We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on and technically versatile Solution Architect to drive the design and implementation of scalable, secure and resilient cloud-native solutions. This role is pivotal in shaping the architecture of a major enterprise commerce platform, with a robust preference for Microsoft Azure but open to candidates with production-grade experience in AWS or GCP.

Responsibilities

Architect and lead the development of cloud-native systems using microservices and event-driven paradigms
Design and implement solutions leveraging 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 by leading fine-tuning efforts through end-to-end performance testing, ensuring 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 using 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
Provide deeper subject matter expertise on SDLC topics during the initial discovery phase, identify potential AI use cases, design them and assist team members to build, deploy and embed AI use cases to generate productivity gains
Identify and design potential AI use cases (agents/skills) using Copilot correctly into the Cordant ecosystem while showing productivity gains
Support the design, configuration and adoption of AI-enabled workflows across all identified bottlenecks/stages of PDLC/SDLC for the participating Cordant teams

Requirement

📌 Solution Architect (Pune)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Pune