.NET Architect

Responsibilities:

• Providing technical and architectural leadership for web applications by leveraging Azure Cloud services
• Create Architecture and Design documentation for the applications and present them to the review board
• Collaborating frequently with clients to provide cloud solutions and assistance; and working with these customers to understand their requirements for cloud implementations that add the most value to their business.
• Create functional design specifications Azure reference architectures design documents and assist with other project deliverables as needed.
• Design state-of-the-art technical solutions on Azure that address customers requirements for scalability reliability security and performance and leverage existing investments in Azure platforms.
• Designing developing implementing and releasing high quality custom software solutions using Scrum.
• Creating project and application architecture deliverables that are consistent with architecture principles standards methodologies and best practices.
• Leading technical design sessions with the development teams including the creation of class models sequence diagrams component models etc. and detailed design specifications to ensuring that architecture standards are followed.
• Applying the very best technical agile patterns and practices when building custom software solutions.
• Working under some supervision from a Solution Architect but will be expected to work independently on complex non-routine tasks and projects. You may interact with end users and other technical personnel to identify and correct issues.
• Maintain continuous open consistent professional communication with customers peers and team members. Openly listen to others and confirm understanding to ensure everyone is on the same page.
• Reviewing and approving 3rd party and integration solution architecture based on established enterprise application strategy.
• Communicating implications of architectural decisions issues and plans to business and IT Leadership.
• Defining and validating non-functional (technical) requirements and establishing traceability between requirements and application architecture/design.
• Providing support / guidance to the development teams during the analysis development and testing processes.
• Providing input to the development of project initiation documents including objectives scope approach estimates and deliverables when needed.
• Working closely with Performance Engineering and our Web/Infrastructure Technology teams on defining the deployment architecture.
• Participating and technically leading when needed production troubleshooting and War Room Activities.
• Learn learn and learn by staying up-to-date on all technical developments related to Azure and other public cloud platforms.
• This role is expected to generally work in India business hours with occasional off-hours status meetings with the on-shore team

Skill sets: (Must have)

• Education qualification: BE /B Tech / MCA / MSc / M. Tech.
• 12 years ofIT experience in application development and maintenance activities with Microsoft technology stack
• 4 years of experience as an architect
• Experience in architecting complex Enterprise grade solutions in cloud environments.
• Experience in developing of IT architecture plans and software development methodologies.
• Experience in handling architectural needs of a system like conceptual architecture diagrams design proposals arriving at non-functional requirements capacity planning landscape planning estimations cross platform compatibilities authentication & authorization mechanisms project release & business continuity plans reviews and technology governance.
• Strong knowledge and understanding Framework & SharePoint development techniques
• Microsoft SQL Server and other most common backend Microsoft technologies. Well versed with all SQL concepts.
• Expertise on Object Oriented Analysis & Design.
• Hands-on architecture coding
• Fluent in AI-assisted development experience (Copilot/Cursor) - Not as autocomplete / vibe coder but as a thinking partner to prototype faster and harden artifacts to production
• Design Implement and deployment experience in 4 or more of the following:
  • Azure PaaS technologies such as
  • Azure Web App
  • Azure API App
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure Data Lake
  • Azure SQL
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Storage
  • Azure Service Bus
  • Azure Service Fabric
  • Azure Cognitive Services (ML AI RPA Bots OCR & NLP)
  • Azure App Service Environment
  • Azure Redis Cache
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Azure Visual Studio Team Services
  • Azure AD / MFA etc.
• Well versed in designing and building Azure solutions that include high availability multi-region and multi-set architectures using virtual networks availability sets and affinity groups.
• Insights and Diagnostics using Azure Log Analytics for both on-prem and Azure cloud environments
• Excellent verbal presentation and written communications skills.
• Strong team skills including the ability to lead and be a team player

Skillst (Preferred):

• Client facing and exposure to onshore offshore delivery model
• Experience in working in a global environment involving multiple development sites on various time zones.
• Strong knowledge of web-based technologies; HTTP AJAX HTML5 React JavaScript/jQuery and CSS3
• Agile development environment especially SCRUM using ADO.
• Capable of building sustainable relationships with colleagues and key individuals.
• Creativity and ability to think outside-the-box while defining sound and practical solutions.
• Desire to take the initiative moving projects/ideas forward with clarity.
• Adept negotiation skills in high-pressure situations.
• Leadership skills to indirectly lead cross-functional teams towards common solutions.
• Certifications in Scrum TOGAF (or any other architecture related)

Required Experience:

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