Solution Architect - API Strategies

Solution Architect

Experience : 8+ Years

Responsibilities :

- Design end-to-end solution architecture aligned with business and technical requirements.

- Define application, integration, data, security, and infrastructure architecture for enterprise solutions.

- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and development teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

- Lead architecture discussions and provide technical direction throughout the project lifecycle.

- Define integration patterns, API strategies, and microservices architecture.

- Review and approve solution designs, technical specifications, and implementation approaches.

- Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise architecture standards, security policies, and best practices.

- Provide technical leadership to development teams during implementation and deployment.

- Identify technical risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.

- Drive performance optimization, scalability, availability, and disaster recovery planning.

- Support DevOps, CI/CD, cloud migration, and automation initiatives.

- Participate in architecture governance, design reviews, and technical decision-making.

Primary Skills :

- 8+ years of strong hands-on experience in Python development.

- Strong expertise in designing and developing enterprise-grade applications using modern architectural principles.

- Experience with Microservices Architecture, RESTful APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, and API Gateways.

- 3+ years of experience working with cloud platforms.

- 1+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.

- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

- Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.

- Experience with messaging technologies such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Azure Service Bus.

- Strong understanding of application security, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML, and enterprise integration patterns.

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and following Agile delivery methodologies.

- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.

Secondary Skills (If Any):

- Experience with AI/ML platforms, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, or Analytics solutions.

- Experience with Azure Services, Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, or similar enterprise platforms.

- TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent certifications are preferred.

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