Solution Architect (C/Linux Modernization)

Solution Architect

Multiple Location (Hyderabad, Bengaluru, NCR)

Role Overview

C on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

porting, refactoring, and rearchitecting legacy C code

Key Responsibilities

• Perform deep-dive assessment of existing RHEL4-based C application stack, dependencies, IPC mechanisms, flat file systems, and cron/night job processes.
• Identify obsolete libraries, system calls, and deprecated functionalities that require rewriting or alternative implementation for AlmaLinux 9.
• Create a robust target architecture on AWS leveraging EC2, networking, IAM, and security best practices.
• Build a phased migration and modernization roadmap, including cost and effort estimation.
• Define build and compilation toolchains, CI/CD approach, and testing strategies for the modernized C codebase.
• Collaborate with TuxCare consulting team to leverage expertise on legacy OS support and compatibility layers.
• Document all findings, prepare proposal decks, and support presales/solutioning discussions.

Required Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in Linux systems engineering and solution architecture.
• Strong expertise in C development, compilation toolchains (GCC), and porting legacy code to modern Linux.
• Deep knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AlmaLinux operating systems and their libraries.
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Familiarity with low-level Linux concepts: IPC, shared memory, semaphores, signals, and system daemons.
• Experience with refactoring/modernizing legacy codebases for compatibility with modern OS and libraries.
• Strong documentation, estimation, and solution proposal skills.
• Experience migrating monolithic C systems to modular or containerized architectures