Job Title: Solution Architect
Location: Ahmedabad
Role Overview
The Solutions Architect will be responsible for designing scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise solutions using Microsoft .NET, Azure cloud services, and relational databases including Oracle, MS SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. The role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, development teams, and project managers to translate business requirements into robust technical architectures and implementation roadmaps.
Key Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end application and solution architecture for enterprise-grade web, API, and cloud-based platforms using .NET and Azure.
- Work with clients, business teams, and internal stakeholders to gather requirements and convert them into technical solution designs and architecture blueprints.
- Define architecture standards for application layers, integrations, security, performance, scalability, and availability.
- Lead architecture discussions for modernization, migration, and cloud adoption initiatives, including legacy-to-cloud transformation.
- Provide technical leadership to development teams across the full project lifecycle, including design reviews, code reviews, and implementation guidance.
- Architect and optimize database solutions across Oracle, MS SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, performance tuning, and migration strategy.
- Design Azure-based solutions covering compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, disaster recovery, governance, and security.
- Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to define CI/CD pipelines, deployment models, observability, and infrastructure best practices.
- Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements such as maintainability, resilience, compliance, and cost efficiency.
- Stay updated on emerging trends in Microsoft technologies, cloud architecture, and enterprise solution design.
Required Skills
Technical Skills
- Strong experience in architecting and delivering applications using .NET / ASP.NET Core / Web API / Microservices.
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, including App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Storage, Key Vault, Service Bus, API Management, Azure AD, Monitoring, and networking concepts.
- Strong database architecture and development experience with Oracle, MS SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
- Hands-on knowledge of data modeling, indexing, stored procedures, query tuning, and database optimization.
- Experience in designing secure, scalable, and highly available distributed systems.
- Good understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, containerization, and deployment automation.
- Familiarity with integration patterns, REST APIs, messaging systems, and enterprise architecture best practices.
Soft Skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making ability.
- Ability to mentor developers and influence architecture decisions across teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of overall software development experience, with 3+ years in a Solutions Architect or Technical Architect role.
- Experience in enterprise application architecture, cloud transformation, and database modernization is highly preferred.
- Microsoft Azure certifications are a strong advantage.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with application modernization and migration from on-premise systems to Azure.
- Exposure to multi-database environments and migration strategies between Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
- Knowledge of architecture governance, solution estimation, and pre-sales support.
