Chief Architect

T D Newton & Associates; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

T D Newton & Associates seeks a seasoned Chief Architect to lead architecture across Pune, Bangalore, and Gurgaon. You will own enterprise architecture for cloud-native platforms, drive multi-tenant SaaS scalability, and shape governance for a matrixed enterprise.

Responsibilities include defining reference architectures, rolling out Internal Developer Platforms, and embedding security and compliance by design. Strong Azure, DevSecOps, and AI/ML considerations are essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering and architecture with senior/principal/chief architect experience.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native and distributed systems.
• Proven experience designing and operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms at enterprise scale.
• Strong hands-on experience on Azure.
• Security and identity expertise (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, SAML, RBAC/ABAC).
• Container orchestration and connectivity (Kubernetes, Helm, Istio).
• DevSecOps and automation (CI/CD, GitOps, IaC).
• Data and AI familiarity (Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake, Kafka, SageMaker).
• Experience leading architecture governance in large, complex enterprises.
• Background in regulated industries or large enterprise SaaS products.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate crisply with executives.

Responsibilities

• Own target-state enterprise architecture for distributed, cloud-native platforms and products across multiple business units.
• Define and govern reference architectures, blueprints, and standards for multi-tenant SaaS, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Establish architecture metrics and outcomes tied to business objectives.
• Lead design and rollout of Internal Developer Platforms to standardize golden paths, improve developer experience, and accelerate delivery.
• Define platform SLAs/SLOs, golden templates, and paved roads for services, data, observability, and security.
• Architect solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP with a vendor-neutral mindset.
• Define multi-cloud landing zones, tenancy models, and portability patterns.
• Design and operate secure, scalable multi-tenant architectures.
• Establish patterns for regionalization, data residency, and compliance controls.
• Embed security and privacy controls into architecture (Zero Trust, IAM, secrets management).
• Partner with security and risk teams to implement governance and continuous compliance automation.
• Drive CI/CD, GitOps, policy-as-code, and SRE practices.
• Introduce AI-driven SDLC accelerators and guardrails.
• Define API strategy and service connectivity patterns.
• Establish event streaming and data-in-motion patterns.
• Guide modern data architectures and AI/ML platforms for model training, deployment, and monitoring.
• Partner with data and product teams to operationalize ML/GenAI responsibly at scale.
• Lead architecture governance across a matrixed enterprise.
• Build and mentor a high-performing architecture community of practice.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business narratives for executives.

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

Distributed systems

Multi-tenant SaaS

Azure

DevSecOps

Kubernetes

GitOps

IAM/OAuth2/SAML

Data & AI platforms

Executive communication

Education

TOGAF

Cloud provider certifications

Tools

Databricks

BigQuery

Snowflake

Kafka

SageMaker

Job description

Job Description:

Hiring Chief Architect for Pune, Bangalore, and Gurgaon locations.

Experience: 18-25 Years.

Title: Chief Architect - Advisory Digital.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture strategy and roadmap:

• Own target-state enterprise architecture for distributed, cloud-native platforms and products across multiple business units.
• Define and govern reference architectures, blueprints, and standards for multi-tenant SaaS, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Establish architecture metrics and outcomes tied to business objectives.

Platform engineering and IDP:

• Lead design and rollout of Internal Developer Platforms to standardize golden paths, improve developer experience, and accelerate delivery.
• Define platform SLAs/SLOs, golden templates, and paved roads for services, data, observability, and security.

Cloud architecture and vendor neutrality:

• Architect solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP with a vendor-neutral mindset.
• Define multi-cloud landing zones, tenancy models, and portability patterns.

Multi-tenant SaaS at scale:

• Design and operate secure, scalable, cost-efficient multi-tenant architectures.
• Establish patterns for regionalization, data residency, and compliance controls.

Security, identity, and compliance by design:

• Embed security and privacy controls into architecture (Zero Trust, IAM, secrets management).
• Partner with security and risk teams to implement governance and continuous compliance automation.

DevSecOps and engineering excellence:

• Drive CI/CD, GitOps, policy-as-code, and SRE practices.
• Introduce AI-driven SDLC accelerators and guardrails.

Integration, APIs, and service connectivity:

• Define API strategy and service connectivity patterns.
• Establish event streaming and data-in-motion patterns.

Data and AI platform architecture:

• Guide modern data architectures and AI/ML platforms for model training, deployment, and monitoring.
• Partner with data and product teams to operationalize ML/GenAI responsibly at scale.

Governance and operating model:

• Lead architecture governance across a matrixed enterprise.
• Build and mentor a high-performing architecture community of practice.

Stakeholder leadership and communication:

• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business narratives for executives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 15+ years in software engineering and architecture with significant time in senior/principal/chief architect roles.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native and distributed systems.
• Proven experience designing and operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms at enterprise scale.
• Strong hands‑on experience on Azure.
• Security and identity expertise (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, SAML, RBAC/ABAC).
• Container orchestration and connectivity (Kubernetes, Helm, Istio).
• DevSecOps and automation (CI/CD, GitOps, IaC).
• Data and AI familiarity (Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake, Kafka, SageMaker).
• Experience leading architecture governance in large, complex enterprises.
• Background in regulated industries or large enterprise SaaS products.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate crisply with executives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior responsibility for technology strategy across multiple products or business units.
• Track record building platform engineering functions/CoEs.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems at scale.
• Experience creating IP/accelerators.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, cloud provider certifications, and advanced DevSecOps/AI credentials.

Key Competencies:

• Enterprise technology leadership and strategic thinking.
• Platform engineering and developer experience.
• Architecture governance and operating model design.
• Vendor‑neutral multi‑cloud design and FinOps awareness.
• Executive communication and stakeholder management.
• Innovation mindset with bias for measurable outcomes.
• Team leadership, coaching, and global delivery governance.

What Success Looks Like (12-18 Months):

• Target‑state platform and SaaS architecture defined and adopted.
• IDP and golden paths established, improving developer productivity by 20-30%.
• Secure, compliant multi-tenant capabilities implemented.
• AI‑driven SDLC accelerators embedded.
• Architecture governance operationalized with consistent standards.