What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Systems Software Engineer position at Carnival Corporation?
The Software Engineer, Global Systems provides technical ownership, management, and support for Carnival Corporation's Microsoft platform-based Safety Management System application (Global HESS 2.0), including the design, development, implementation, configuration and maintenance of all associated software and hardware components, services, and interfaces.The role leverages industry-recognized cloud design patterns-such as Bulkhead for isolating failures, Retry for handling transient errors, Queue-Based Load Leveling for managing demand, CQRS for efficient data operations, and Saga to maintain data consistency across microservices.
Job Functions :
- Application Development : Design and maintain microservices, APIs, and integration components in C#, utilizing patterns like Publisher / Subscriber and Cache-Aside to ensure efficient, resilient workflows even when connections are intermittent.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work closely with solution architects, infrastructure engineers, and stakeholders to refine requirements, propose technical solutions, and iterate on features to meet safety and operational objectives.
- Observability and Supportability : Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics), utilizing patterns like Health Endpoint Monitoring for proactive issue detection and rapid remediation.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Use Terraform / Bicep and CI / CD pipelines to provision and manage Azure resources consistently and at scale, supporting rapid deployments and minimizing downtime.
- Security and Compliance : Incorporate Zero Trust principles and secure coding practices into your C# code and infrastructure, following patterns that safeguard data, manage identity, and align with industry regulations.
- Data and Messaging Solutions : Employ SQL Server as a primary data store and leverage messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Azure Service Bus) to build event-driven architectures that maintain data integrity and scalability.
- Testing and Quality Assurance : Develop and execute unit, integration, functional, and load tests, leveraging patterns such as Compensating Transaction to maintain consistency when operations fail. Familiarity with developing highly robust systems facilitated by blue-green deployments.
- Documentation and Knowledge Sharing : Produce clear technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks; mentor junior engineers and share best practices for cloud patterns and distributed system design.
- Cloud Design Patterns & Distributed Systems : Apply various cloud patterns (e.g., Bulkhead, CQRS, Queue-Based Load Leveling, Saga) to enhance resilience, scalability, and manageability, ensuring the system can handle fluctuating loads and recover from failures gracefully.
Qualifications :
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :
Physical Demands : Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and / or computer for extended periods of time.
Travel : Less than 25% with shipboard travel likely
Work Conditions : Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety / health hazard potential.
This position is classified as "in-office." As an in-office role, it requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Tuesday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Mondays and Fridays. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami / Ft. Lauderdale area.
Offers to selected candidates will be made on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account specific job-related skills and experience.
At Carnival, your total rewards package is much more than your base salary. All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program, while sales roles have an incentive plan. Director and above roles may also be eligible to participate in Carnival's discretionary equity incentive plan.Plus, Carnival provides comprehensive and innovative benefits to meet your needs, including :
Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans
401(k) plan that includes a company match
Holidays - All full-time and part-time with benefits employees receive days off for 8 company-wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays to be taken at the employee's discretion.
Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends
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About Us
Carnival Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel company, our mission to deliver unforgettable happiness to our gust through our diverse portfolio of leading cruise brands and island destinations, including Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America and Australia; P&O Cruises and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; AIDA in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe.
Join us and embark on a career that offers not only the chance to grow professionally but also the opportunity to be part of a global community that makes a difference.
In addition to other duties / functions, this position requires full commitment and support for promoting ethical and compliant culture. More specifically, this position requires integrity, honesty, and respectful treatment of others, as well as a willingness to speak up when they see misconduct or have concerns.
Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Cruise Line is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. In this regard, it does not discriminate against any qualified individual on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, mental, physical or sensory disability, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, federal, and / or international law.
