Roles and Responsibilities:

- Ability to design & lead to implement highly available, scalable, reliable & secured technology solutions.

- Conduct existing IT Architecture review and advise right-fit solutions.

- Capture and share best practices with peers & juniors and always look for reusable solutions.

- Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it.

- Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the software development lifecycle.

- Building Low-level design and tech flow.

- Continually researching the current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed.

- Work with other architects, leads to develop the technical and functional expertise of the organization.

- Well organized, attentive to details and able to meet demanding deadlines.

- Project Planning and Execution: Collaborate with project managers, development teams, and other stakeholders to plan test schedules, resources, and deliverables. Ensure timely and efficient execution of testing phases within project timelines.

- Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential risks in the projects and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact.

- Collaboration and Communication: Foster effective communication and collaboration among cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and outcomes.

Skills Required:

1. Technical Expertise & Development:

- Extensive experience in greenfield application development, encompassing requirements gathering, design, implementation, and testing.

- Proven track record in Application Modernization, utilizing a broad spectrum of approaches (e.g., re-platforming, re-factoring, re-hosting, re-architecting).

- Proficient in 3 or more programming languages.

i. Backend: Enterprise .NET, or Enterprise Java, with knowledge on NodeJS and Python.

ii. Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript framework like Angular, ReactJS, or VueJS.

- Deep understanding of at least 2 Cloud Platforms (GCP + Azure or AWS).

- Experience in API integration and Application deployment using containerization or using managed services.

- Experience with app integrations and API management systems (e.g., Google Apigee, Google Application Integration, Mulesoft, IBM Integration Bus).

- Familiarity in Unix/Linux development environments & tools including scripting & process management.

- Proficiency in leveraging Generative AI, for demonstrating practical application in improving code quality, accelerating development, or optimizing existing solutions.

2. Core Architectural & Design Competencies:

- Experience in designing system architecture for solving complex problems.

- Experience working with scalable, high-performance systems.

- Deep understanding of Programming Design Patterns.

- Experience designing and implementing microservices architectures and RESTful APIs. (Understanding of gRPC and GraphQL as an extension to RESTful APIs is a plus).

- Strong understanding of database design (including relational databases like SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases like MongoDB).

- Knowledge of Entity Framework or other ORM tools.

3. Security, Compliance & Quality:

- Strong Application and Data Security concepts and standard data privacy regulations, like HIPAA, CCPA, PCI compliance.

- Deep understanding of Testing approaches and its impact on delivery.

- Vulnerability management, secure design principles, logging monitoring and API security.

4. Methodologies & Tools:

- Experience of working in an Agile environment.

- Experience of using tools like Git, Jira, and Confluence.

5. Leadership, Communication & Business Acumen:

- Strong problem-solving ability.

- Good and proactive communication skills.

- A team player who can collaborate with all stakeholders with strong interpersonal skills.

- Self-starter with a drive to technically mentor your cohort of developers.

- The ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.

- Ability to help in GTM (Go-to-Market) and RPF (Request for Proposal) tasks and be front-facing the client during delivery and proposals.

- Passion for technology and solving real-life customer problems using technology.