Architect-Cloud

NeST Digital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NeST Digital is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end Azure-based solutions for healthcare software. You will design scalable, secure architectures and mentor engineering teams across API, microservices, and cloud-native delivery.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, DevSecOps, IaC, and collaboration with security/compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements. Strong leadership and practical hands-on guidance are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with solution/cloud architecture.
• Hands-on with Azure services and cloud-native design.
• Experience in healthcare/regulated software environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end cloud architecture for healthcare software on Azure.
• Lead for APIs, microservices, and cloud-native application design.
• Drive CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and automated deployments.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, regulatory, and compliance teams.
• Mentor engineers and review architectures for risk and improvement.

Skills

C# / .NET

REST APIs

Microservices

Azure

Cloud architecture

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes/AKS

IaC

Security & IAM

HL7 / FHIR

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Azure Functions

Job description

Strong Hands-on Experience With

C# / .NET / .NET Core

Cloud architect role for CDM

Experience: 10+years

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end cloud architecture for healthcare and medical software solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Design scalable, highly available, secure, and resilient Azure-based architectures.
• Provide technical leadership for .NET/C# application architecture, including APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications.
• Define architecture standards, technology choices, design principles, and technical roadmaps.
• Design and implement Azure services such as App Services, Functions, AKS, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Key Vault, API Management, and Azure Monitor.
• Establish secure API and integration architectures for connecting clinical applications, devices, and enterprise systems.
• Guide teams on cloud security, identity and access management, encryption, networking, secrets management, and data protection.
• Ensure architecture supports high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, observability, and performance requirements.
• Drive CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and automated deployment practices.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, quality, regulatory, and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet healthcare and organizational requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers and technical leads.
• Review technical designs, conduct architecture reviews, and identify technical risks and improvement opportunities.
• Support technology evaluations, PoCs, and modernization of existing applications to Azure/cloud-native platforms.
• Work closely with product management and stakeholders to translate business and clinical requirements into robust technical solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in solution/cloud architecture.

Strong Hands-on Experience With

• C# / .NET / .NET Core
• RESTful APIs and microservices
• Distributed systems and event-driven architectures
• Microsoft Azure
• Strong knowledge of Azure architecture and services, including compute, storage, databases, networking, security, monitoring, and integration.
• Experience designing enterprise-grade, cloud-native applications.
• Strong understanding of Azure security and identity, including Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth2/OIDC, managed identities, RBAC, and Key Vault.
• Experience with Azure DevOps/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevSecOps.
• Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud automation.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as SQL Server/Azure SQL and Cosmos DB.
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, SOLID principles, DDD, clean architecture, and API design.
• Healthcare / Medical Domain Experience
• Experience in healthcare, medical devices, clinical applications, or regulated software environments is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, DICOM, or similar healthcare data standards is an advantage.
• Experience working with patient/clinical data, medical imaging, clinical workflows, or healthcare platforms is a strong plus.
• Understanding of software development in regulated environments, including requirements traceability, risk management, cybersecurity, data privacy, and software quality processes.
• Familiarity with regulations/standards such as IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, HIPAA/GDPR, or equivalent is an advantage.
• Architecture & Leadership
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience influencing architecture decisions across multiple engineering teams.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to balance technical excellence, security, scalability, cost, time-to-market, and maintainability.
• Experience working in distributed/global engineering teams.
• Ability to provide hands-on technical leadership while remaining close to implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
• Experience with Azure Well-Architected Framework.
• Experience with cloud migration and modernization of legacy .NET applications.
• Experience with healthcare/medical-device cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of FHIR, DICOM, HL7, healthcare APIs, and clinical data workflows.
• Experience with observability platforms, performance engineering, and cloud cost optimization.