Senior Technical Specialist

Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary

Skill / Category

Mandatory / Non-Mandatory

Evaluation Focus

Rationale

Cloud Architecture (any cloud ) & Platform Strategy

Mandatory

Define architecture vision, target-state design, technology roadmap, and alignment with business objectives
secure, scalable, resilient cloud environments and infrastructure patterns

Core responsibility of the DevOps Architect role.
Essential for cloud-native platform evolution.

Thought Machine Vault Platform Architecture

Preferred

Knowledge of Vault ecosystem, deployment models, platform capabilities, and modernization approaches

Directly relevant to the platform being supported.

Kubernetes (GKE)

Mandatory

Cluster architecture, scalability, multi-region deployment, networking, security, and governance

Critical technology underpinning the platform.

Istio Service Mesh & Microservices Architecture

Mandatory

Service-to-service communication, traffic management, security, observability, and resilience patterns

Key capability for modern distributed systems.

Kafka Event Streaming & Event-Driven Architecture

Mandatory

Event design patterns, integration, scalability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization

Critical for platform integration and real-time processing.

Distributed Systems, High Availability & Resilience Design

Mandatory

Fault tolerance, scalability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and reliability patterns

Fundamental architectural capability.

Database Architecture & AlloyDB Platform Design

Mandatory

High Availablity database architecture, replication, backups, performance optimization, and recovery strategies

Required to support highly available banking systems.

API, Integration & Enterprise Connectivity Architecture

Mandatory

API-first design, synchronous/asynchronous integrations, and enterprise connectivity patterns

Supports interoperability across platforms and services.

SRE Governance

Mandatory

Architecture standards, governance processes,



strategic planning, and technology adoption decisions
Influencing engineering teams, business stakeholders, and strategic suppliers

Ensures consistency and architectural alignment.
Required to drive architecture decisions across the organization.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Operational Excellence

Preferred

Logging, monitoring, tracing, operational visibility, and performance analysis
SLOs/SLIs, incident management, capacity planning, reliability engineering practices
Resilience frameworks, risk management, recovery capabilities, and regulatory considerations

Supports operational excellence and system health.
Improves platform stability and service availability.
Particularly important in banking environments.

Key Responsibilities

Skill / Category

Mandatory / Non-Mandatory

Evaluation Focus

Rationale

Cloud Architecture (any cloud ) & Platform Strategy

Mandatory

Define architecture vision, target-state design, technology roadmap, and alignment with business objectives
secure, scalable, resilient cloud environments and infrastructure patterns

Core responsibility of the DevOps Architect role.
Essential for cloud-native platform evolution.

Thought Machine Vault Platform Architecture

Preferred

Knowledge of Vault ecosystem, deployment models, platform capabilities, and modernization approaches

Directly relevant to the platform being supported.

Kubernetes (GKE)

Mandatory

Cluster architecture, scalability, multi-region deployment, networking, security, and governance

Critical technology underpinning the platform.





Istio Service Mesh & Microservices Architecture

Mandatory

Service-to-service communication, traffic management, security, observability, and resilience patterns

Key capability for modern distributed systems.

Kafka Event Streaming & Event-Driven Architecture

Mandatory

Event design patterns, integration, scalability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization

Critical for platform integration and real-time processing.

Distributed Systems, High Availability & Resilience Design

Mandatory

Fault tolerance, scalability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and reliability patterns

Fundamental architectural capability.

Database Architecture & AlloyDB Platform Design

Mandatory

High Availablity database architecture, replication, backups, performance optimization, and recovery strategies

Required to support highly available banking systems.

API, Integration & Enterprise Connectivity Architecture

Mandatory

API-first design, synchronous/asynchronous integrations, and enterprise connectivity patterns

Supports interoperability across platforms and services.

SRE Governance

Mandatory

Architecture standards, governance processes, strategic planning, and technology adoption decisions
Influencing engineering teams, business stakeholders, and strategic suppliers

Ensures consistency and architectural alignment.
Required to drive architecture decisions across the organization.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Operational Excellence

Preferred

Logging, monitoring, tracing, operational visibility, and performance analysis
SLOs/SLIs, incident management, capacity planning, reliability engineering practices
Resilience frameworks, risk management, recovery capabilities, and regulatory considerations

Supports operational excellence and system health.
Improves platform stability and service availability.
Particularly significant in banking environments.

Skill Requirements

Other Requirements

📌 Senior Technical Specialist (Hyderabad)
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