Key Responsibilities :

- Design and implement scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient Azure cloud solutions.

- Define cloud architecture strategies and technical standards aligned with business and engineering objectives.

- Lead cloud migration, application modernization, and microservices transformation initiatives.

- Architect and implement cloud-native, API-driven, and event-driven solutions.

- Drive AI initiatives and architect AI-enabled applications and platforms using modern AI development tools, frameworks, and engineering best practices.

- Establish and implement AI guardrails, security controls, responsible AI practices, and secure AI-assisted development standards.

- Evaluate emerging cloud and AI technologies and recommend appropriate solutions based on business needs.

- Collaborate with engineering, product, security, DevOps, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical architectures.

- Define architecture patterns, coding standards, development practices, and technology guidelines.

- Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership across architecture and implementation.

- Ensure solutions meet requirements for security, scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and cost optimization.

- Support technical evaluations, architecture reviews, proof-of-concepts, and technology adoption decisions.

Required Skills :

- Cloud & Architecture : Azure Cloud, Azure Architecture, Cloud-Native Architecture, Microservices, API Gateway, Event-Driven Architecture

- AI & AI Engineering : AI Architecture, AI-enabled Solutions, AI-assisted Development, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, AI Guardrails, Secure Code Generation, Responsible AI

- Application Development : .NET Core/.NET (C#) or Java, REST APIs, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), SOLID Principles, Clean Architecture

- DevOps & Containers : Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform (preferred)

- Databases & Caching : SQL, NoSQL, Redis, Database Architecture

- Security & Identity : OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Auth0

- Architecture & Engineering : Solution Architecture, Distributed Systems, Scalability, High Availability, Security, Performance Optimization

- Experience : 10+ years of overall IT experience with 5+ years of Azure Cloud Architecture experience

- Education : Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MCA, or a related field