Enterprise Solutions Architect, Staff

Synopsys • USA Off-Site, PA

2d • $99,200 - $148,800 • Remote

About The Position

Synopsys is seeking a Staff Enterprise Solutions Architect to support and maintain development and production container environments across a global engineering organization. The role focuses on Kubernetes and Rancher platforms, infrastructure automation, CI/CD support, infrastructure maintenance, patching, security upgrades, and consistent configuration management.

The architect will work with software development teams to build reliable, self-service infrastructure that reduces manual handoffs and operational toil. The position also contributes to incident response, security and compliance, onboarding, platform resilience, and infrastructure modernization by applying automation, SRE practices, documentation, and repeatable deployment patterns.

Requirements

• Experience with containers and Kubernetes; Rancher experience is preferred.
• Ability to write custom, complex scripts and maintain existing scripts; YAML and Bash are preferred.
• Competence managing, developing, and using deployment automation tools; Ansible, Terraform, and Flux are preferred.
• Competence managing Linux servers.
• Ability and desire to learn new technologies quickly.
• Experience working in a software development organization; Agile experience is preferred.
• Understanding of technology stacks for troubleshooting, including networking and storage.
• Ability to document work for knowledge sharing and repeatability.
• Motivated, energetic team player.
• Ability to work independently and own tasks through completion.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Git and GitHub Actions for CI/CD workflows.
• Networking experience, including routing, switching, and firewalls.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Familiarity with code-scanning tools such as SonarQube.
• Familiarity with repository management tools such as Artifactory.
• Rancher experience.
• YAML and Bash scripting experience.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, and Flux.
• Agile experience.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain development and production container environments using Kubernetes and Rancher.
• Automate infrastructure tasks using tools such as Terraform, Flux, Ansible, and GitHub Actions.
• Support software development teams with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure needs.
• Perform infrastructure maintenance and optimization.
• Test and apply software patches, security upgrades, and configuration changes.
• Ensure uniformity, documentation, and configuration management of infrastructure resources.
• Build reliable, self-service infrastructure that helps development teams ship faster.
• Automate repetitive tasks and embed SRE practices into platform design to reduce operational toil and incident response time.
• Maintain patch management and configuration standards and apply infrastructure-as-code practices to improve security and compliance.
• Maintain clear documentation and repeatable deployment patterns to support onboarding and collaboration.
• Identify and address configuration drift, resource bottlenecks, and failure modes.
• Maintain highly available container environments used by global engineering teams.
• Evaluate, test, and integrate tools and practices that improve the developer experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits.
• The role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed