Solutions Architect

i-TEK RFID

Pune District

On-site

INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

i-TEK RFID in Pune seeks a Senior Solution Architect to define deployment architectures for Garuda Vigil and Skanixa, bridging Product Engineering, Delivery, and Customer Technology teams. You will design scalable cloud-native and on-prem solutions with strong security and high availability requirements.

The role requires 12–15+ years in Solution/Infrastructure Architecture, enterprise deployments, and leadership in customer-facing tech engagements.

Qualifications

Must be able to engage with customer CIOs/CTOs and senior tech teams.
Experience with enterprise deployments across cloud and on-prem environments.
Strong leadership and communication skills in customer engagements.

Responsibilities

Define deployment architectures for Garuda Vigil and Skanixa implementations.
Ensure deployment architectures align with customer business and technical requirements.
Develop deployment blueprints and reference architectures.
Design infrastructure requirements including compute, storage, networking, databases, and container platforms.

Skills

Customer-facing

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving

Documentation & presentation

Tools

Networking

Firewalls

Security Architecture

Container Platforms

Observability & Monitoring

Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Company: i-TEK RFID, Pune

Location: Pune

About i-TEK

i-TEK is one of India's leading AIDC and RFID technology organizations, with a strong focus on next-generation products, platforms, intelligent edge ecosystems, and embedded device engineering.

Scale and reach:

1,000+ enterprise customers
250+ million scans processed daily
Presence across 3,000+ retail outlets
Coverage across 10+ million sq. ft. of warehouse space

i-TEK has established itself as a market leader across retail, manufacturing, logistics, banking, and enterprise automation sectors.

Strategic platforms:

Garuda Vigil - a comprehensive RFID and AIDC management platform enabling enterprises to manage assets, inventory, workflows, and operational visibility at scale.
Skanixa - an intelligent edgeware and embedded device ecosystem enabling seamless integration between RFID infrastructure, edge devices, sensors, and enterprise applications.

As part of its next phase of growth, i-TEK is building globally scalable products and platforms capable of supporting enterprise customers across industries and geographies through SaaS, dedicated deployments, and hybrid architectures.

Role Overview:

The Solution Architect will serve as the technical deployment authority for i-TEK’s products and platforms.

The role is responsible for defining and governing deployment architectures, infrastructure sizing, security considerations, and operational readiness for customer implementations.

The Solution Architect will act as the bridge between Product Engineering, Delivery, Customer Technology Teams, Infrastructure Teams, Security Teams, and Partner Ecosystems.

The successful candidate will possess deep expertise across enterprise application deployments, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and high-availability architectures.

The individual will be the technical face of i-TEK during customer engagements and must be capable of confidently engaging with customer CIOs, CTOs, Enterprise Architects, Security Teams, and Infrastructure Teams.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Deployment Strategy

Define deployment architectures for Garuda Vigil and Skanixa implementations.
Customer-managed environments
Ensure deployment architectures align with customer business and technical requirements.
Develop deployment blueprints and reference architectures.
Understand and design infrastructure requirements including compute, storage, networking, database environments, and container platforms.
Define infrastructure sizing methodologies.
Ensure optimal scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.

High Availability & Reliability

Architect solutions supporting High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Backup & Recovery, and Fault Tolerance.
Define availability and resilience requirements.
Ensure enterprise-grade operational readiness.

Security Architecture

Work with customer security teams on Firewalls, Network Segmentation, Identity & Access Management, Encryption, Security Hardening, and Compliance Requirements.

Network & Infrastructure Design

Design architectures involving Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies, Firewalls, VPN Connectivity, Edge Connectivity, and Cloud Networking.
Validate infrastructure readiness prior to deployment.
Maintain deep understanding of cloud offerings across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Evaluate emerging services and technologies from hyperscalers.
Drive best practices around cloud adoption and modernization.

Customer Engagement & Technical Leadership

Serve as the primary technical advisor during customer engagements.
Present deployment recommendations to customer stakeholders.
Support pre-sales and strategic customer pursuits.
Build strong relationships with customer technology leadership teams.
Track emerging technology trends.
Recommend deployment innovations and automation opportunities.
Drive standardization and simplification of deployment models.
Contribute to continuous improvement of deployment frameworks.

Desired Candidate Profile

Experience

12–15+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Cloud Architecture, and Enterprise Platform Deployments.
Experience working with enterprise customers and complex deployment environments.
Experience supporting large-scale technology implementations.

Preferred exposure to: