Senior architecture architect

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Broadcom's Mainframe Software Division (MSD #BroadcomSoftware) delivers cutting-edge on-prem and hybrid software solutions that power mission-critical enterprise systems. Applications running on these platforms support the majority of global transactions and business-critical workloads.
We are seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead the architecture and evolution of the distributed components of CA 7 Workload Automation, including REST APIs, Observability (OpenTelemetry), Web UI, and distributed agent ecosystem.
This role will focus on building and evolving a modern, API-first, event-driven control plane that integrates mainframe scheduling with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and enterprise observability tools.
The ideal candidate is a highly experienced architect with strong distributed systems expertise, capable of driving design decisions, influencing multiple teams, and delivering scalable, high-quality solutions aligned with product and customer needs.
Works with architects, development leads, and product management to define and drive the architecture of CA 7 distributed components, including APIs, observability services, agents, and UI platforms
Defines and documents best practices, architectural standards, and design patterns for distributed systems and application development
Leads architecture for OpenTelemetry-based observability pipelines, enabling real-time streaming of workload events to enterprise platforms
Partners with stakeholders during early stages of projects to ensure solutions meet business requirements, scalability needs, and performance expectations
Guides development teams in building high-quality, testable, and maintainable code aligned with modern engineering practices
Drives shift-left practices, ensuring early involvement of testing, performance, and security considerations
Mentors and coaches engineers, helping elevate team capabilities in system design and modern development practices
Applies advanced concepts, practices, and procedures in software architecture and distributed systems design.
Serves as a technical leader and resource to others for resolving complex problems. Works independently with minimal supervision
Acts as a technical authority for distributed platform components
Business Travel and Physical Demands
Travel as required to support industry conferences, customer engagements, and internal events. Office environment - the role is based out of our Plano site. Bachelor's degree or global equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Typically 15+ years of experience in software development or a related field, with significant experience in distributed systems architecture and technical leadership.
Demonstrates high personal integrity and ability to earn trust
Strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching capabilities
Experience working in Agile development environments
Java, Spring Framework, and REST APIs Building and maintaining microservices and distributed systems in production
Observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry or similar) Event-driven architectures (e.g., Experience in: JavaScript and modern UI frameworks (React preferred)
CI/CD pipelines and automated testing Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Strong working knowledge of: API design, versioning, and integration patterns Debugging, performance tuning, and troubleshooting distributed systems
Workload automation concepts and distributed agent systems Observability platforms (Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, etc.)
Mainframe systems (z/OS, scheduling) and hybrid architectures is a plus
Modern web-based user experiences

The Senior Product Architect will play a key role in transforming CA 7 into a modern, hybrid workload automation platform that bridges mainframe and distributed ecosystems while supporting DevOps, SRE, and AIOps use cases.
This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.
Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.