- Provide leadership related to cloud transformation specifically in Application Modernization, API Integration by leveraging AI and PaaS solutions in public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure).

- Design and document target-state architectures for modernized applications, leveraging microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless computing, and event-driven patterns.

- Hands-On Prototyping : Actively participate in building Proofs-of-Concept (PoCs) and foundational components of the new architecture to validate design decisions and mitigate technical risks.

- Continuously evaluate and recommend new integration technologies, platforms (iPaaS, ESB), and tools to enhance integration capabilities and performance.

- Partner with Google Cloud Technical Solution Architects to define the technical execution plan during pre-sales and implementation stages.

- Lead workload and opportunity review meetings with sales and technical teams, and provide insight into how to achieve a technical agreement and migration strategy, working directly with our customers, partners, and prospects.

- Work cross-functionally to resolve technical roadblocks, constraints and product challenges affecting customer satisfaction.

- Lead a fast-paced team of cloud pre-sales and deployment engineers.

- Conduct customer workshops, discovery sessions, PoCs, and solution demonstrations.

- Engage directly with prospects regarding architecture discussions and best practices.

- Travel on-need basis to customer locations within South or West of India for architecture workshops or PoCs during pre-sales phase.

Required Skills :

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 10 yrs Experience in cloud or software engineering in PaaS, SaaS at an enterprise technology company, or similar customer facing experience.

- 5+ years Experience in software development and architecture.

- A minimum of 4 years in a dedicated technical or solution architect role, focused on application and data integration.

- 5+ years Experience in People management of a technical team including leadership engagement and team development.

- 5+ Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders and. executive leaders.

- Ability to present to both technical and non-technical audiences, engaging executive-level stakeholders in business and technology transformation.

- Cloud Application Deployment : Hands-on experience designing and deploying applications on a public cloud platform (AWS, GCP).

- Expertise with serverless computing (Lambda, Functions, Elastic Beanstalk, AppFlow, AppRunner, Fargate, CloudRun, App Engine, Firebase), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Programming : Expert-level proficiency coding skills in Java (including frameworks like Spring Boot) or Python (including frameworks like Django/Flask).

- Integration Technologies : Experience with REST APIs, SOAP, and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.

- API Management & Security : Proven experience with API Gateways (e. Apigee, AWS API Gateway) and implementing security standards like OAuth.0, OpenID Connect, and JWT.

- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

- A collaborative mindset with a proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Have :

- Knowledge or Basic Experience with big data and machine learning frameworks, LLM Models.

- Proficiency with relational (e., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e., MongoDB , DynamoDB) database.