{"id":10814,"date":"2026-07-30T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hirist.tech\/blog\/?p=10814"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:44:39","slug":"brajveer-singh-enterprise-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hirist.tech\/blog\/brajveer-singh-enterprise-architect\/","title":{"rendered":"Brajveer Singh Enterprise Architect"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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color: var(--white); border-color: var(--bg-dark); }\r\n\r\n\/* ==========================================================================\r\n FOOTER\r\n ========================================================================== *\/\r\n.site-footer {\r\n background: var(--bg-dark);\r\n border-top: 3px solid var(--blaze);\r\n color: var(--text-muted);\r\n padding: 24px 0;\r\n font-size: 13px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.footer-inner {\r\n max-width: var(--site-max);\r\n margin: 0 auto;\r\n padding: 0 24px;\r\n display: flex;\r\n justify-content: space-between;\r\n align-items: center;\r\n flex-wrap: wrap;\r\n gap: 12px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.footer-links { display: flex; gap: 20px; }\r\n.footer-links a { color: var(--text-muted); }\r\n.footer-links a:hover { color: var(--white); }\r\n\r\n\/* ==========================================================================\r\n RESPONSIVE\r\n ========================================================================== *\/\r\n@media (max-width: 1024px) {\r\n .main-grid {\r\n grid-template-columns: 1fr;\r\n gap: 24px;\r\n }\r\n .sidebar {\r\n position: static;\r\n display: grid;\r\n grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;\r\n gap: 16px;\r\n }\r\n .hero-name { font-size: 32px; 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margin-top:4px; margin-bottom:0px;\">Enterprise Architect III @ <span class=\"company-name\">Granicus<\/span> | Ex-Cognizant, Morgan Stanley & Barclays<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"hero-meta\">\r\n<span class=\"hero-meta-item\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-briefcase\"><\/i> 19+ Years<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hero-meta-item\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-globe\"><\/i> Bengaluru, Karnataka, India<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hero-meta-item\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-trophy\"><\/i> BITS Pilani, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hero-meta-item\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-calendar\"><\/i> July 2026<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<!-- ========== MAIN GRID ========== -->\r\n<main class=\"main-grid\">\r\n<!-- ===== ARTICLE ===== -->\r\n<article class=\"article-body\">\r\n<!-- Share bar -->\r\n\r\n<!-- LEDE \u2014 The editorial hook. This is the one bespoke element per profile. -->\r\n<div class=\"article-lede\"><p>Brajveer Singh is one of those engineers who never stopped learning \u2014 and it shows. Over 19 years, he has built software for Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Cognizant, working on everything from high-frequency trading platforms to large-scale digital transformation projects. Today, he is an Enterprise Architect at Granicus, where he designs AI and cloud architectures for government platforms. What makes him stand out is not just the depth of his Java expertise, but the sheer breadth of his cloud credentials \u2014 seven AWS certifications, three Google Cloud Professional certifications, and Azure Fundamentals. Add to that a 13-course AI Security specialisation, the TOGAF certification, and multiple deep learning and GenAI programmes, and you start to see why his colleagues consistently describe him as someone who brings both depth and clarity to every problem he touches.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<!-- ===== CAREER ARC ===== -->\r\n<div class=\"section-header\" id=\"section-career\">\r\n<span class=\"section-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-route\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Career_Arc\"><\/span>Career Arc<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span class=\"section-line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!--\r\n STRUCTURE:\r\n - .arc-intro = editorial through-line (blog-only, not extracted)\r\n - .company-chapter = extractable card unit (goes to company pages)\r\n - .chapter-bridge = editorial connective tissue (blog-only, not extracted)\r\n \r\n On company pages, only .company-chapter blocks get extracted.\r\n Bridges and the intro stay on the blog.\r\n -->\r\n<!-- Through-line: frames the entire career as one story -->\r\n<div class=\"arc-intro\"><\/div><article class=\"company-chapter\" data-company=\"granicus\"><div class=\"chapter-header\"><span class=\"chapter-company\">Granicus<\/span><span class=\"chapter-period\">July 2025 \u2013 Present<\/span><\/div><p class=\"chapter-narrative\">As Enterprise Architect III, Brajveer designs reference architectures for Agentic AI, cloud, data, and enterprise applications. He evaluates emerging technologies through proof-of-concepts and advises leadership on strategic architecture decisions. He also leads hiring for senior GenAI roles.