Lead Solutions Architect

WSP in India; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India is seeking a Lead Solutions Architect to steer end-to-end architecture, governance, and transition of MVP apps into secure, scalable enterprise SaaS solutions in Azure.

You will drive architectural decisions across applications, platform services, security, and deployment patterns, coordinating with partner teams to ensure enterprise standards for scalability, resilience, and observability.

Qualifications

• Enterprise & Solution Architecture, APIs, integration patterns, governance.
• Azure cloud services, Entra ID / AAD, networking, monitoring.
• Multi-tenant SaaS design with tenant isolation and shared services.
• Security-by-design, IAM, RBAC, secrets management, Zero Trust.
• CI/CD, deployment strategies, observability and release quality gates.
• Relational databases, migration patterns, event-driven integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture design across application, platform, integration and security domains.
• Govern target-state architecture for production-grade SaaS platforms.
• Review and approve key designs, data flows and deployment strategies.
• Drive modernization of MVPs into production-ready platforms.
• Guide architecture runway and reduce technical debt with product teams.
• Ensure secure, scalable, observable cloud-native architectures on Azure.

Skills

Enterprise & Solution Architecture

Azure Cloud

SaaS / Multi-tenant Design

Security Architecture

DevOps & Release Architecture

Data & Integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Job Description Lead Solutions Architect would lead the end-to-end architecture, design governance, and technical transition of MVP applications into secure, scalable, production-grade enterprise solutions. The role would drive architecture decisions across applications, integrations, platform services, security, and deployment patterns to enable a robust multi-tenant SaaS operating model. The architect would ensure the solution aligns with enterprise standards for scalability, resilience, security, performance, observability, and maintainability across Azure-based environments and coordinated delivery with partner engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Solution Design

• Lead end-to-end architecture design across application, platform, integration, and security domains.
• Define and govern target-state architecture for production-grade SaaS platforms.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, and reusable design patterns.
• Review and approve key technical designs, integration patterns, data flows, and deployment strategies.

Application Modernization & SaaS Enablement

• Drive transformation of MVP / prototype applications into production-ready platforms.
• Define architecture for multi-tenant SaaS deployment, tenant isolation, configuration strategies, and shared services.
• Guide database evolution, caching, API design, platform services, and system decomposition.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to prioritize architectural runway and reduce technical debt.

Cloud, Integration & Security Architecture

• Architect cloud-native solutions on Azure, with awareness of equivalent patterns in AWS where required.
• Define secure integration approaches including APIs, identity federation, secrets management, and network controls.
• Ensure security-by-design across application architecture, cloud services, data access, and DevOps pipelines.
• Support API gateway, observability, and reliability architecture decisions.

Governance & Engineering Leadership

• Lead architecture review boards, design assurance checkpoints, and technical governance forums.
• Provide technical leadership to development, DevOps, QA, and partner delivery teams.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives, product roadmap, and technical execution.
• Support release governance, quality gates, CAB readiness, and long-term platform sustainability.

Required Technical Skills

• Enterprise & Solution Architecture | Advanced — application architecture, distributed systems, APIs, integration patterns, architecture governance
• Azure Cloud | Advanced — App Services, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, Entra ID / AAD, networking, monitoring
• SaaS / Multi-tenant Design | Advanced — tenant isolation, shared services, data partitioning, scalability patterns
• Security Architecture | Advanced — IAM, RBAC, secrets management, Zero Trust principles, secure integration design
• DevOps & Release Architecture | Proficient — CI/CD, deployment strategies, environment design, observability, release quality gates
• Data & Integration | Proficient — relational databases, migration patterns, APIs, event-driven and service-based integration models

Required Experience

• Minimum 12 years of professional experience in software engineering / solution architecture.
• Proven experience in defining and governing architecture for enterprise-grade digital platforms.
• Strong experience in scaling MVP / prototype applications into secure, production-ready solutions.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native application architecture, integration strategy, and non-functional architecture.
• Experience enabling SaaS and multi-tenant architectures for enterprise or external-facing products.
• Proven ability to drive architecture governance across multiple teams and delivery partners.
• Experience in security, performance, resilience, and observability architecture for business-critical systems.

Preferred (Not Required)

• Experience in digital product engineering within infrastructure, consulting, engineering, or environmental sectors.
• Exposure to GIS / geospatial systems, map services, or spatial data platforms.
• Experience with AI-enabled applications, document intelligence, or data platforms.
• Experience working in partner-led or multi-vendor delivery models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 14+ years of hands‑on experience in software engineering, architecture, or enterprise solution design.

BGV:

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third‑party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner.

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. With approximately 4,000 talented people across 3 locations (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai offices) in India and more than 73,000 globally, in 550 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

We are

• Passionate people doing purposeful and sustainable work that helps shape our communities and the future.
• A collaborative team that thrives on challenges and unconventional thinking.
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Our Hybrid Working Module

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