Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection’s threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place. 

Smiths Detection, part of Smiths Group is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security.

Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,000 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security.  

This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day.

Duties:

• Design and modeling of the application and system architecture to meet the needs of internal and external customers.
• Elaboration of the vision and architecture roadmap as part of the global software solution of Smiths and writing of the associated documents.
• Support to the product and project managers during the definition of the product and technological roadmaps, analysis, and evaluation of the load.
• Harmonization and industrialization of all the components and applications that are part of the solution. Guarantees the interfacing with other systems.
• Take charge of architecture and platform-oriented development projects. Set up and standardize development tools and platforms.
• Evangelization and coaching of development teams to promote best practices in development.
• Technology watch to anticipate and identify useful and relevant IT innovations.
• Capitalization of technical knowledge related to IT.

         Planning and Decision Making:

• Works on complex digital issues where the analysis of situations or data requires a thorough evaluation of variable factors.
• Works to achieve predetermined, long-term goals and objectives based on the marketing roadmap.
• Responsible for designing digital workflows for X-ray systems, as well as developing interfaces, and implementing them internally or externally based on strategic capabilities:

- Requirements capture and management

- IT system architecture and design

- IT system validation and verification

• Estimation and analysis of tenders (response to calls for tender) on the digital part upstream to estimate costs and solutions
• Propose a breakdown of the allocation of skills and know-how internally and externally (5-year road map with business / needs)

           Impact and Scope: 

• The decision has a direct impact on the strategy and revenues of Global Ports and Borders (30M€/year), and guides the technical work and decisions of 20-30 people.
• Problem solving is at the global market level, for the entire product portfolio 
• Directly influences Global Ports and Borders strategy, critical delays, revenue loss up to >5m€ and reputational impact.

Key Internal and External Relationships: 

• Global Director Digital & Architecture 
• Product Managers 
• Project Managers 
• Technology discipline architect  
• Manufacturing Engineers 
• Production technicians 
• Maintenance technicians 

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education requirements:

• Must possess at least a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and/or Computer Engineering/Science or equivalent

Knowledge

• More than 15 years of experience in the IT industry including architect, lead developer, scrum master or team leader.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, microservices architecture, data structure, algorithms, systems architecture.
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages (C/C++/C#) .NET Core OR (Java, Spring Framework) OR Proficiency in one or more frontend framework (HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / Angular / React / D3 / jQuery) OR Java SE/EE, Swing, JSF/Primefaces, Motif, OpenGL.
• Understanding and working experience with REST APIs.
• Good knowledge of SQL/No-SQL databases, PostgreSQL is preferred.
• Must have worked on Linux OR Windows software development environments.
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and Pair Programming.
• Knowledge of Coding Standards, version management (Git/Bit bucket or similar), Build Process, Packaging, DevOps and CI/CD.
• Ability to work with multiple teams and projects at any given time.
• Ability to quickly learn complex software, system and technology.
• Leveraging and contributing to Open Source projects.
•  Knowledge of open source tool chains and technologies.
• Mastery of the risks related to information security.
• Initiated to project management techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Competence and Abilities:

• Good knowledge of application architectures.
• Good technical knowledge of different operating systems, virtualization and containerization solutions, databases (relational and not), networks and storage solutions.
• Knowledge of issues related to big data and information processing (machine learning in particular)
• Rigorous and with a spirit of synthesis, you know how to conduct a critical analysis and present the essential on a given subject in a logic of recommendation.
• You can make proposals in relation to the needs expressed.
• As a communicator, you have excellent interpersonal skills and a good understanding of internal strategic power relations.
• Passionate about technology, you are aware of the trends in the IT market.
• Pedagogical, you know how to explain the architecture to the teams working on the project.
• In relation with the technical direction, the providers, and the project managers, you must show a spirit of negotiation and know how to convince

We offer…

Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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