Lead Platform Architect

NEXUS PRO SERVICES; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXUS PRO SERVICES in Bangalore is seeking an experienced Lead Platform Architect to design scalable, secure enterprise platforms across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Lead across Cloud, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Integration, and Architecture Governance.

You will drive cloud-native modernization, IaC, CI/CD, and API/microservices architectures while ensuring security, availability, and performance for banking/ BFSI clients.

Qualifications

• 11+ years in Platform/Enterprise/Cloud Architecture.
• Expertise across AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of Microservices, APIs, DevOps, and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Experience with security, scalability, HA/DR, and performance optimization.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Banking/Insurance/BFSI experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern enterprise platform architecture across AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Drive cloud-native, hybrid infrastructure and platform modernization initiatives.
• Define and optimize CI/CD, DevOps, and IaC practices.
• Design and manage containerized platforms using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Implement infrastructure automation with Terraform and Ansible.
• Define scalable microservices and API integration architectures.
• Ensure platform security, availability, scalability, resilience, and performance.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, SRE, Operations, and Senior Management teams.

Skills

AWS/GCP/Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Microservices

APIs

DevOps

Cloud & Hybrid Architecture

Security

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Lead Platform Architect

Location:Bangalore
Experience: 11+ Years
Industry: Banking / BFSI
Role Type: Individual Contributor

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Lead Platform Architect to design and drive scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise platforms across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The role will provide technical leadership across Cloud, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Integration, Security, and Architecture Governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and govern enterprise platform architecture across AWS/GCP/Azure.

• Drive cloud-native, hybrid infrastructure and platform modernization initiatives.

• Define and optimize CI/CD, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.

• Design and manage containerized platforms using Kubernetes and Docker.

• Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible.

• Define scalable microservices and API integration architectures.

• Ensure platform security, availability, scalability, resilience, and performance.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend suitable enterprise solutions.

• Collaborate with Product, Development, SRE, Operations, and Senior Management teams.

Required Skills

• 11+ years of experience in Platform Architecture / Enterprise Architecture / Cloud Architecture.

• Strong expertise in AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD.

• Strong understanding of Microservices, APIs, DevOps, Cloud & Hybrid Architecture.

• Experience with security, scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Banking/Insurance/BFSI experience preferred.

Education

Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field.