Application Architect-Java-Lead Architect

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Position Summary

Level: Lead Architect As a Lead Architect (App Architecture) at Deloitte Consulting, you will oversee the technical delivery of enterprise-scale software solutions, lead cross-functional and global teams and mentor junior members. You will collaborate to understand functional requirements, support sales and proposal efforts, and drive end-to-end project delivery, including estimation and planning, to ensure successful outcomes.

Work you’ll do: Collaborate with the functional team and client to thoroughly understand business requirements. Serve as the Architecture lead, overseeing technical delivery by providing architectural direction and implementation recommendations. Lead documentation efforts, ensuring all deliverables adhere to architectural standards and best practices. Direct the design and development of solutions, ensuring alignment with the overall architecture and timely delivery according to project plans. Work closely with project leadership to identify and escalate potential risks, prepare status reports, and ensure architectural considerations are addressed. Mentor junior team members, facilitate communication between various teams within the engagement, and champion architectural integrity throughout the project. Responding to proposals by providing accurate estimations and technical input, supporting the overall success and alignment of project objectives with client needs

Technical Proficiencies Expertise in J2EE and Spring Boot:

• Strong proficiency in Java/J2EE frameworks, with a focus on Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring Cloud
• Extensive experience in developing scalable, high-performance enterprise applications using J2EE

Cloud Computing (AWS/Azure/GCP):

• Hands-on experience designing and deploying solutions on one or more hyperscalers:

• AWS: EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation

• Azure: App Service, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Blob Storage, Azure Functions, API Management, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

• GCP: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Firestore, Deployment Manager/Terraform

• Proficiency in designing and deploying microservices architectures on cloud platforms

Microservices Architecture:

• Strong expertise in building and managing microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Netflix (Eureka, Hystrix, Zuul, Ribbon), and REST/GraphQL APIs
• Experience with inter-service communication using Eventgrid,gRPC or Kafka

Performance Optimization:

• Proven experience in profiling, monitoring, and optimizing applications for performance using tools like JMeter, Java Flight Recorder
• Expertise in JVM tuning, memory management, and SQL query optimization

DevOps Practices and CI/CD:

• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools and methodologies, including:

• CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure Pipelines, AWS CodePipeline, GCP Cloud Build

• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS).

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible

• Monitoring tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk

Database and Data Storage:

• Strong experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server).
• Experience with NoSQL and caching technologies and/or hyperscaler-native options

Code Reviews and Best Practices:

• Expertise in conducting thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to SOLID principles, design patterns, and industry-standard best practices
• Proficiency in writing clean, modular, and maintainable code using tools like SonarQube or PMD for static code analysis

API Management and Security:

• Experience in designing and managing APIs using Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, or API Gateway
• Knowledge of authentication/authorization protocols like OAuth2, JWT, and SAML

System Architecture and Design:

• Experience producing architecture/design artifacts (diagrams, decision logs) using tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, or ArchiMate
• Strong experience in architecting scalable, distributed systems using microservices, event-driven architectures, and domain-driven design (DDD)

Leadership and Communication

• Provide proof of concepts, analysis of alternatives, and brief their results to client stakeholders
• Responsible for cloud native architecture design, implementation of distributed, fault-tolerant enterprise applications for cloud
• Build meaningful relationship with clients
• Publish whitepapers / point of views and act as an evangelist to the Deloitte brand
• Work both independently or in a team-oriented, collaborative environment based on the project requirements
• Contributes significantly towards leading initiatives for development and maintenance of tools, methods, and offerings in the area of specialization
• Identifies and builds productivity and efficiency drivers which substantially influence during sales pitch and become key criteria for winning new projects in the specialty area

The team: Engineering as a Service provides complete design, implementation, and technology operations, leveraging our core engineering expertise. We transform engineering teams, modernize technology, and deliver complex programs with a product engineering approach. Our flexible delivery models—traditional teams, pools, or pods—are tailored to each client’s needs, offering engineering-led advisory, implementation, and operational capabilities to accelerate innovation.

Qualifications Must Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:

• 8-14 years of industry experience, with at least 8+ years in a technical architect role designing applications and hosting solutions on cloud platforms

• At least 10+ years of hands-on experience in cloud native architecture design, implementation of distributed, fault-tolerant enterprise applications for cloud

• Should have knowledge to understand and create the Target State Solutions

• Should be able to create Low level designs for Engineering teams For Ex: Flow charts, Sequence diagrams, class diagrams

• Should have knowledge of reusable components- Filters, JPA, Logging and Monitoring

• Should have Hands-On experience on

• Spring web-Java API development along with certification process

• Maven build Tools

• Spring JPA, connection pool configuration

• Event Driven Implementation: Kafka connector library Integration with Java

• Should have good knowledge of SOLID principles and Java Design Patterns

• Should define Interfaces and re-usable components to avoid duplicate effort - For Ex: Circuit breaker, Retry, Error Handling

• Experience in application migration and modernization of legacy applications to cloud platforms including hybrid connectivity and phased cutovers

• Familiarity with principles summarized in the major Cloud Adoption Frameworks and Well-Architected/Architecture frameworks (e.g., AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) + Well-Architected; Azure CAF + Well-Architected Framework; Google Cloud CAF + Architecture Framework)

• Deep expertise in architecting and designing end-to-end cloud solutions, recommending architecture patterns aligned to business needs

• Experience designing approach and leading migrations from on ‑ premises to cloud, leveraging database migration services and application migration/assessment tooling (e.g., discovery, wave planning, cutover, validation)

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, and managed/container platforms (e.g., cloud-managed Kubernetes services and/or OpenShift)

• Working knowledge of cloud-native CI/CD and developer platforms (source control, build, artifact repositories, pipeline orchestration), distributed tracing/observability, and security services

• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, with experience in designing and implementing cloud-based solutions

• Strong understanding of the cloud native development practices and architectural patterns

• Experience in leading and managing teams within specialist areas from project planning to execution

• AI-related awareness: demonstrated AI-first delivery mindset, including familiarity with Generative AI (GenAI) concepts, agentic workflows/automation, and practical considerations (data privacy, security, model risk) when incorporating AI capabilities into enterprise applications

Education:

• BE./B.Tech/M.C.A./M.Sc (CS) degree or equivalent from accredited university

Location:

• Bengaluru/Hyderabad/Pune/Chennai

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