[Hiring] Cloud Architect @Spruce Infotech

Role Description

Own the end-to-end architecture for CLIENT Azure-based digital banking platform - spanning solution, cloud platform, integration, and security architecture. Translate business outcomes into a secure, scalable, integration-ready, production-grade platform, and act as the single technical authority (architecture gate owner) from design through production readiness and operational transition.

Boundary: partners with the Front End Architect, who owns the client tier (React Native/web app architecture, component library, design system). The Solution Architect holds final authority on platform, backend/microservices, integration, cloud, and security decisions, and owns the BFF contract.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in solution and/or cloud architecture.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• Proven end-to-end delivery (architecture → production) in Agile, cross-functional, distributed teams.

Requirements

• End-to-end architecture ownership
• Own conceptual, logical, and physical architecture across application, platform, integration, and infrastructure layers.
• Author architecture decisions, reference architectures, and guardrails (ADRs); chair architecture/design reviews and the architecture sign-off gate.
• Ensure alignment with CLIENT enterprise architecture and the Azure Well-Architected Framework.
• Solution & integration architecture
• Define cloud-native, API-first, event-driven, microservices, and domain-driven patterns; own the Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) contract for mobile and web channels.
• Lead integration architecture across Fiserv DNA core banking, MuleSoft APIs, and near-real-time core data sync (CDC) via Oracle GoldenGate over ExpressRoute.
• Define resiliency, observability, and scalability patterns across the application landscape.
• Cloud platform architecture (Azure)
• Design and govern AKS, API Management, Azure Functions/Durable Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure SQL/Storage, Azure Monitor & Application Insights.
• Define hub-and-spoke networking, ExpressRoute, private endpoints, DNS, and secure connectivity.
• Establish environment strategy (Dev/QA/UAT/Prod) and deployment topologies.
• Security, compliance & resiliency
• Define security architecture with identity/security teams: Microsoft Entra External ID (CIAM), OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT; Zero Trust, encryption, secrets management, and Key Vault integration.
• Own PCI-DSS scope definition, cardholder-data trust boundaries (CDE), tokenization strategy, and QSA coordination.
• Design HA/DR, failover, and operational-readiness (monitoring, logging, alerting).
• DevSecOps & delivery enablement
• Define CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (ARM/Bicep, Azure DevOps) direction; guide deployment/release strategy and production readiness.
• Technical leadership & stakeholder collaboration
• Provide direction to engineering, QA, DevSecOps, and integration teams; resolve cross-team dependencies.
• Present architecture, trade-offs, and recommendations to leadership; collaborate with CLIENT and vendors (Fiserv, MuleSoft) through delivery and hypercare/handover.
• AI-enabled engineering
• Direct enterprise-approved AI tools across the SDLC with human review, secure prompt/data handling, traceability, and governance; define AI guardrails and adoption practices and own architecture-level review of AI-generated design/code.

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