We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're on the hunt for enthusiastic professionals to join our team! We understand that connectivity isn't just a luxury anymore - it's a necessity that empowers lives, fuels businesses, and drives innovation. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. We owe our success to our amazing product, commitment to our people and the connections we make in every community.
If you are resourceful, collaborative, team-oriented and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is the Company for you!
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Job Summary
The Principal Systems Architect is a visionary technologist and strategic thinker who plays a pivotal role in shaping the company's technology landscape. They are responsible for driving innovation, ensuring technical excellence, and aligning technology solutions with overarching business goals, particularly in specializing in Google Cloud based solutions, using gRPC APIs and Google products. The Principal Systems Architect is a highly collaborative leader who fosters strong partnerships across product, design, and engineering teams to deliver world-class software solutions.
Responsibilities

• Brainstorms constructively with others to identify innovative solutions.
• Structures strategic conversations to align technology initiatives with business objectives.
• Establishes and gains acceptance for technology roadmaps that support product development.
• Articulates a compelling technology vision and roadmap to diverse audiences.
• Connects technical work to company objectives, fostering a results-oriented culture.
• Drives multi-scrum technology feasibility, delivery, and quality in collaboration with product and design partners.
• Identifies and leverages opportunities arising from emerging technologies.
• Establishes and gains acceptance for technical solutions that are scalable, reliable, and secure.
• Serves as the "go-to" expert for a specific application domain.
• Advises multiple teams on architecture, design, code, tests, and documentation quality.
• Leads efforts to improve documentation and coding practices across teams.
• Deep architecture design experience, providing expert guidance to teams.
• Creates organization-wide architecture with technology norms that cater to diverse developer needs.
• Possesses strong intuition for software design, actively learning from various projects.
• Understands technical debt as a strategic tool, balancing short-term gains with long-term sustainability.
• Guides adoption of new data formats, stores, and patterns for optimized performance.
• Utilizes prototypes and proof-of-concepts for in-depth architectural exploration.
• Defines and realigns cross-organizational monitoring and response policies.
• Troubleshoots complex issues across multiple teams, resolving profiling challenges.
• Excels in working with live production systems, debugging, and taking cautious actions.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and corporate policies, guiding teams on best practices.
• Proactively communicates status updates and expectation changes.
• Fosters a positive and collaborative work environment, recognized as a morale booster.
• Engages in constructive disagreement, committing to decisions even when differing opinions exist.
• Negotiates effectively to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes while maintaining relationships.
• Drives cross-functional interactions to incorporate technology perspectives into broader strategies.
• Proactively solves problems with other teams and functions, minimizing unnecessary conflict.
• Influences priorities of other teams and functions with respect and diplomacy.
• Coaches and mentors engineering leaders to develop their skills and potential.
• Writes clear and concise workflow documents, emails, and presentations.
• Produces thought leadership content that inspires and informs.
• Articulates complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences in an understandable manner.
• Delivers compelling presentations to large groups.
• Documents workflow actions meticulously, keeping status updates current.
• Validates deliverables against requirements and compliance standards.
• Proactively shares knowledge to elevate the expertise of others.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record in architecture and design.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies, patterns, and best practices.
• Expertise in relevant technologies and tools, including programming languages, frameworks, and databases.
• Proven ability to drive innovation and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

At Optimum, we're fueled by our four core pillars: Taking Ownership, Upholding Transparency, Creating Community, and Demonstrating Expertise. Our commitment to empowering employees to take responsibility and embrace proactive problem-solving underpins Taking Ownership. Upholding Transparency is at the core of our culture, with open and honest communication fostering trust among our dedicated team and loyal customers. Creating Community is more than a goal; it's our daily commitment to fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and positivity. Demonstrating expertise is a promise we uphold through continuous learning and engagement with our customers to consistently deliver top-quality products and services. These pillars not only shape our culture but define Optimum as a place of excellence, trustworthiness, and thriving community, and we invite you to be a part of our journey.
If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team, so together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.
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This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. Salary ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $155,509.00 - $222,156.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.
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