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"company-chapter\" data-company=\"cognizant\"><div class=\"chapter-header\"><span class=\"chapter-company\">Cognizant<\/span><span class=\"chapter-period\">November 2023 \u2013 July 2025<\/span><\/div><p class=\"chapter-narrative\">As Principal Architect and Associate Director, Brajveer led system architecture and development for Digital Engineering pods in Bengaluru. He designed scalable solutions for enterprise clients and managed cross-functional engineering teams delivering digital transformation projects.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"company-chapter\" data-company=\"morgan-stanley\"><div class=\"chapter-header\"><span class=\"chapter-company\">Morgan Stanley<\/span><span class=\"chapter-period\">March 2022 \u2013 November 2023<\/span><\/div><p class=\"chapter-narrative\">As Senior Java Lead and Vice President in Technology and Operations Risk, Brajveer handled technical oversight of operational risk frameworks. He built risk management tools and identity and access management solutions, improved engineering practices across the team, and worked on the data systems behind risk reporting.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"company-chapter\" data-company=\"barclays\"><div class=\"chapter-header\"><span class=\"chapter-company\">Barclays<\/span><span class=\"chapter-period\">June 2018 \u2013 February 2022<\/span><\/div><p class=\"chapter-narrative\">Brajveer held two roles at Barclays over nearly four years. As Java Tech Lead and AVP of Technology (2020\u20132022), he led design and development of Spring Boot applications, ensuring distributed systems met the bank's performance and security standards. Earlier, as Senior Java Framework Developer and AVP in Barclays Investment Bank's BATS division (2018\u20132020), he built and optimised Java frameworks for algorithmic and electronic trading in a low-latency environment.<\/p><\/article>\r\n<!-- CHAPTER: Axis Mutual Fund (current, flagship, gets the most space) -->\r\n\r\n<!-- BRIDGE -->\r\n\r\n<!-- CHAPTER: NeoGrowth -->\r\n\r\n<!-- BRIDGE -->\r\n\r\n<!-- CHAPTER: Deloitte -->\r\n\r\n<!-- BRIDGE -->\r\n\r\n<!-- CHAPTER: CreditAccess Asia -->\r\n\r\n<!-- BRIDGE -->\r\n\r\n<!-- CHAPTER: Infosys (shorter) -->\r\n\r\n<!-- CHAPTERS: Foundation roles (compressed, faster rhythm) -->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-- ===== IN THEIR WORDS \u2014 Testimonial ===== -->\r\n<!--\r\n STATE 1: .placeholder \u2014 Before candidate review\r\n STATE 2: (remove .placeholder class) \u2014 After approval, with real quote\r\n \r\n Toggle by removing the \"placeholder\" class and uncommenting the quote block.\r\n -->\r\n<!-- STATE 1: Placeholder (pre-approval) -->\r\n<!--\r\n <div class=\"testimonial-block placeholder\">\r\n <div class=\"placeholder-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-quote-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n <p class=\"placeholder-text\">Awaiting Candidate Review<\/p>\r\n <p class=\"placeholder-sub\">This section will feature a personal quote once the profile is approved.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n -->\r\n<!-- STATE 2: Live (post-approval) \u2014 Example with placeholder text -->\r\n<div class=\"testimonial-block\">\r\n<span class=\"testimonial-badge\">In Their Words<\/span>\r\n<blockquote class=\"testimonial-quote\">\"Good architecture is not about complexity \u2014 it is about making the right trade-offs so that systems scale, stay secure, available, resilient and remain simple enough for teams to own.\"<\/blockquote>\r\n<div class=\"testimonial-attribution\">\r\n<span class=\"testimonial-line\"><\/span>\r\n<div>\r\n<span class=\"testimonial-name\">Brajveer Singh<\/span><br\/>\r\n<span class=\"testimonial-role\">Enterprise Architect III at Granicus<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- ===== TECHNICAL IDENTITY ===== -->\r\n<div class=\"section-header\" id=\"section-stack\">\r\n<span class=\"section-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-terminal\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technical_Identity\"><\/span>Technical Identity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span class=\"section-line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"tech-grid\"><div class=\"tech-block\"><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Core_Strengths\"><\/span>Core Strengths<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><ul><li>Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF Certified)<\/li><li>Multi-Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)<\/li><li>Java & Spring Boot \/ Spring AI<\/li><li>Agentic AI & Generative AI Systems<\/li><li>Microservices & Distributed Systems<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"tech-block\"><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Education_Certifications\"><\/span>Education & Certifications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><ul><li><strong>M.Tech, Software Systems (Data Analytics)<\/strong> \u2014 BITS Pilani, 2015\u20132017<\/li><li><strong>B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering<\/strong> \u2014 Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, 2002\u20132006<\/li><li><strong>TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner<\/strong> \u2014 The Open Group<\/li><li><strong>AWS Certified Solutions Architect \u2013 Professional<\/strong> \u2014 Amazon Web Services<\/li><li><strong>Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect<\/strong> \u2014 Google Cloud<\/li><li><strong>Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals<\/strong> \u2014 Microsoft<\/li><li><strong>AI Governance Professional (AIGP) \u2013 Course Completed<\/strong> \u2014 IAPP<\/li><li><strong>Build Next-Gen LLM Apps with LangChain & LangGraph<\/strong> \u2014 Coursera<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\r\n<!