Job Objective :
The Technical Lead (Solution Architect) will be responsible for designing and evolving enterprise architecture for large-scale, distributed systems. The role involves establishing technical standards, leading solution design, ensuring platform scalability, security, and interoperability, and mentoring teams to deliver robust, future-ready technology solutions.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design and evolve the enterprise architecture, ensuring it can integrate seamlessly with critical government systems (e.g., UIDAI Aadhaar for eKYC, DigiLocker, PFMS) while maintaining high scalability and performance.
- Establish technical standards, architectural principles, and best practices for the platform, ensuring a modular, microservices-based design that supports a large number of concurrent users and transactions.
- Lead technical decision-making for platform evolution e.g., AI-driven career mapping, credentialing, and labour-market intelligence.
- Architect end-to-end solutions across web / mobile front-ends, middleware, and backends, optimizing for security, maintainability, and interoperability.
- Design data architecture for real-time analytics, reporting, and evidence-based decision making across schemes.
- Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and interoperability standards (IT Act, DPDP, standards).
- Mentor vendor teams via design reviews and coding / performance / security standards.
- Align infrastructure, network, and security designs with Cloud & Infra and Security leads.
Required Skills and Qualifications :
B.Tech. / M.Tech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; Masters degree preferred.12+ years of experience in solution / enterprise architecture or systems design, including at least 4 years in leading architecture teams or major technology transformation initiatives.Proven track record in designing large-scale, distributed systems and integrating complex platforms supporting millions of users (experience with government or public-sector platforms is a plus).Mandatory : Prior government / public sector project experienceEssential Skills :
Full-stack & microservices : Go, Node.js, Java (Spring Boot); Angular, React, React Native.Integration : Kafka, REST / GraphQL, Istio service mesh.Identity : Keycloak / OIDC, OAuth2, SSO and token management.Cloud & DevOps : ROSA (OpenShift on AWS), Kubernetes, Docker.Desirable Skills :
Certifications : AWS / Azure Architect, TOGAF, OpenShift.Background in DPI / e-governance platforms.(ref : hirist.tech)