Responsibilities include:

Designing and overseeing the architecture of software solutions.
Strong technical foundation, a thorough understanding of architectural principles, and the ability to lead and mentor teams effectively
Design scalable, secure, and robust .NET applications using Azure Cloud services.
Lead the cloud infrastructure design using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and other Azure services.
Develop and implement Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and delivery, ensuring best practices for automation and security.
Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle
Guide team to write reusable, testable, performant and efficient code
Lead the development team and collaborate closely with stakeholders to align the architectural vision with business goals.s
Lead by example by designing and implementing clean best-practices maintainable code
Troubleshoot and resolve architectural and infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery setups.
Experience in large scale software development.
Experience in Stakeholder Management (client facing roles)
Excellent communication and organizational skills

Primary Skills :

NET Framework .NET Core:

Expertise in C#, .Net Core, Entity framework, EF core, Microservices,
Expertise in RDBMS including MS SQL Server with thorough knowledge in writing SQL queries, Stored Procedures Architectural Skills
Design Patterns: Familiarity with design patterns (eg, Singleton, Factory, Repository, etc) and architectural patterns (eg, MVC, MVVM, Clean Architecture, DDD).
Microservices Architecture: Understanding of microservices principles, including service decomposition, inter-service communication, and API design.
Event-Driven Architecture: Knowledge of event-driven systems and messaging patterns, including using technologies like RabbitMQ or Azure Service Bus.
Cloud Architecture: Proficiency in cloud services (eg, Azure, AWS) and understanding of cloud- native application design, including serverless architectures and containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
Minimum 2 years of experience in an architectural role or as a lead developer with architectural responsibilities

Azure Cloud Services (All these skills set have to be reflected in Projects)

Experience in designing and implementing cloud architectures using:

Azure App Services (Web Apps, API Apps), Azure Key Vault
Azure Functions, Durable Functions
Docker, containerization practices.
Azure Logic Apps
Messaging service - Service Bus Event Grid
Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage
Design, implement, and deploy microservices on Azure.
Implement monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.

Azure DevOps:

Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release management.
Proficiency in using Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Artifacts, and integrating with Git.

Others:

Knowledge of architectural styles and design patterns, experience in designing solutions
Broad and extensive knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) with software development models like Agile, Scrum model, Jira models.
Designing, developing and executing software solutions to address business issues
Experience with RESTful APIs

Secondary Skills :

Experience with PowerShell or Bash scripting for automation.
Knowledge of Event Hub.
Experience with GraphQL.
Front-end JavaScript frameworks used for building dynamic, responsive, and interactive web applications (React/Angular/Vue.js)
Experience in Azure Active Directory (AAD), Managed Identities, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and API security.
Kubernetes, and containerization practices.

Dotnet Architect with Azure