-- ===== PEER PERSPECTIVES ===== -->\r\n<div class=\"section-header\" id=\"section-peers\">\r\n<span class=\"section-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-users\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Industry_Impact_Peer_Perspectives\"><\/span>Industry Impact & Peer Perspectives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span class=\"section-line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--text-muted); margin-bottom: 24px;\">What colleagues and clients have highlighted about his work.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 40px; color: var(--text-body); font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">Throughout his career, Brajveer has earned a reputation for bridging the gap between high-level architectural strategy and flawless ground-level execution. At Granicus, he is known for transforming complex technical requirements into scalable cloud and AI solutions that engineering teams can easily adopt and maintain. This hands-on leadership extends back to his time at Cognizant, where he guided massive digital transformation projects for enterprise clients.<\/p>\r\n <p>Earlier in his career, his architectural precision proved critical in high-pressure environments. At Morgan Stanley, he consistently delivered robust identity and access management tools alongside risk management systems, demonstrating a rare ability to balance strict compliance needs with high-performance engineering. Similarly, his work at Barclays was instrumental in optimising low-latency trading frameworks, ensuring absolute system reliability and speed when milliseconds mattered most.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!-- ===== SIGNAL \u2014 What they're doing now ===== -->\r\n<div class=\"section-header\" id=\"section-signal\">\r\n<span class=\"section-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-signal\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Signal\"><\/span>Signal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span class=\"section-line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--text-muted); margin-bottom: 16px;\">Recent activity and public contributions.<\/p><div class=\"signal-item\"><div class=\"signal-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-satellite-dish\"><\/i><\/div><p class=\"signal-text\"><strong>Cloud Architecture & Multi-Cloud Expertise<\/strong> - Brajveer has gone deep on cloud \u2014 and not just one platform. He holds seven AWS certifications (including Solutions Architect Professional and Security Specialty), alongside top-tier GCP and Azure credentials. But what truly sets him apart is his execution across complex, high-stakes environments. At Granicus, he designs resilient, multi-cloud architectures that power critical government platforms. During his tenure at Cognizant, he led digital engineering pods to deliver scalable, cloud-native transformations for massive enterprise clients. At Morgan Stanley, he modernised the infrastructure behind complex operational risk frameworks, ensuring data integrity at scale. And at Barclays, his architectural precision was central to optimising low-latency algorithmic trading systems where milliseconds mattered. When a business needs to choose between AWS, GCP, or Azure for a critical workload, he speaks from a track record of proven, hands-on delivery.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"signal-item\"><div class=\"signal-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-satellite-dish\"><\/i><\/div><p class=\"signal-text\"><strong>Enterprise Architecture & System Design<\/strong> - He is a certified TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner, which means he thinks about systems at the organisation level \u2014 not just individual applications. Over the years, he has designed reference architectures for microservices, event-driven systems, and distributed platforms. He is the kind of architect who will actually build a proof-of-concept before recommending something, rather than just drawing diagrams. That practical approach is a big part of why his recommendations tend to stick.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"signal-item\"><div class=\"signal-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-satellite-dish\"><\/i><\/div><p class=\"signal-text\"><strong>AI & Machine Learning<\/strong> - Over the past couple of years, Brajveer has gone all-in on AI. He completed a 13-course AI Security specialisation, the full Deep Learning Specialisation from DeepLearning.AI, and the LangChain and LangGraph specialisation for building LLM apps. He also completed a course on the AI Governance Professional (AIGP) from IAPP and the AWS Machine Learning Specialty. At Granicus, he is now putting all of that learning to work \u2014 designing Agentic AI architectures and personally running hiring drives for senior GenAI engineers.