Azure Solution Architect

Tata Consultancy Services; Ernakulam, Hyderabad, Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in India is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture across EUC, data centers, and cloud. You will own CogniX platform deals from discovery to delivery, guiding workshops, defining migration approaches, and shaping security and governance models.

You will drive BoMs, tie-ins with ITSM and observability stacks, and collaborate with sales, delivery, and CXO stakeholders to articulate value and risk-based decisions.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years in IT Infrastructure Services with hands-on Solution Architecture and Implementation.
• Proven experience designing end-to-end architectures across EUC, Service Desk, Datacenter, and Cloud.
• Deep OS knowledge with recommendations for server builds, networking, HA/DR, storage, and backups.
• RFI/RFP ownership: solution construct, estimations, pricing assumptions, risks & dependencies.
• Create/review architecture artifacts (HLD/LLD, BOMs, SoWs, SLAs/SLOs).
• Define and enforce architectural standards, security baselines, and usability standards.
• Vendor engagement across hardware/software ecosystems; evaluate architectures.
• Cloud proficiency (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable) across landing zones, identity, networking, storage, compute, security.
• Strong written & verbal communication; collaborate with sales, delivery, and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own solution strategy for CogniX platform deals: discovery, blueprinting, HLD/LLD, and transition-to-delivery.
• Lead customer workshops to capture requirements, non-functional requirements, and success metrics.
• Design resilient architecture, HA/DR, backup & recovery, capacity planning, performance baselines, observability.
• Define migration approaches (rehost/replatform/refactor), cutover plans, and rollback strategies.
• Create detailed BoM and cost models (cloud infra, licenses, support) with optimization levers.
• Author SoWs/MSAs and governance models; establish RACI, cadence, and reporting templates.
• Partner with delivery to establish runbooks, test plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Establish security architecture: identity & access, secrets, encryption, compliance (ISO27001, SOC2, GDPR).
• Integrate toolchains: ITSM ServiceNow, Observability Prometheus/Grafana, Automation Terraform/Ansible, AIOps.
• Drive risk management and dependency tracking; maintain ADRs across parallel projects.
• Contribute sales pursuits with demos/POCs; present solutions and value propositions to CXO stakeholders.

Skills

Solution Architecture

End-to-end Design

Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Security & Compliance

RFI/RFP & BoM

Stakeholder Management

Automation & IaC

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell/Bash

Prometheus/Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Primary Skills

• 8- 12 years in IT Infrastructure Services with hands-on Solution Architecture and Implementation.
• Proven experience designing end-to-end architectures across EUC, Service Desk, Datacenter (Compute/Storage/Network), and Cloud.
• Deep OS knowledge and recommendations covering server builds, networking, load balancing, HA/DR, storage & backup architectures.
• RFI/RFP response ownership: solution construct, estimations, pricing assumptions, risks & dependencies, and effort models.
• Create/review architecture & solution design artifacts (HLD/LLD, reference architecture, BOMs, SoWs, SLAs/SLOs).
• Define and enforce adherence to architectural standards, design principles, security baselines, and usability standards.
• Vendor engagement across hardware/software ecosystems; evaluate architectures and compatibility.
• Cloud proficiency (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable) across landing zones, identity, networking, storage, compute, security.
• Strong written & verbal communication; ability to work effectively with sales, delivery, and customer stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. 1. Own solution strategy for CogniX platform deals: discovery, blueprinting, HLD/LLD, and transition-to-delivery.
2. 2. Lead customer workshops to capture requirements, non-functionals (availability, performance, security, compliance), and success metrics.
3. 3. Design resilient architecture, HA/DR, backup & recovery, capacity planning, performance baselines, and observability.
4. 4. Define migration approaches (rehost/replatform/refactor), cutover plans, and rollback strategies.
5. 5. Create detailed BoM and cost models (cloud infra, licenses, support) with optimization levers (rightsizing, reservations, autoscaling).
6. 6. Author SoWs/MSAs and governance models; establish RACI, cadence, and reporting templates.
7. 7. Partner with delivery to establish implementation runbooks, test plans, and acceptance criteria.
8. 8. Establish security architecture: identity & access, secrets, encryption, compliance (ISO27001, SOC2, GDPR where applicable).
9. 9. Integrate toolchains: ITSM (ServiceNow), Observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Elastic), Automation (Terraform/Ansible), AIOps.
10. 10. Drive risk management and dependency tracking across parallel projects; maintain architecture decision records (ADRs).
11. 11. Contribute sales pursuits with demos/POCs; present solutions and value propositions to CXO stakeholders.

Tools & Technologies

• Cloud: Azure (landing zones, VNets, NSGs, ASR, Backup), AWS/GCP basics.
• Automation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell/Bash; CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps).
• Containers & PaaS: Docker, Kubernetes, AKS/EKS; API gateways and service mesh (optional).
• Observability: Prometheus/Grafana, Elastic Stack, Azure Monitor; Logging/Tracing (OpenTelemetry).
• Security: Azure AD/Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender; vulnerability scanning and hardening baselines.
• ITSM: ServiceNow or equivalent; CMDB and change/release processes.

Certifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or AWS/GCP equivalent.
• ITIL Foundation or higher.
• Security certification (AZ-500, CCSP, CISSP optional).

Secondary Skills

• Awareness of latest industry technology trends and platforms (observability, AIOps, automation, ITSM).
• Strategic thinking with business value articulation and TCO/ROI modeling.
• Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud patterns, zero-trust, SASE, SD-WAN, and edge.
• Working knowledge of AI-enabled operations (AIOps), LLM/RAG for knowledge search in ITSM contexts.