FyneHand is mandated to hire for the role of Chief Architect - Associate Partner - Enterprise Transformation & Azure Cloud . The position will be based in Bangalore / Pune / Gurgaon / Hyderabad.

Key responsibilities:

Architecture strategy and roadmap:

- Own target-state enterprise architecture for distributed, cloud-native platforms and products across multiple business units
- Define and govern reference architectures, blueprints, and standards for multi-tenant SaaS, microservices, and event-driven systems
- Establish architecture metrics and outcomes tied to business objectives (e.g., lead-time reduction, reliability, cost)

Platform engineering and IDP:

- Lead design and rollout of Internal Developer Platforms to standardize golden paths, improve developer experience, and accelerate delivery
- Define platform SLAs/SLOs, golden templates, and paved roads for services, data, observability, and security

Cloud architecture and vendor neutrality:

- Architect solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP with a vendor-neutral mindset; leverage managed services where it creates strategic advantage
- Define multi-cloud landing zones, tenancy models, and portability patterns (12-factor, containers, IaC)

Multi-tenant SaaS at scale:

- Design and operate secure, scalable, cost-efficient multi-tenant architectures including tenant isolation, entitlements, billing/quotas, and data protection
- Establish patterns for regionalization, data residency, and compliance controls (GDPR, PCI, SOC 2 as applicable)

Security, identity, and compliance by design:

- Embed security and privacy controls into architecture (Zero Trust, IAM, secrets management, KMS/HSM, network segmentation)
- Partner with security and risk teams to implement governance, threat modeling, and continuous compliance automation

DevSecOps and engineering excellence:

- Drive CI/CD, GitOps, policy-as-code, and SRE practices; improve DORA metrics and engineering productivity
- Introduce AI-driven SDLC accelerators and guardrails to reduce cycle time and increase quality

Integration, APIs, and service connectivity:

- Define API strategy (gateway management, versioning, monetization) and service connectivity (service mesh, mTLS, traffic management)
- Establish event streaming and data-in-motion patterns for real-time use cases

Data and AI platform architecture:

- Guide modern data architectures (lakehouse, streaming,



governance) and AI/ML platforms for model training, deployment, and monitoring
- Partner with data and product teams to operationalize ML/GenAI responsibly at scale

Governance and operating model:

- Lead architecture governance across a matrixed enterprise; run ARBs, standards councils, and technology guardrails
- Build and mentor a high-performing architecture community of practice; scale via accelerators, reusable IP, and knowledge assets

Stakeholder leadership and communication:

- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business narratives for executives and non-technical stakeholders

Minimum qualifications

- 15+ years in software engineering and architecture with significant time in senior/principal/chief architect roles
- Deep expertise in cloud-native and distributed systems: microservices, event-driven architectures, CQRS, caching, resiliency patterns
- Proven experience designing and operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms at enterprise scale
- Strong hands-on experience on Azure
- Security and identity: OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, SAML, RBAC/ABAC, secrets management, KMS, network policies, and zero trust principles
- Container orchestration and connectivity: Kubernetes, Helm/Kustomize, service meshes (e.g., Istio/Linkerd), and API management (e.g., Apigee, Kong, Azure/API Gateway)
- DevSecOps and automation: CI/CD, GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep), policy-as-code (OPA), and supply-chain security
- Data and AI: familiarity with lakehouse platforms (e.g., Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake), event streaming (Kafka/Pulsar), and AI/ML platforms (SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML); understanding of MLOps and responsible AI practices
- Experience leading architecture governance in large, complex enterprises; established ARB processes and standards
- Background in regulated industries (banking, insurance, public sector) or large enterprise SaaS products




- Demonstrated ability to communicate crisply with executives and non-technical stakeholders and to influence cross-functional teams

Preferred qualifications

- Prior responsibility for technology strategy across multiple products or business units and for P&L-; or portfolio-impacting decisions
- Track record building platform engineering functions/CoEs and internal developer platforms
- Experience modernizing legacy systems at scale (e.g., monolith-to-microservices, application server migrations, language/runtime upgrades)
- Experience creating IP/accelerators that reduce delivery effort and standardize modernization
- Certifications such as TOGAF, cloud provider certifications, and advanced DevSecOps/AI credentials

Key competencies

- Enterprise technology leadership and strategic thinking
- Platform engineering and developer experience
- Architecture governance and operating model design
- Vendor-neutral multi-cloud design and FinOps awareness
- Executive communication and stakeholder management
- Innovation mindset with bias for measurable outcomes
- Team leadership, coaching, and global delivery governance

What success looks like (12–18 months)

- Target-state platform and SaaS architecture defined and adopted with clear reference implementations and guardrails
- IDP and golden paths established, improving developer productivity by 20 - 30% and reducing lead time to production
- Secure, compliant multi-tenant capabilities implemented with measurable improvements in reliability, performance, and cost
- AI-driven SDLC accelerators embedded with quality improvements and cycle-time reductions
- Architecture governance operationalized with consistent standards and reduced deviation across products/business units

Location: Bangalore / Pune / Gurgaon / Hyderabad.

Client details will be shared with shortlisted candidates only.

If this prospect aligns with your leadership journey, we would be happy to connect.

To apply, please send your profile to [email protected] or [email protected]. For a confidential discussion or any queries regarding the opportunity, please reach out via [email protected]

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📌 Chief Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 FyneHand
📍 Bengaluru