Experience – Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Austin, TX
Senior Software Engineer
June 2020 to February 2022
Member of the LaneSide Group that is responsible for installation and maintenance of Cashless Traffic Tolling Plazas in the United States.
The amount of equipment used in Cashless Traffic Toll Plazas is extensive - loop detectors, axle detectors, 3D cameras, illuminators, tag readers, Application Servers, and Zone Controllers.
All hardware is duplicated for reliability.
Each Toll Plaza is controlled by a Linux based Zone Controller, which controls all equipment in the Plaza.
A Toll Plaza is responsible for generating Vehicle Transactions (tag id, vehicle picture, loop data, and axle data) that are stored in an Oracle Database.
Toll configuration is via XML and JSON, which is also stored in the Oracle Database.
Each client has an Application Server (that is also Linux based) that controls all Zone Controllers.
Ansible is used to manage Zone Controllers.
The LaneSide Team is responsible for installing the Application Server and the Zone Controllers.
This includes configuration management (git), Linux IT, health check, debugging, and automation.
The work is done in C++, Python, Oracle Database, and Ansible in an Agile environment.