Job Title: Lead Specialist, Solution Architect

Division: Assessment & Qualifications Delivery

Location: Bangalore or Chennai, India (Hybrid)

Role Summary

As a Solution Architect (E30), you will design and deliver recent services on
Microsoft Azure aligned with Pearson’s enterprise standards. Your remit includes
the development of secure, scalable solution architectures, while ensuring
integration across legacy on-premise and AWS components where needed. You will
collaborate with product owners, business analysts, delivery teams (including
technical architects and developers) and external partners to convert business
requirements into effective technical solutions. This includes evaluating
solution options, estimating costs and ensuring that designs meet both
functional and non-functional requirements (e.g. security, performance,
availability, scalability). Clear communication and stakeholder engagement are
essential in this role.

Key Responsibilities

* Solution Architecture Design: Lead the design of end-to-end solutions on




Azure (and advise on on-premise or AWS where needed), selecting optimal
services and patterns to meet both functional and non-functional
requirements. Produce architecture blueprints, dataflows and interface
specifications.
* Solution Option Analysis & Cost Estimation: Work with business analysts and
product owners to evaluate multiple solution options, ensuring the trade-offs
are understood. Provide cost and effort estimations (including
infrastructure, licensing and operational considerations), and help recommend
solutions that balance performance, scalability and total cost of ownership.
* Technical Leadership & Governance: Serve as design authority throughout
delivery. Provide guidance, mentoring and quality assurance to delivery teams
and third-party partners. Develop and refine architectural standards where
gaps exist to ensure consistent best practices.
* Support Delivery Teams: Collaborate closely with delivery teams—including
technica

📌 Lead Specialist, Solution Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 Pearson
📍 Bengaluru