Enterprise Architect

Allianz Technology; Pune District, Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Allianz Technology in Pune, India, seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to define principles, roadmaps and standards aligned to business strategy. You will lead architecture governance across complex portfolios, assess risk, and drive remediation and cloud modernization.

You will shape APIs, services and event-driven patterns while mentoring teams. You will ensure security, compliance and resilience in regulated environments, guiding distributed platforms and architecture documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree.
• 15+ years of technology leadership across enterprise systems, architecture governance and modernisation.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture principles, roadmaps, standards and reusable patterns aligned to business strategy.
• Lead architecture governance, design reviews and architecture decision management across complex technology portfolios.
• Assess technology risk, security/compliance impact and technical debt; define practical remediation roadmaps.
• Guide cloud transformation, platform modernisation, observability and operational-excellence initiatives.
• Shape integration strategies covering APIs, services, event-driven patterns and cross-platform interoperability.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and mentor architects/engineering teams through design trade-offs and execution.
• Strong experience in Enterprise, Solution or Technology Architecture roles within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to architect and govern distributed, scalable, secure and resilient enterprise platforms.
• Deep understanding of architecture governance, ADRs, technology lifecycle management and architecture documentation.
• Hands-on background with cloud platforms, microservices, integration technologies, APIs and DevOps practices.
• Strong awareness of security, compliance, resilience, observability and operational risk in regulated environments.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Technology architecture

Architecture governance

Cloud platforms

Microservices

DevOps practices

Security & compliance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture principles, roadmaps, standards and reusable patterns aligned to business strategy.
• Lead architecture governance, design reviews and architecture decision management across complex technology portfolios.
• Assess technology risk, security/compliance impact and technical debt; define practical remediation roadmaps.
• Guide cloud transformation, platform modernisation, observability and operational-excellence initiatives.
• Shape integration strategies covering APIs, services, event-driven patterns and cross-platform interoperability.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and mentor architects/engineering teams through design trade-offs and execution.
• Strong experience in Enterprise, Solution or Technology Architecture roles within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to architect and govern distributed, scalable, secure and resilient enterprise platforms.
• Deep understanding of architecture governance, ADRs, technology lifecycle management and architecture documentation.
• Hands-on background with cloud platforms, microservices, integration technologies, APIs and DevOps practices.
• Strong awareness of security, compliance, resilience, observability and operational risk in regulated environments.

Experience and Qualification

• Bachelors or Masters Degree
• 15+ years of technology leadership across enterprise systems, architecture governance and modernisation
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred candidate profile

• Experience in Insurance, Financial Services, SaaS, Healthcare or other regulated industries.
• Exposure to global platforms supporting multiple regions, business domains, products or customer groups.
• Track record of modernising legacy estates, reducing technical debt and establishing reusable technology blueprints.
• Experience leading architecture discussions across distributed teams and senior governance forums.
• Experience with large enterprise systems, complex integration landscapes and globally distributed platforms will be advantage