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"signal-item\"><div class=\"signal-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-satellite-dish\"><\/i><\/div><p class=\"signal-text\"><strong>Java Platform & Engineering Leadership<\/strong> - Java has been his bread and butter for close to two decades. He has built low-latency trading systems at Barclays, risk platforms at Morgan Stanley, and cloud-native microservices at Cognizant \u2014 all on the Java stack. But beyond the code, he is someone teams trust to lead. Colleagues describe him as someone who takes ownership, solves problems fast, and makes complicated things feel simpler for the people around him.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-- ===== SIGN-OFF ===== -->\r\n\r\n<\/article>\r\n<!-- ===== SIDEBAR ===== -->\r\n<aside class=\"sidebar\">\r\n<!-- Profile Card -->\r\n<div class=\"sidebar-card profile-card\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brajveer Singh\" class=\"profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hirist.tech\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brajveer.jpg\"\/>\r\n<h2 class=\"profile-name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brajveer_Singh\"><\/span>Brajveer Singh<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"profile-company\">Granicus<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"profile-stats\">\r\n<div class=\"stat-row\">\r\n<span class=\"stat-label\">Experience<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"stat-value\">19+ Years<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"stat-row\">\r\n<span class=\"stat-label\">Education<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"stat-value\">BITS Pilani, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"stat-row\">\r\n<span class=\"stat-label\">Location<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"stat-value\">Bengaluru, Karnataka, India<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- Table of Contents -->\r\n<div class=\"sidebar-card toc-card\">\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On_This_Page\"><\/span>On This Page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"toc-links\">\r\n<a class=\"toc-link\" href=\"#section-career\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"toc-bullet\"><\/span> Career Arc<\/a>\r\n<a class=\"toc-link\" href=\"#section-stack\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"toc-bullet\"><\/span> Technical Identity<\/a>\r\n<a class=\"toc-link\" href=\"#section-peers\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"toc-bullet\"><\/span> Peer Perspectives<\/a>\r\n<a class=\"toc-link\" href=\"#section-signal\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"toc-bullet\"><\/span> Signal<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- Job Matcher -->\r\n<div class=\"sidebar-card jobs-card\">\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Roles_matching_this_profile\"><\/span>Roles matching this profile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><a class=\"job-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hirist.tech\/j\/kpmg-lead-enterprise-architect-government-digital-transformation-1654796\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"job-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-server\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"job-info\"><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lead_Enterprise_Architect_%E2%80%93_Government_Digital_Transformation\"><\/span>Lead Enterprise Architect \u2013 Government Digital Transformation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p><\/p><\/div><\/a><a class=\"job-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hirist.tech\/j\/enterprise-architect-ai-and-cloud-platforms-1644545\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"job-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-server\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"job-info\"><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enterprise_Architect_%E2%80%93_AI_and_Cloud_Platforms\"><\/span>Enterprise Architect \u2013 AI and Cloud Platforms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p><\/p><\/div><\/a><a class=\"job-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hirist.tech\/j\/ericsson-enterprise-architect-java-python-1654819\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"job-icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-server\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"job-info\"><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enterprise_Architect_%E2%80%93_Java_Python\"><\/span>Enterprise Architect \u2013 Java & Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p><\/p><\/div><\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a class=\"jobs-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hirist.tech\/k\/enterprise-architect-jobs\" target=\"_blank\">See All Enterprise Architect Roles <i class=\"fa-solid fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- CTA -->\r\n\r\n<\/aside>\r\n<\/main>\r\n<!-- Footer inherited from blog theme -->\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brajveer Singh – Enterprise Architect III at Granicus | Hirist Spotlight Home Hirist Spotlight BRAJVEER…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brajveer Singh \u2013 Enterprise Architect | hirist.tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the career of Brajveer Singh, Enterprise Architect. 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