Technical Architect

As a Technical Architect, you are required to design, develop and implement software solutions to address complex business issues, and by providing technical leadership to the IT professionals.

Duties and responsibilities

• Conduct a feasibility study for all new engagements

• Suggest tools & technology based on client requirement

• Analyze and understand technical challenges in the requirements phase

• Set up a meeting internally to discuss the tech stack and also discuss with client all the tech components for the project to be finalized

• Review and approve the estimates from the team

• Prepare high-level design flow, Technical Design Document, Process Flow Diagram

• Helping Infrastructure team in setting up Infra set up, based on client requirements

• Support on migrating/adapting to new Tool/Technology/New updates. To do POC on the suggested new tools and provide clarity to know why this tool/tech stands out compared to others

• Ongoing coaching and supporting project teams on technical issues/improvements etc. Ownership of technical challenges impacting delivery. Support to resolve technical challenges considering the delivery timeline

• Client interaction for high-level technical aspects of the project and escalations, if any

• Daily catchup with the team to understand if the team is on the right track and guide them wherever required

• Setting appropriate processes for various aspects of Software Development Life Cycle

• Educate, train and coach team members in adherence to these processes

• To scan the Tools & Technology landscape all the time for the latest and most appropriate to achieve Scalability, Performance, Security, specific client requirements and thus overall client satisfaction

• Educate the team on using third party frameworks and understanding license agreements.

• Guide team to learn new technology updates like native/cross-platform updates like Flutter, React native, etc.

• Support in recruitment to identify the right resources

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect

• 12+years of software development with at least 3 years of Architect experience in various platforms like web, mobile applications

• Experience in designing Application & Product Architecture, Automation, Conversational Bot, Transformation & Cloudification of applications, DevOps, application security & engineering by leveraging RESTful APIs and Microservices

• Experience designing applications in cloud technologies like AWS

• Excellent knowledge in database management like MySQL, NoSQL databases.

• Expertise in software engineering principles, object design, security, data interchange, data management, etc.

• Experience working with distributed architecture and services with external vendor integration

• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform.

• Solid troubleshooting skills and ability to suggest team members for various ways to look out for the root cause of problems

• Solid understanding of the practical application of agile development methods and leading software development teams in an Agile/Lean environment.

• Familiarity with HTML/CSS, JavaScript and UI/UX design concepts for Web and Mobile applications

• Have knowledge and understanding of Data integration tools like Informatica, AWS Glue, and other ETL tools or open-source tools/technology.

• Good to have experience working with the infrastructure architecture team in helping incorporate necessary support/automation required in development.

• Good to have experience working in enterprise product development life-cycle.