Enterprise Solution Architect - Cloud & Microservices

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Enterprise Solution Architect Cloud & Microservices to lead the design and evolution of enterprise-scale technology platforms.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining technology roadmaps, architecting cloud-native solutions, driving application modernization initiatives, and ensuring scalable, secure, and resilient systems aligned with business objectives.

This role requires deep expertise in microservices architecture, cloud platforms, event-driven systems, API management, and enterprise architecture best practices.

The candidate will work closely with engineering teams, product stakeholders, and business leaders to deliver robust digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities :

- Define and drive enterprise technology architecture strategy aligned with organizational goals.

- Develop technology roadmaps for modernization, cloud adoption, scalability, and digital transformation programs.

- Establish architecture principles, standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.

- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic adoption plans.

- Design end-to-end enterprise solutions leveraging cloud-native and microservices-based architectures.

- Create scalable, highly available, secure, and resilient application architectures.

- Define architecture blueprints, reference architectures, and reusable design patterns.

- Conduct architecture reviews and ensure compliance with enterprise standards.

- Lead migration of monolithic applications to cloud-native microservices architectures.

- Design multi-tier distributed systems on AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.

- Define cloud infrastructure, networking, security, observability, and disaster recovery strategies.

- Optimize cloud resource utilization, performance, and cost efficiency.

- Design and implement microservices ecosystems using Domain Driven Design (DDD) principles.

- Define API-first architecture strategies and API governance standards.

- Architect service communication patterns including synchronous and asynchronous integrations.

- Implement API Gateway, service mesh, and container orchestration solutions.

- Design event-driven systems for scalable and loosely coupled enterprise applications.

- Define event streaming, messaging, and integration patterns.

- Ensure high-throughput, low-latency, fault-tolerant communication between services.

- Establish best practices for distributed transaction management and eventual consistency.

- Partner with business leaders, product managers, engineering teams, and program managers.

- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

- Present architecture recommendations and technology strategies to senior leadership.

- Support project estimation, risk assessment, and technology decision-making.

- Lead architecture review boards and technical governance processes.

- Mentor development teams and senior engineers on architectural best practices.

- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, performance, and reliability standards.

- Drive continuous improvement across engineering and architecture functions.

Required Technical Skills :

1. Programming & Frameworks :

- Java

- Spring Boot

- Spring Cloud

- RESTful APIs

2. Architecture & Design :

- Microservices Architecture

- Domain Driven Design (DDD)

- Event-Driven Architecture

- Enterprise Integration Patterns

- Design Patterns

- Distributed Systems Architecture

3. Cloud Platforms :

- AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, CloudWatch)

- Azure (AKS, App Services, Functions, Event Hub, Azure SQL)

- Cloud Security & Governance

4. Containerization & Orchestration :

- Docker

- Kubernetes

- Helm

5. API & Integration :

- API Gateway

- Service Mesh

- REST APIs

- gRPC

- OpenAPI/Swagger

6. Messaging & Event Streaming :

- Kafka

- RabbitMQ

- ActiveMQ

- Event Hubs

7. Databases :

- PostgreSQL

- MySQL

- MongoDB

- Cassandra

- Redis

8. DevOps & Automation :

- CI/CD Pipelines

- Jenkins

- GitHub Actions

- Terraform

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

9. Monitoring & Observability :

- Prometheus

- Grafana

- ELK Stack

- OpenTelemetry

Qualifications :

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

- 915 years of experience in software development, enterprise architecture, and cloud solutions.

- Proven experience designing large-scale distributed enterprise applications.

- Hands-on expertise with cloud-native architecture and microservices modernization programs.

- Strong understanding of architecture governance and enterprise architecture frameworks.

- Experience leading cross-functional architecture and engineering teams.

- Experience with TOGAF or enterprise architecture frameworks.

- AWS Solutions Architect Professional

- AWS Solutions Architect Associate

- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

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