Technical Architect

Role-Tech Architect

Grade-AVP/VP

Location-Navalur-Chennai

Mode of working-WFO

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly experienced Client-Facing Solution Architect to join our team of experts delivering scalable, microservices-based enterprise solutions across a variety of customers, especially in regulated and complex environments like banking and financial services.

In this role, you will act as a technical leader, trusted advisor, and architecture expert , working closely with customer stakeholders (CIO, Infrastructure Heads, Security, and DevOps teams) to drive successful implementations of our productized microservice solutions.

Youll bring a deep understanding of enterprise systems, infrastructure, DevOps, security, and application architecture. You should be able to translate customer requirements into robust architectures , aligning with their identity, observability, integration, and deployment landscapes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture design for client implementations, based on our core microservice-based platform.
• Interface with client stakeholders including architecture, security, DevOps, and business teams to understand requirements and constraints.
• Own the Bill of Materials (BoM) and architectural blueprints, tailoring deployment models to client infrastructure (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid).
• Integrate with customer systems such as IAM/SSO platforms , observability stacks (e.g., ELK, Prometheus, Dynatrace, Splunk), and banking-grade security components.
• Guide customers through containerized deployments (Docker/K8s), CI/CD workflows, and DevSecOps best practices.
• Ensure alignment with customers data infrastructure involving PostgreSQL, Oracle DB, messaging systems (Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ).
• Drive architectural governance, technical workshops, and solution reviews.
• Collaborate with internal engineering and delivery teams to ensure implementations are robust and aligned with client needs.
• Stay abreast of evolving enterprise tech stacks and provide forward-looking guidance to both clients and internal teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 14+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution design, and implementation in customer-facing roles.
• Deep hands-on and architectural knowledge of:
• Microservice architectures and Spring-based frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, etc.).
• Messaging systems like Apache Kafka and ActiveMQ.
• RDBMS platforms like PostgreSQL and Oracle Database.
• Proven experience integrating with enterprise IAM systems (OAuth2, SAML, LDAP, etc.).
• Solid understanding of DevOps practices , containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD workflows (Jenkins, GitOps, etc.).
• Experience navigating enterprise observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, Splunk).
• Strong grasp of infrastructure architecture across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Experience with banking/financial services clients or other regulated industries is a major plus.
• Ability to create and present architecture diagrams, BoMs, and technical documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel to client sites (if required).