Chief Architect - Cloud FinOps

T D Newton & Associates; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,800,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

T D Newton & Associates in India seeks a Chief Architect to lead architecture strategy for distributed, cloud-native platforms across business units, with a focus on multi-tenant SaaS, security, and DevSecOps.

The role encompasses platform engineering, governance, and cross-functional leadership to deliver scalable architectures built on 12-factor, IaC, and data/AI integration.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture strategy and roadmap aligning with business objectives.

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

Distributed systems

Multi-tenant SaaS

Azure expertise

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Security & IAM

Executive stakeholder comms

Tools

Kubernetes

Istio

Linkerd

Helm

Kustomize

Terraform

Argo CD/Flux

APIs gateway

Job description

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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 (e.g., lead-time reduction, reliability, cost).

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; leverage managed services where it creates strategic advantage.
• Define multi-cloud landing zones, tenancy models, and portability patterns (12-factor, containers, IaC).

Multi-tenant SaaS at scale

• Design and operate secure, scalable, cost-efficient multi-tenant architectures including tenant isolation, entitlements, billing/quotas, and data protection.
• Establish patterns for regionalization, data residency, and compliance controls (GDPR, PCI, SOC 2 as applicable).

Security, identity, and compliance by design

• Embed security and privacy controls into architecture (Zero Trust, IAM, secrets management, KMS/HSM, network segmentation).
• Partner with security and risk teams to implement governance, threat modeling, and continuous compliance automation.

DevSecOps and engineering excellence

• Drive CI/CD, GitOps, policy-as-code, and SRE practices; improve DORA metrics and engineering productivity.
• Introduce AI-driven SDLC accelerators and guardrails to reduce cycle time and increase quality.

Integration, APIs, and service connectivity

• Define API strategy (gateway management, versioning, monetization) and service connectivity (service mesh, mTLS, traffic management).
• Establish event streaming and data-in-motion patterns for real-time use cases.

Data and AI platform architecture

• Guide modern data architectures (lakehouse, streaming, governance) 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; run ARBs, standards councils, and technology guardrails.
• Build and mentor a high-performing architecture community of practice; scale via accelerators, reusable IP, and knowledge assets.

Stakeholder leadership and communication

• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business narratives for executives and non-technical stakeholders.

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: microservices, event-driven architectures, CQRS, caching, resiliency patterns.
• Proven experience designing and operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms at enterprise scale.
• Strong hands-on experience on Azure.
• Security and identity: OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, SAML, RBAC/ABAC, secrets management, KMS, network policies, and zero trust principles.
• Container orchestration and connectivity: Kubernetes, Helm/Kustomize, service meshes (e.g., Istio/Linkerd), and API management (e.g., Apigee, Kong, Azure/API Gateway).
• DevSecOps and automation: CI/CD, GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep), policy-as-code (OPA), and supply-chain security.
• Data and AI: familiarity with lakehouse platforms (e.g., Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake), event streaming (Kafka/Pulsar), and AI/ML platforms (SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML); understanding of MLOps and responsible AI practices.
• Experience leading architecture governance in large, complex enterprises; established ARB processes and standards.
• Background in regulated industries (banking, insurance, public sector) or large enterprise SaaS products.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate crisply with executives and non-technical stakeholders and to influence cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior responsibility for technology strategy across multiple products or business units and for P&L- or portfolio-impacting decisions.
• Track record building platform engineering functions/CoEs and internal developer platforms.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems at scale (e.g., monolith-to-microservices, application server migrations, language/runtime upgrades).
• Experience creating IP/accelerators that reduce delivery effort and standardize modernization.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, cloud provider .