Staff Cloud Architect – Virtualization Platform Cloud Architect

Warren, Michigan, United States

• Category: Architectural Engineering

Description

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Description

Hybrid: This position does not require an employee to be on-site full-time to perform most effectively. The employee will be required to be on-site three days per week.

The Role: We are currently looking for experienced and motivated candidates for the role of Staff Software Engineer – Virtualization Cloud Architect, as part of the Virtualization Platform & Automation team within Software & Services. The team’s mission is to create and automate a cloud-based virtualization platform, capable of headless execution of testcases against co-simulation packages, as part of a larger CI/CD framework.

As the cloud architect, you will be responsible to work across organizational boundaries to ensure the virtualization platform meets all technical, scalability, and commercial requirements. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Partner with and lead cross-functional teams to define, and document requirements to develop various cloud capabilities to virtualize and scale a test platform within a larger CI/CD framework.

Partner with various suppliers and internal process partners during the development and maintenance process.

Develop new and innovative methods to automate the maintenance of existing co-simulation environments in the cloud.

Serve as cloud application and virtualization subject matter expert for the larger organization.

Provide updates and live demonstrations to various levels of leadership and external organizations.

Additional Description

Qualifications: Required

Expert knowledge of various cloud platform (Azure 'strongly preferred', AWS, GCP etc.) and relevant services and containerization and orchestration tools like Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

Expertise in design, implementation, and maintenance of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline solutions.

Expert knowledge of various programming languages (C, C++, Python, Java, Quarkus, SystemC).

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline or computer science.

10+ years of experience developing and maintaining cloud application.

Expert knowledge of (GM ) cybersecurity standards and best practices.

Expertise in the development of automation capabilities using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Demonstrated success in leading challenging projects with high levels of ambiguity to completion.

Excellent communication skills.

Qualifications - Preferred

Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline or computer science.

Familiarity with GM in-house test automation tools and libraries

Familiarity with software development build process and associated tools.

Knowledge of automotive communications (e.g. CAN, LIN, Ethernet and SPI)

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Company

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General Motors

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