Solution Architect (Microsoft .NET/Azure Cloud)

About the role

Lead end to end architectural design and governance of Microsoft .NET based systems, ensuring scalability, performance, security, maintainability, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards. Define cloud native and hybrid architectures on Microsoft Azure. Implement these architectures, including App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service, Service Bus, Event Grid, API Management, and data platforms. Ensure high availability, resiliency, and cost efficiency in these implementations. Drive application modernization initiatives, including decomposition of legacy systems, migration to cloud native architectures, and adoption of containerization and serverless paradigms. Analyze and formalize feature and platform requirements, incorporating architectural design considerations, software engineering best practices, testing strategies, data architecture, security controls, and cloud optimization principles. Create and evolve enterprise grade applications, APIs, and integration layers that operate consistently across multiple platforms, channels, and devices, ensuring interoperability and extensibility. Define and oversee implementation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, environment standardization, and release governance using Azure DevOps or equivalent tooling. Provide architectural oversight through design reviews, code reviews, and technical governance forums, ensuring alignment with defined standards and long term system sustainability. Develop and enforce source control strategies, including branching models, code check in policies, and traceability standards across distributed teams. Mentor engineers and technical leads, fostering architectural thinking, design rigor, and adherence to engineering excellence principles across the organization. Delegate architectural tasks and guide execution while maintaining accountability for overall system integrity and quality. Participate in incident management processes, including on call escalation, root cause analysis, and systemic remediation planning. Promote a DevOps culture by integrating development and operations practices, enabling continuous delivery, automation, and shared ownership of production systems. You will report to the Director of Engineering