Cloud Software Architect

Location: Vancouver – Pender St, Canada

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales CSP and Imperva have combined forces to become the largest data security vendor in the world and to jointly develop cybersecurity products for the largest companies around the globe. The joint offering allows covering all aspects of data security for our customers in a way no other vendor can compete with, and makes the Thales and Imperva brand the strongest in the market worldwide!  

Vancouver, BC, Canada – Hybrid

Position Summary

We’re looking for a Cloud Software Architect to join and drive the execution of Thales’ Platform strategy. This is a key role within the organization, and you will have a significant impact on Thales’ vision and growth. This position is part of Thales’ mission for building the foundations for all current and future Imperva products, and creating a unified open platform that connects the best-of-breed cyber security products in the world.

Fortune 500 enterprises rely on Imperva to protect their most valuable asset, their data. Imperva’s modern platform is optimized for reliable high-volume, low-latency data processing billions of events a day.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Design and build high-performance scalable distributed systems

• Collaborate with engineers in the group and mentor them to foster solid engineering principles, professionally grow, and represent our engineering values

• Take end-to-end leadership over high-impact cross-team projects

• Continuously learn and evaluate new technologies in an ongoing effort to advance our products

• Analyze and improve performance, scalability, and stability of platform products, environments, and tools

• Always be in code – contribute to POCs, architectural designs and new features

• Collaborate with other organizations and stakeholders and present architecture topics

• Collaborate with customers in understanding their needs, troubleshooting, design or POC sessions

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 8 years of software development experience, two of which as technical leadership / architecture roles

• Experience with Big Data platforms and modern technologies (microservices, serverless, K8S, Kafka, no-sql)

• Experience designing and maintaining high-scale SaaS solutions/platforms

• Hands-on experience with stream processing for near real-time systems (BigData, Distributed systems)

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructures and architectures – AWS advantage

• Hands-on experience with stream processing for near real-time systems (BigData, Distributed systems)

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructures and architectures (preference for AWS and GCP)

  · Proficiency in networking, security, and database technologies

  · Experience and strong understanding of cloud computing concepts (e.g. public/private/hybrid, distributed compute, gossip protocols)

The anticipated TTC range for this role is CAD $102,000 – 200,000 Annual. The Company reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

If you’re excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community! https://careers.thalesgroup.com/global/en/jointalentcommunity. You can upload your CV and our recruiters can get in touch with any new opportunities that may be of interest to you.

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Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.