Solution Architect - Azure with any Programming Languages

Job Title: Solution Architect

Job Location: Hyderabad / Mohali / Kochi

Experience: 13 - 18 years

Summary of position:

The position holder will be responsible for end-to-end solution design. They will have a good understanding working across all facets of architecture: Application, Data, Security, Infrastructure & Business. This role will be part of the Enterprise Architecture team and will have the opportunity to work in a green field environment and set the foundations for the future state architecture.

The position holder will be instrumental in shaping the design of Azure solutions as we look to transform the way our applications and digital services connect and share information. A strong understanding of Azure PaaS, containerization and API Management will be needed to ensure robust, cost-effective, secure and scalable solution options are created. They will be responsible for understanding and translating business, technical, functional, and non-functional requirements into the solution design artefacts to enable developers and testers to create efficient and reliable IT solutions.

This position will report into Enterprise Architect.

Duties and responsibilities

• A strong understanding and practical experience in planning and delivering cloud migration projects
• Strong understanding of traditional monolithic, cloud-native and mobile architectures
• Design various architectural layers (Conceptual and Solution Architecture Documents) for targeted programs, with an emphasis on Infrastructure, Application, Data, Security and Business Architecture
• Engage in architecture governance, review boards and working group meetings to gain approval for solutions, standards, and design patterns
• Contribute to the development of business cases and request for proposals
• Update and maintain the Enterprise Repository with architecture revisions
• Assist projects by identifying and managing risks and issues early in the process
• Support the planning, implementation, and migration of applications and infrastructure services
• Oversee architectural governance throughout the design, construction, and operational phases
• Provide direction to technical teams to ensure detailed designs adhere to the target architecture, standards, and patterns
• Ability to work in an Agile environment
• Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Other Vendors and various other Business Stakeholders.
• Analyse business requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Contribute & expand on established integration principles, patterns and standards that will govern the approach to application and data integration.
• Supporting the implementation and maintenance of integration solutions, ensuring functional and non-functional objectives are met
• Demonstrated knowledge of TOGAF (nice to have)
• Microsoft Azure certifications (nice to have)

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in creating end-to-end highly available solution designs for Azure cloud
• Knowledge of common programming languages such as C#, Node.js, Java etc.
• Experience in building solution design for mobile apps
• Strong technical acumen in Azure Container Apps, CosmosDB, Service Bus, Blob storage, SQL Server, Entra ID, VNets, WAF, Redis, Event Grid, Azure API Management and DevOps
• Experience with fine/coarse grained APIs and Microservices with emphasis on performance and security.
• Create detailed architecture designs, including system diagrams, data flows, and deployment models
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta or Thales as well as logging and monitoring
• Experience completing and delivering Conceptual and Solution Architecture documents
• Ability to present and communicate both business and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with business and technical requirement analysis, business process modelling/mapping, methodology development, and data mapping.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills; ability to design and manage complex cloud infrastructures.
• Knowledge of AWS (nice to have)