IT / Application Architect - OpenShift Platform

Job Description:

Job Description
Role: IT / Application Architect – OpenShift Platform
Number of Positions: 1
Location: Bangalore, India
Description
Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for an IT Architect to join our Aircraft Test and Delivery department based in Bangalore, India.
You will be part of a team developing applications in the scope of an initiative for a collaborative platform supporting “Customer Line” operations and Customer relationships all along the aircraft Acceptance & Delivery process.

This PSL embedding the products used for :
● The activities related to the technical progress of the Production Aircrafts for the activities managed in the delivery center, in the flight line for ALL programs and for ALL Sites:Toulouse / Tianjin / Mobile / Hamburg / Mirabel
● The products and means used to communicate with the customer during the delivery of the aircraft that he is purchasing: Invitations, Orientation during visits in Plant/FAL,Technical Status, Request of Rework, planning dates, ...relying on the data which are managed within other Business Products
● The product & tools used to measure & drumbeat the progress of the Aircraft from end of manufacturing to delivery of the Aircraft: prioritization of Aircraft, Live technical status, escalation of critical Items, allocation/management of teams, efficiency of Actors
● The preparation & execution of the tests of the aircrafts on production Aircrafts: Noise detection, scheduling of flights, preparation of flights
Within the Digital & IM organization, we are seeking a highly experienced and passionate IT / Application Architect specializing in RedHat OpenShift (OCP 4) to join our team in Bangalore, India. You will play a pivotal role in designing, architecting, and modernizing cloud-native microservices, hybrid container platforms, and edge/PWA application topologies.
In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams, enterprise architects, and engineering leads to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing enterprise application solutions.
 

Qualifications & Experience
● Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
● Experience: 10 - 14+ years of total IT experience with at least 5–8 years of experience designing, architecting, and operating complex enterprise applications and containerized platform topologies.
● Agile Expertise: Minimum 2-3 years working in cross-functional Agile/SAFe or Scrum teams from inception through release.
● Language: Advanced proficiency in English (verbal and written).

Technical Skills & Requirements
1. Platform & Runtime Architecture
● RedHat OpenShift (OCP 4): Extensive hands-on design and architecture experience scaling cluster states across OCP namespaces, optimizing Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA), and configuring Pod Disruption Budgets (PDB).
● RedHat Source-to-Image (S2I): Proven ability to manage production artifact builds leveraging RedHat Universal Base Images (UBI9).
● Runtimes & Servers: Deep architectural knowledge of Java (OpenJDK 17, Spring, Quarkus) for microservices and batch systems, NodeJS 24 / ReactJS / Redux for front-end platforms, as well as Apache HTTPd 2.4 & Tomcat 10 for reverse proxying, valve logging, and runtime baselines.

2. System Design & Edge / PWA Topology
● Local-First Storage Patterns: Capability to architect high-availability offline-capable web apps using browser-based storage patterns (IndexedDB).
● Offline Data Synchronization: Design offline action capture to perform synchronization through replay-mode, validating operations using cryptographic signatures
● Layered Gateway Topologies & APIs: Building decoupled API fabrics and API Gateways to govern curated internal datasets safely out to consumer boundaries.
 

3. DevSecOps, Identity & Compliance
● Federated Identity & SSO: Expertise in managing enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) bridges, OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect (OIDC) over MobileSSO for both user (U2M) and machine (M2M) authentication.
● Peer-to-Peer Cryptography: Implementing cross-component token isolation utilizing signed and encrypted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) tokens via custom key configurations.
● Logical Export Controls: Implementing logical workspace borders separating restricted datasets (e.g., military ITAR data) based on contextual program variables.
● Segregated Audit Logging: Design dedicated log routing and indexing to maintain secure audit trails separate from standard application operational logs.
 

4. CI/CD & Automation
● Ansible Automation Platform: Writing infrastructure-as-code playbooks and managing cluster credentials securely via Ansible Vault.
● Pipeline Engineering: Constructing automated multi-stage compilation workflows using Jenkins pipelines integrated with enterprise GitHub repositories.
● DevSecOps Integration: Injecting static security inspection tools (SonarQube, CheckmarxOne, DefectDojo) into routine CI/CD pipelines.
 

5. Data & Core Infrastructure
● Oracle DB Topology: Configuring high-availability SQL*Net database connections targeting remote Oracle virtual instances bound to active Data Guard pools.
● Multi-Protocol Volumes: Mounting cluster-external network file spaces utilizing SFTP, NFS v4, or SMB/CIFS combined with active Kerberos validation.
● Perimeter Firewalls & Proxies: Designing and monitoring data pipelines traversing Data Center Filtering (DCF) firewalls and AxessGate proxy publication pathways.
 

Nice-to-Have Requirements
● Network Segregation: Experience restructuring container topologies to partition high-volume automated Machine-to-Machine (M2M) traffic separate from User-to-Machine (U2M) endpoints.
● NoSQL & Caching: Experience supporting persistence over MongoDB clusters and memory-based engine Redis.
● Relational Databases: Broad experience connecting microservices directly via SQL*Net to highly available PostgreSQL and Oracle instances.
 

Responsibilities & Tasks
● Solution Architecture & Design: Define and validate solution and application architectures for new and existing IT products using RedHat OpenShift (OCP 4) and cloud infrastructure.
● Dossier & Blueprint Authoring: Produce Architectural Requirement Dossiers (ARD) detailing logical, physical, network, and security layers using Archimate or standard UML modeling.
● Security & Compliance: Ensure full adherence to cyber security standards, zero-trust concepts, export control regulations (EC, Dual-Use, ITAR), and audit logging requirements.
● Stakeholder & Community Alignment: Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, and DevOps teams to align technical choices with business strategies.
● Mentoring & Leadership: Guide development and operations teams on cloud-native best practices, design patterns, and clean code principles.
● Innovation & Lifecycle Management: Evaluate new technologies and tools to continually optimize cost, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
 

Success Metrics
● Quality & On-Time Delivery: Consistently deliver high-quality ("first-time-right") architectural solutions on schedule.
● Innovation & Cost Optimization: Propose cost-effective, innovative application and infrastructure solutions.
● Customer & Stakeholder Satisfaction: Achieve high satisfaction levels from business domains and global enterprise IT partners.
● Team Synergy: Foster strong collaboration across local and international cross-functional teams.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus India Private Limited

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Digital <JF-IM-DI>

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