Job Title: Principal Architect
Location: Bengaluru
Years of Experience: 13-16 Years
Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Principal Architect with a robust background in pre-sales, technology evaluation, and solution architecture. The ideal candidate will possess over 13 years of IT experience, focusing on defining and implementing scalable, high-performance architectures. This role demands a deep understanding of cloud-native services, Java technologies, and modern architectural patterns, with a particular emphasis on AI/ML relevance to enterprise architecture.
Responsibilities:
- Lead pre-sales activities, including proposal creation and bid management.
- Engage in technical consulting to provide innovative solutions to customer challenges.
- Review and enhance design and architecture of ongoing projects, assisting teams in troubleshooting.
- Define and maintain the technology roadmap for the business unit.
- Conduct customer visits to present technical capabilities and gather insights on customer pain points.
- Publish white papers, blogs, and best practices to establish thought leadership in the field.
- Mentor and groom architects within the team to enhance their skills and capabilities.
Mandatory Skills:
- Minimum of 13 years of IT experience, with at least 6 years in pre-sales, technology evaluation, and architecture.
- Proven experience in defining solution architecture with a focus on high availability, performance, scalability, disaster recovery, and security.
- Strong expertise in J2EE and familiarity with open-source technologies.
- Hands-on experience with Enterprise Architecture, microservices, orchestration, and deployment practices (CI/CD).
- Deep understanding of cloud-native services, particularly Architecting an application implementation.
- Experience with IoT technologies such as NB-Iot, CoAP, or similar protocols.
- Ability to produce scalable, reusable, robust, testable, and maintainable code.
- Experience in AI/ML, particularly in how it can be integrated into enterprise architecture and solution design.
Preferred Skills:
- Exposure to GDPR compliance.
- Domain expertise in Media & Entertainment, Digital Health, or Hi-Tech industries.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Relevant certifications in enterprise architecture or cloud technologies are a plus.
