Job Description
In this role, you will have the opportunity to: * Take End-to-End Ownership: Independently manage and own Cepheid's application portfolio (75% COTS/packaged software, 25% custom in-built applications) with absolute accountability and very little handholding.
- Architect and Re-Architect: Provide robust architectural guidelines for third-party platforms and deep technical blueprints for internal custom applications, reverse-engineering or re-architecting legacy code bases when necessary.
- Champion Governance Board Reviews: Prepare, participate in, and present your solution frameworks directly before the global Change and Enterprise Architecture Review Board (ARB) in front of peer Enterprise Architects.
- Enforce Security Boundaries: Infuse global corporate security guardrails, identity parameters, and compliance governance directly into the core configuration and integration layers of all applications.
- Drive Financial Optimization (FinOps): Take complete ownership of application financial health by monitoring cloud utilization, software footprints, and licensing costs to align with corporate FinOps frameworks.
- Sustain DevOps Execution: Actively guide and mentor globally distributed DevOps teams to translate your architectural designs into automated pipelines and sustainable, long-term operational workflows.
- Execute System Assessments: Conduct thorough tool, technology, and process assessments across the application landscape to identify operational gaps and technical debt.
- Lead Application Rationalization: Build and maintain a highly structured application inventory, driving ongoing rationalization initiatives to eliminate software redundancies and optimize enterprise spend.
Responsibilities
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
- Solution Architecture Experience: 9–10+ years of progressive engineering and solutions architecture experience, with a proven history of operating at a Senior Staff level (P4 equivalent).
- Deep Application Literacy: Strong technical depth to inspect custom code, understand intricate system integrations, and evaluate the programmatic needs of complex in-built systems.
- Strategic Coordination Capability: Demonstrated capability to immediately take over application management from both a granular technical standpoint and a relationship-coordination perspective.
- High-Impact Collaboration: Proven ability to build trusted relationships, communicate architectural visions clearly, and collaborate effectively with both peer technical teams and business leaders.
- Operational Schedule Flexibility: Flexibility in daily working hours to facilitate seamless alignment, real-time collaboration, and technical crossover windows with global teams across different time zones.
- The Solution-First Mindset: An impeccable, options-driven attitude toward problem-solving; a proven habit of thinking twice before saying no and ensuring actionable alternatives are presented.
- Independent Execution Drive: A self-motivated work ethic with the emotional intelligence and drive to feel empowered, move initiatives forward autonomously, and seek validation only at key milestones.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Regulated Sector Architectures: Operating within heavily regulated environments (such as MedTech, Healthcare, or Finance) aligned with strict compliance frameworks (e.g., GxP, HIPAA, SOC2).
- Cloud & Integration Topologies: Designing secure hybrid connectivity, API gateway abstractions, and identity integrations within modern cloud environments (AWS preferred).
- Application Inventory Management: Establishing centralized application catalogs and leading formal software rationalization programs for global matrixed organizations.
- Observability & Health Tracking: Utilizing modern operational tools, metrics harvesters, and distributed telemetry platforms to map and monitor sustained application health.
- DevOps Automation Frameworks: Designing or managing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) architectures and CI/CD blueprints to streamline application onboarding.
- Contract-to-Hire Frameworks: Operating successfully within strategic Contract-to-Hire (C2H) delivery models or specialized consulting arrangements.
- Agile Tooling & Documentation: Utilizing enterprise collaboration platforms (such as Jira and Confluence) to build highly scannable, documentation-first architectural references.
- Vendor Ecosystem Analysis: Evaluating multi-vendor SaaS capabilities, performing deep architectural gap analyses, and steering product selection matrixes.
Qualifications
9–10+ years of progressive engineering and solutions architecture experience, with a proven history of operating at a Senior Staff level (P4 equivalent).
About Us
At Zensar, we're
experience-led everything. We are committed to conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing, and managing digital solutions and experiences for over 130 leading enterprises. We are a company driven by a bold purpose:
Together, we shape experiences for better futures. Whether for our clients, our people, or the world around us, this belief powers everything we do. At the heart of our culture is
ONE with Client - a set of four core values that reflect who we are and how we work:
One Zensar, Nurturing, Empowering, and Client Focus.
Part of the $4.8 billion RPG Group, we're a community of 10,000+ innovators across 30+ global locations, including Milpitas, Seattle, Princeton, Cape Town, London, Zurich, Singapore, and Mexico City. Explore Life at Zensar and join us to Grow. Own. Achieve. Learn. to be the best version of yourself.
We believe the best work happens when individuality is celebrated, growth is encouraged, and well-being is prioritized. We are an equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action employer, committed to creating an inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veteran status.
