Senior Solutions Architect

About the Role

We're hiring a seasoned technology leader to drive end-to-end solution architecture and program delivery across a modern Microsoft stack. You'll own the technical vision, design scalable cloud architectures on Azure, lead ASP.NET/.NET engineering teams, and run complex, multi-team programs with DevOps/CI/CD best practices. You'll manage an onsite–offshore delivery model, aligning stakeholders, developers, SRE/DevOps, QA, and vendors to deliver secure, reliable, and cost-efficient platforms.

What You'll DoArchitecture & Design

• Define target architectures for cloud-native and hybrid solutions using Azure (App Service, AKS, Functions, API Management, Service Bus, Event Hub, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB, Storage, Key Vault, Application Insights).
• Lead .NET/ASP.NET Core backend and Web API design (REST/gRPC), microservices, event-driven patterns, and domain-driven design.
• Establish NFRs (scalability, performance, availability, security, observability) and guide design reviews, threat modeling, and reference architectures.
• Select standards for APIs, contracts, versioning, and integration (OAuth2/OIDC with Entra ID/Azure AD, RBAC, secrets management).

DevOps, CI/CD & Platform Engineering

• Own CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions) for build/test/deploy; automate quality gates, IaC, and release strategies (blue/green, canary).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform), config management, and environment promotion strategies.
• Drive observability (Application Insights/Log Analytics), SLOs/SLIs, incident management, and post-mortems.
• Champion security-by-design, compliance, data protection, and cost optimization/FinOps on Azure.

Technical Program Management

• Run multi-workstream roadmaps, dependencies, and risk/issue management with clear delivery plans and KPIs.
• Translate business goals into epics/OKRs; manage budgets, vendor contracts, and executive reporting.
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, SecOps, Data) to land outcomes on time and within scope.

People Leadership & Onsite–Offshore Delivery

• Lead and mentor engineering leads, architects, and TPMs across time zones; establish coding standards and review practices.
• Optimize the onsite–offshore model (hand-offs, overlap hours, SLAs) and continuously improve throughput and quality.
• Foster a culture of craftsmanship, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Deep Microsoft stack expertise: .NET 6/7/8, ASP.NET Core, C#, Web API, LINQ, Entity Framework/Core.
• Azure architecture: designing and operating production workloads using core PaaS/IaaS services listed above.
• DevOps/CI/CD: Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, pipelines, artifacts, test automation, release management.
• IaC: Terraform and/or Bicep; environment provisioning and drift detection.
• Architecture skills: microservices, event-driven systems, caching, messaging, API design, data modeling.
• Security & compliance: identity (Entra ID), secrets/Key Vault, network security (private endpoints, NSGs), encryption.
• Leadership: team management of 10–40+ engineers across onsite/offshore; coaching, performance, hiring.
• Program delivery: roadmapping, estimation, risk management, stakeholder comms, executive updates.
• Methods: Agile/Scrum or Kanban, backlog management, acceptance criteria, Definition of Done.
• Communication: ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate between business and engineering.

Nice to Have

• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), DevOps Engineer Expert).
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or SAFe; experience establishing a PMO/TPMO function.
• Experience with Kubernetes (AKS), service mesh, and container security.
• Data & analytics exposure (ADF, Synapse, Fabric) or event streaming (Kafka/Event Hubs).
• Experience with performance tuning, load testing, and capacity planning.
• Experience modernizing legacy .NET Framework apps to .NET Core/.NET 8.

Working Model (Onsite–Offshore)

• Hybrid offshore work with daily overlap (2–4 hours) with onshore teams for standups and hand-offs.
• Occasional travel (up to 10–20%) for workshops, PI planning, and vendor/partner alignment.
• Flexible hours for critical releases and production events as needed.

What Success Looks Like (First 90–180 Days)

• Publish current-state assessment and target reference architecture; align on a 12-month roadmap.
• Stand up or harden CI/CD pipelines and IaC for at least two core services; deliver a zero-touch deploy path.
• Implement observability dashboards and SLOs; reduce MTTR and error budget burn.
• Establish an effective onsite–offshore operating rhythm (ceremonies, SLAs, documentation, runbooks).

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹2,500, ₹3,500,000.00 per year

Expected Start Date: 01/10/2025