Enterprise Architect

Virtusa; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa is seeking a Lead Enterprise Architect to define and drive the overall architecture strategy across multiple delivery teams in a hybrid setup in Bengaluru. The role requires hands-on leadership, deep cloud experience, and the ability to translate business goals into architecture standards and reference designs.

You will guide eight teams (four solution, one integration, three deployment) toward cohesive, scalable solutions while coaching engineers and balancing cost, risk, and security.

Qualifications

• Turn business vision into a clear, end-to-end architecture strategy across solution, integration, and deployment domains.
• Set architecture standards and reference designs that multiple teams build to consistently.
• Work hands-on with depth in at least one major cloud platform: prototyping, reviewing, and resolving concrete technical problems.
• Align and steer several delivery teams toward shared goals through influence.
• Communicate technical trade-offs clearly to engineers and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate business goals into an overarching architecture strategy that spans solution design, integration, and deployment.
• Define and maintain the standards, patterns, and reference designs the eight teams build to stay cohesive.
• Stay hands-on: prototype, review designs and code, and unblock teams on key technical decisions.
• Steer four solution teams, one integration team, and three deployment teams toward common goals with clear guidance.
• Make and explain trade-offs across cost, risk, scalability, and security for informed decisions.
• Coach architects and engineers across teams, raising the technical bar as the organization grows.

Skills

Architecture leadership

End-to-end architecture

Cloud proficiency

Stakeholder communication

Team coaching

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Job Requirements

Lead Enterprise Architect

Architecture Leadership

Hybrid

• Location to be confirmed virtusa

You set the technical direction for a delivery organization of eight teams — four solution teams, one integration team, and three deployment teams — and keep them building toward one coherent architecture. You translate business vision into an architecture strategy, stay close enough to the code to make real decisions, and steer teams through clear standards and influence rather than hand-offs.

What You'll Do

• Translate business goals into an overarching architecture strategy that spans solution design, integration, and deployment.
• Define and maintain the standards, patterns, and reference designs the eight teams build to, so their work fits together into one system.
• Stay hands-on: prototype, review designs and code, and unblock teams on the technical decisions that matter.
• Steer four solution teams, one integration team, and three deployment teams toward shared architectural goals, aligning them through clear guidance.
• Make and explain trade-offs across cost, risk, scalability, and security so stakeholders can decide with confidence.
• Coach architects and engineers across the teams, raising the technical bar as the organization grows.

What You Must Bring

All five are required.

• Turn a business vision into a clear, end-to-end architecture strategy across solution, integration, and deployment domains.
• Set architecture standards and reference designs — including security and compliance requirements — that many teams build to consistently.
• Work hands-on with real depth in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud): prototyping, reviewing, and resolving concrete technical problems.
• Align and steer several delivery teams toward shared goals through influence rather than direct authority.
• Communicate technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and business stakeholders.

Nice To Have (not Required)

• Familiarity with an architecture framework such as TOGAF.
• Experience designing integration and event-driven systems that span many teams.

Work Experience

10-15Years