System Architect - Cloud and Railway Innovation
IT Link Group
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Job Description
System Architect - Cloud and Railway Innovation
Do you aspire to design the architecture of future signaling systems? As a System Architect - Cloud and Railway Innovation, you will define how to combine railway safety (SIL4) with the flexibility of standard IT servers.
Your Challenges
- System Design: Draft specifications and impact analyses to port the platform to standard servers.
- Synchronization: Study and define new synchronism mechanisms (analysis of PTP - Precision Time Protocol technology) to replace current triggers.
- Education Strategy: Define the principles of "Progressive Education" to allow for longer and more flexible update cycles.
- Animation: Lead Design Reviews with architects and safety teams.
Profile Sought
This position is for you if…
You are an experienced System Architect with knowledge of highly constrained environments (SIL4).
Essential Knowledge
- Composite system architecture and "SIL4" operational safety.
- Knowledge of modern IT technologies: Virtualization, Standard Servers, Cloud.
- Experience collaborating with Safety, Hardware, and RAM departments.
- Hard Skills: Specification writing, leading Design Reviews, technical English.
Your Personal Qualities
- Proactive: This is an exploratory project, requiring the ability to propose solutions (e.g., decision matrices).
- Leadership: To facilitate reviews with business experts.
Why Join Us?
You will join the project in its exploratory phase with an ambitious delivery target (mid-2026). This is a unique opportunity to define tomorrow's standards for hosting critical applications on the Cloud.
About IT Link Group
Committed to equal opportunities, we believe that diversity is a strength. We know how to respect, appreciate, and value everyone's differences: your skills and human qualities will be considered.
“Connect and Create for Change”… with us!
IT Link is an expert in connected systems.
For 40 years, we have been focusing on connecting technologies, objects, and people to provide solutions to the major current challenges of our society (environment, health, safety…).
We support our clients in their innovation and transformation projects, from embedded technologies to business applications, including cloud and data science.
For this, we rely on our 950 Linkers present in 15 agencies worldwide (France, Benelux, Canada, and Morocco).
Benefits of Life at IT Link
- Restaurant Vouchers: You benefit from daily restaurant vouchers worth 10 euros, 60% of which are covered by the company.
- 100% Transport Coverage: We fully cover your public transport subscriptions, helping you reduce expenses and travel with peace of mind. An economic and eco-responsible advantage to facilitate your daily life while supporting sustainable mobility.
- Health: A health and well-being partnership with Alan, a digital and high-performing mutual insurance company, 75% covered by IT Link for the employee and their children. In addition to extensive coverage, Alan offers beneficiaries many services, including access to health professionals outside of usual consultation hours.
- Collective Telework Agreement: A telework agreement signed with employee representatives frames remote work practices, promoting flexibility while ensuring harmonious organization. The agreement provides for a telework allowance and IT Link's participation in purchasing office equipment.
- Additional Leave: You enjoy an extra day off every 4 years in recognition of your commitment to the company, days to care for sick children, and annually defined non-worked days (JNT).
- CSE (Social and Economic Committee): You have access, without seniority conditions, to social and cultural activities offered by the CSE, which include discounts for leisure, cultural activities, events, or purchase vouchers.
- Crèche Places: Each year, we reserve 10 crèche places to facilitate the return to work of our Linkers.
- Action Logement: The schemes offered by Action Logement allow you to benefit from aid for housing search, financing work or a security deposit, partial coverage of moving expenses, or advantageous loans for purchasing a home.
- Blablacar Daily: Thanks to the "home-to-work" carpooling solution with Blablacar Daily, you can easily organize your daily commutes with colleagues. This practical and eco-responsible platform allows you to share your journeys, reduce costs and carbon footprint while optimizing your time.
- Sustainable Mobility Package: As an employee, you benefit from the Sustainable Mobility Package, amounting to 550 euros per year. This scheme allows you to finance the purchase of ecological mobility solutions, such as a bicycle, electric bicycle, or any other environmentally friendly means of transport.
- Disability: Awareness tools are implemented, along with anytime access to our disability referent.
- Generosity: Join Linkers who participate in salary rounding with company matching to support causes close to your heart.
Key skills/competency
- System Architecture
- Railway Safety (SIL4)
- Cloud Technologies
- Virtualization
- Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
- Design Reviews
- Specifications Writing
- Impact Analysis
- Leadership
- Problem-Solving
How to Get Hired at IT Link Group
- Research IT Link Group's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight extensive experience in SIL4 environments, system architecture, cloud technologies, and railway signaling projects.
- Showcase problem-solving skills: Emphasize instances where you proposed innovative solutions in complex, exploratory technical contexts.
- Prepare for technical discussions: Be ready to deep-dive into topics like PTP, virtualization, and the integration of safety-critical systems with standard IT infrastructure.
- Demonstrate strong leadership: Provide examples of leading Design Reviews and collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including safety, hardware, and RAM experts.
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