31 Jul
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Recognized
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Hyderabad
31 Jul
Recognized
Hyderabad
Job Description: Technical Architect
Location: Hyderabad / Pune –
Hybrid
Department: Retail
Experience: ~15 years overall,
including 6–8 years in an Architect -level role
About
the Role
We're looking for an Architect to define and govern
the technology strategy that connects business goals to IT execution within our
Retail domain. You'll own the big picture — how applications, data,
infrastructure, security, and AI capabilities fit together across the
organization — while guiding teams toward consistent, scalable, and
future -proof solutions, including how AI and GenAI are woven into the retail
technology roadmap.
Key
Responsibilities
• Define and
maintain the Technical architecture vision, principles, and roadmap aligned
with retail business strategy.
• Own
architecture across domains: business, application, data,
technology/infrastructure, and security (TOGAF -style layers).
• Evaluate
and select technology platforms, frameworks, and tools; maintain the technology reference stack.
• Lead
architecture reviews and governance boards; ensure solution designs align with
Org standards and avoid duplication/tech debt.
• Partner
with business stakeholders (CxOs, product owners) to translate retail business
capabilities (eCommerce, POS, supply chain, order management, inventory) into
technology roadmaps.
• Guide
cloud strategy and migration (AWS/Azure/GCP), including hybrid and multi -cloud
considerations.
• Define
integration patterns (APIs, event -driven, messaging) across retail systems and
third -party platforms (payment gateways, logistics, POS, CRM).
• Assess
build vs. buy decisions and lead vendor/technology evaluations.
• Drive
modernization of legacy retail systems and define migration strategies with
minimal business disruption.
• Establish
architecture documentation standards (reference architectures, ADRs, capability
maps).
• Mentor
solution architects, tech leads, and senior engineers; act as a technical
escalation point.
• Ensure
architecture decisions account for scalability, security, compliance, cost, and
operational resilience — particularly around peak retail events (e.g., sales
seasons, high -traffic periods).
• Stay
current on emerging technologies and assess their applicability to the retail
business.
• Define the
Org AI/GenAI strategy — identifying high -value use cases across the
retail value chain (personalization, demand forecasting, conversational
commerce, supply chain optimization, fraud detection).
• Establish
reference architectures for integrating AI/ML and GenAI capabilities (LLMs, RAG
pipelines, recommendation engines) into existing retail platforms and data
ecosystems.
• Partner
with data science and analytics teams to ensure AI initiatives are built on
governed, scalable data architecture.
• Define
responsible AI guardrails — data privacy, model governance and
compliance — as part of the Org architecture standards.
• Evaluate
AI platform and vendor choices (cloud -native AI services, LLM providers, MLOps
tooling) as part of build -vs -buy decisions.
Required
Qualifications
degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
in software/IT with 6–8 years in an architecture role.
experience designing architectures for large -scale, distributed, multi -system
environments, ideally within Retail.
knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud -native architecture
patterns.
with microservices, APIs, event -driven architecture, and integration platforms.
with architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, or similar).
practices.
driving legacy modernization and cloud migration initiatives.
engineers and executives.
— model serving, data pipelines for ML, and AI -driven application patterns.