Principal Cloud Architect (12+ Years / .NET Azure)
This role seeks a strategic leader with 12+ years of experience (5+ in architecture) to drive global technology strategy and enable engineering teams Enable Engineering Autonomy : Support India-based engineering teams with architectural
direction and decision-making while US-based counterparts are offline.
- Architect with Purpose : Design scalable, secure, and maintainable systems across various
product and service domains using modern architectural principles such Event Driven
Design and Domain Driven Design.
Communicate with Clarity : Translate complex technical ideas into clear documentation,visuals, and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences across
geographies.
Collaborate Across Boundaries : Partner closely with product managers, tech leads, andsenior stakeholders in both India and the US to align business goals with technical
strategy.
Lead by Example : Guide teams through code reviews, solution design, architecturalwalkthroughs, and mentorship.
Improve Through Documentation : Create and maintain robust system diagrams, architecture documentation, and internal knowledge bases.Foster Innovation : Stay ahead of emerging technologies, patterns, and practices, andbring those insights into our technical strategy.
Strengthen Observability & Reliability : Collaborate with DevOps and SRE to enhancemonitoring, alerting, and operational health of systems.
Support Integration Needs : Design and oversee integrations with internal services andexternal vendor Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience.
12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 7 years in architecture ortechnical leadership roles.
Deep expertise in designing distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, andcloud-native applications
Hands-on experience with : NET Core (C#), Modern frontend frameworks (React,Angular), Azure Cloud Services - App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB,
Blob Storage, Event Grid, Azure Monitoring, SQL Server, ElasticSearch
Strong understanding of performance, scalability, microservices architecture, domaindriven design, event driven design and CQRS.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work acrosscultures and time zones effectively.
Proven experience writing technical documentation, architectural diagrams (UML, dataflow, etc.), and mentoring diverse technical teams.
Desired Skills :
Microsoft Certified : Azure Solutions Architect or Azure Developer Associate.Familiarity with the Banking, FinTech, or Financial Services domains.Experience in high-scale environments with production support responsibilities.Background working on globally distributed teams.Experience integrating third-party vendor platforms and APIs(ref : hirist.tech)