Role & responsibilities

- Architect and lead the development of cloud-native systems using microservices and event-driven paradigms
- Design and implement solutions that leverage Kubernetes (preferably AKS) and service mesh technologies like Istio
- Define and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across engineering teams
- Drive performance optimization initiatives through end-to-end performance testing to ensure system scalability, responsiveness, and reliability across complex, distributed architectures
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business goals and technical solutions
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Create and maintain architectural diagrams and documentation with industry-standard tools (e.g., Miro, Gliffy, Draw.io)
- Guide teams through cloud adoption, modernization, and optimization initiatives
- Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to business needs

Preferred candidate profile

- 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with a strong preference for the Banking domain
- Proven experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or GCP) in production environments




- Deep expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration; Istio or other service mesh experience is a strong plus
- Hands-on experience with NFR, architecture governance, documentation, system design and architectural design. Trade-off
- Databases: CosmosDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Oracle
- Messaging/Eventing: Kafka, EventHub
- Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep)
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. GitHub Actions a plus
- Experience that delivers operational communications (and/or Customer Communication Management (CCM)) in complex, regulated financial services environments
- Ability to produce clear comms architecture: define audience segmentation, message intent, channel selection, timing/trigger logic and handoffs between operations, contact center, digital and product teams
- Demonstrated ability to lead architectural discussions and influence technical direction
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in diagramming tools to convey architectural concepts effectively

Nice to have

- Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Familiarity with FinOps, observability, and cloud governance
- Background in support of production workloads with high availability and disaster recovery considerations
- Hybris e-commerce.

📌 Lead Solution Architect/ Sr. Solution Architect (Chennai)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Chennai