Senior Manager - Application Architect

Job highlights

• 10+ years of experience in application design / application modernization and play a pivotal role in system design,modern application development processes,and creating solutions for application modernization projects
• Experience on Frontend,API and database from an Application Architecture perspective
• Qualifications / Preferred Skills: . TOGAF Certification is a must

Years of Experience :- +10 Years

Job Overview:

10+ years of experience in application design / application modernization and play a pivotal role in system design, modern application development processes, and creating solutions for application modernization projects.

Key Responsibilities:

1. System Design :

• Lead the system design process and develop comprehensive and scalable architectural designs that align with business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system designs meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
• Design and present innovative solutions that address client requirements.
• Create prototypes, proofs of concept, and technical documentation to support proposed solutions.
• Redesigning the application's architecture to align with modern best practices and standards.

2. Application Design & Modernization:

• Evaluating and selecting appropriate technologies and software products to meet the software solution requirements coming as part of the RFP or customer requirement.
• Creating application architecture for scalable and resilient applications capable of handling the demands of a dynamic digital environment.
• Recommending suitable tech stack and underlying services for RFP and customer requirements.
• Defining technical standards, guidelines, and best practices to ensure the quality of the software solution.
• Designing the overall structure of the application, including its database, user interface, and underlying software components.
• Drive the application modernization process by assessing existing systems and proposing modernization strategies.
• Architect and implement solutions that leverage modern technologies and frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership in migrating legacy applications to contemporary architectures.
• Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks within the application.

3. High Availability and Reliability:

• Ensure applications are designed for high availability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
• Design for horizontal scalability, considering modern cloud-native principles and microservices architectures.

4. Technical Expertise:

• Architectural experience throughout the entire software development lifecycle by continuously making critical adjustments to the architecture to ensure desired results.
• Experience on Frontend, API and database from an Application Architecture perspective.
• Extensive experience in key architecture design tenets viz. api-first, opensource readiness, zero-trust policy, headless.

5. Technology Stack Modernization:

• Evaluate and recommend modern technologies, frameworks, and tools to keep our applications current and competitive.
• Guide the migration and modernization of legacy systems towards a more agile and scalable architecture.
• Staying up to date with emerging technologies and trends in software development and making recommendations on how to incorporate them into the application architecture.
• Integrating AI and machine learning capabilities into the application.

6. Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including development, operations, and business units, to ensure a unified and efficient approach to digital transformation initiatives.
• Working with development teams to understand technical limitations and feasibility of proposed solutions. Collaborating with other solution architects and technical teams to provide comprehensive solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and challenges.

7. Security and Compliance:

• Integrate robust security measures into application architectures, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and organizational standards.
• Conduct regular security assessments and implement improvements to address emerging threats.
• Identifying potential risks and limitations of the application's architecture and proposing solutions to mitigate those risks.

8. Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:

• Create comprehensive documentation for application architectures, design decisions, and technology stacks.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing within the team to ensure a deep understanding of architectural principles.

Qualifications / Preferred Skills:

• TOGAF Certification is a must.
• Knowledge of Modernizing applications, 6/7 R principles, Architecture types like NTier architecture, web-Que-worker, Microservices architecture, etc
• Full understanding of Automation, integration with upstream and downstream applications and/or processes.
• Familiarity with serverless computing and event-driven architectures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong expertise in system design, architecture, and modern application development processes.
• Experience in migrating and modernizing legacy applications to cloud-native architectures.
• Possess a deep understanding of a wide range of technologies relevant to application modernization.
• Proven experience as an Application Modernization Architect or similar role.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to create and present technical solutions to diverse audiences.
• Breaking down monolithic applications into smaller, independent services.
• Experience in restructuring the application architecture without altering its external behavior.