Optisol Business Solutions

Solution Architect - Digital ServicesExperience : 8+ yearsWork Location : Chennai (Hybrid)We are looking for a visionary Solution Architect to lead enterprise-grade digital transformation projects.If you have expertise in cloud-native solutions, application modernization, GenAI integration, and enjoy mentoring teams while driving innovation, this role is for you.You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence strategic technology decisions, and help shape the future of enterprise solutions.Key Responsibilities : - Oversee the solution architecture and design for key projects, delivering accurate estimates and coordinating with architects and designers across solution, infrastructure, and data disciplines to effectively address business challenges.- Collaborate with delivery teams, production support, and shared services partners (Quality Assurance, Infrastructure Engineering, Reference Architecture) to ensure alignment of solution strategies and estimates.- Lead the establishment of technical best practices, standards, and guidelines, ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives.- Mentor and guide a team of engineers, fostering their professional growth and providing support in navigating technical challenges.- Partner closely with product managers, business analysts, and stakeholders to understand project requirements and transform them into viable technical solutions.- Actively engage in Scrum team activities, providing architectural direction, and guiding technical teams through complex challenges while ensuring best practice adherence.- Continuously assess and recommend tools, platforms, and frameworks to meet evolving project needs with high compatibility and efficiency.- Promote modular design principles for independent component development and testing, while applying best security practices such as least privilege and data protection.- Conduct quality and security assurance, develop metrics for code quality, and ensure adherence to automated code review processes.- Conduct code and design reviews to ensure compliance with architecture standards.- Mentor engineering teams on design, architecture, and emerging technologies.- Collaborate with AI/ML teams to integrate AI components into enterprise solutions.- Design and recommend GenAI-enabled applications using LLMs, vector databases, and prompt engineering.- Provide leadership in database modernization assisting in the migration from legacy RDBMS platforms to cloud-native databases or NoSQL solutions, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.- Lead incremental modernization strategies for legacy applications, including refactoring, containerization, and microservices adoption.Required Skills & Experience : - Bachelors/masters in computer science, Engineering, or related field.- Strong programming experience in .NET / Python / Java / Node.js.- In-depth experience designing & implementing software solutions using cloud-native technologies.- Hands-on experience in at least one major cloud platform (AWS or Azure).- Experience in Microservices, Micro Frontend, API Gateway, and Messaging Implementation.- Understanding of GenAI apps (LLMs, embeddings, prompt chaining), ML workflows, or vector databases.- Good understanding of REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and integration patterns.- AWS/Azure Solution Architect Certification, TOGAF, or similar framework certifications.- Experience with database modernization migrating from legacy relational systems to managed cloud databases or alternative modern platforms.- Familiarity with schema optimization, database versioning, and migration tools (e.g., Flyway, Liquibase).- Awareness of cloud security, compliance, and cost optimization.- Experience with application modernization strategies, including containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and incremental refactoring approaches.- Ability to integrate security considerations throughout the SDLC, including threat modelling and secure coding practices.- Experience conducting security assessments (SAST, DAST, vulnerability scanning).Nice to Have : - Experience in brownfield modernization upgrading legacy platforms without major business disruption.- Exposure to high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) architecture for business-critical systems.- Understanding of event sourcing and CQRS patterns in distributed systems.- Prior experience in large-scale modernization projects within the environmental services, logistics, or utilities sector (ref:hirist.tech)