Tech S and T-Solution Architect -ARCHITECTURE-Manager-GDSF04

EY; Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Solution Architect – Technology Strategy & Transformation (Senior 3) to design scalable, cloud-native solutions and drive enterprise technology strategy across engagements. The role partners with business teams to define target architectures and support complex transformation initiatives.

You will lead architecture design, PoCs, and vendor evaluations, collaborating with engineering, data, security, and platform teams to ensure best practices and governance across enterprise

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience with architecture of digital or cloud-native solutions.
• Experience in defining target architectures and leading large transformation initiatives.
• Strong background in application, data, integration, cloud, and security architectures.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and containerized platforms.
• Proficiency in API integration and enterprise security patterns.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, and Agile delivery.
• GCP/AWS/Azure cloud-native services across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architectures for client engagements and enterprise systems.
• Advise on digital, cloud, data, AI, and integration technologies for transformation.
• Lead architecture design, PoCs, vendor evaluations, and technology selection.
• Collaborate with engineering, data, platform, and security teams to implement target architectures.
• Ensure adherence to EA standards, patterns, governance, and best practices.
• Communicate architecture decisions clearly to business and IT stakeholders.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud-native architectures

APIs & integration

DevSecOps

Leadership & stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

Mulesoft

GCP

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Solution Architect – Technology Strategy & Transformation (TST) – Senior 3

Experience: 8+ Years

Description

A solution Architecture role for professionals with 8+ years of experience (Senior 3) in designing and delivering scalable, cloud native and digital solutions. The Solution Architect partners with business and technology teams to define target architectures, drive technology strategy, and support complex transformation initiatives across enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Define end to end solution architectures for client engagements, platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Advise on digital, integration, cloud, data, AI, and emerging technologies for business transformation.
• Lead architecture design, feasibility analysis, PoCs, vendor evaluations, and technology selection.
• Collaborate with engineering, platform, data, and security teams to implement target architectures.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards, patterns, governance, and best practices.
• Communicate architecture decisions and solution approaches clearly to business and IT stakeholders.

Qualifications

Educational Background

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, or related fields.

Technical Expertise

• 8+ years of IT experience with 2-3 years architecting complex digital or cloud-native solutions.
• Hands on experience across application, data, integration, cloud, and security architectures.
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, containerized platforms, and hybrid/multi-cloud architectures.
• Strong programming background in any one language like Java, .NET, JavaScript, Python, C++, with experience in SQL/NoSQL, big data, analytics, and modern security standards.
• Expertise in integration platforms like Mulesoft and must have API integration experience
• Skilled in DevSecOps, CI/CD, containers, Agile delivery, and event-driven/streaming architectures.
• Providing Technical guidance to project team triaging production issues for any architecture/design issues
• Proficiency with GCP (preferred), AWS or Azure cloud-native services across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.

Digital & Cloud Skills

• Ability to architect modern digital applications, APIs, micro frontends, and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience with modern UI technologies and lightweight backend frameworks.
• Skilled in cloud-native deployments and automated delivery pipelines.

Data, Security & Integration

• Experience designing data platforms, analytics solutions, streaming pipelines, and caching architectures.
• Strong grounding in identity, access management, authentication/authorization, and enterprise security patterns.

AI & Emerging Technologies

• Exposure to AI/ML tools and experience applying AI capabilities in transformation initiatives.
• Understanding of modern AI/ML architecture patterns and integration approaches.

Consulting & Leadership

• Ability to translate business needs into technical architectures and guide senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills across global and distributed teams.

Certifications (Preferred)

• GCP experience is preferred; however, exposure to Azure or AWS is considered an added advantage.
• Additional certifications such as CISSP, ITIL, SAFe, PMI, CEH, etc.
• Knowledge in US Healthcare domain.

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