ADMS Lead

Job Location

Pune

Location Flexibility

Multiple Locations in Country

Req Id

12807

Posting Start Date

10/7/26

Lead Solution Architect

Bespoke Applications, Azure & Digital Modernization

Role Purpose

Own end-to-end architecture and presales solutioning for bespoke application engagements, translating business needs into secure, scalable and delivery-ready solutions across modern user experiences, cloud-native platforms, integration and application modernization.

Role family

Business Consulting / Solution Architecture

Role level

Senior / Lead

• Primary focus
• Bespoke application architecture, presales and modernization
• Technology focus
• Azure, web, mobile, APIs, microservices and integration
• Engagement scope
• Customer discovery through solution handover to delivery

• Role Summary

The Lead Solution Architect will provide technical and consulting leadership across complex bespoke application opportunities and transformation programs. The role combines customer-facing presales, application architecture, business and technical analysis, cloud-native engineering, estimation, migration planning and delivery governance. The successful candidate will shape pragmatic solutions that balance business outcomes, user experience, security, operability, cost, risk and delivery feasibility.

• Key Accountabilities

• Lead customer discovery, architecture workshops and solution-definition activities from opportunity qualification through proposal, solution defense and transition to delivery.
• Own end-to-end solution architecture across user experience, application, API, integration, data, security, cloud platform, DevSecOps, observability and service-management layers.
• Translate business, system and technical requirements into clear architectures, implementation of roadmaps, estimates, assumptions, dependencies and delivery-ready artifacts.
• Define modernization and migration strategies for application portfolios using the 6R approach: Rehost, Deplatform, Refactor/Re-architect, Repurchase, Retain, and Retire.
• Assess legacy applications, technical debt, dependencies, non-functional requirements and cloud readiness; recommend rationalization and target-state options.
• Design scalable web, mobile and cloud-native solutions using appropriate front-end, back-end, integration and Azure services.
• Guide technical problem solving, implementation, migration, coding and development decisions, including design reviews and resolution of complex engineering risks.
• Create and defend technical proposals, solution narratives, cost/effort estimates, work breakdowns, delivery models and transition approaches for RFI/RFP/RFQ pursuits.
• Ensure architectural standards, reusable patterns, guardrails and engineering best practices are applied consistently to maintain quality across projects.
• Partner with sales, bid management, delivery, security, cloud, data, service and commercial teams to produce coherent and competitive solutions.
• Provide technical leadership during proof of concepts, mobilization and early delivery; ensure architecture intent is understood and traceable through implementation.
• Coach solution architects and engineering teams, encourage reuse, and contribute to reference architectures, accelerators, playbooks and knowledge assets.

• Critical Bespoke Application Skills

Competency

• Expected capability
• Application architecture
• Architecture styles, layered and modular design, domain-driven principles, microservices, event-driven patterns, APIs, integration and cloud-native design.
• Technical problem solving, implementation and migration
• Root-cause analysis, option assessment, engineering trade-offs, migration sequencing, cutover considerations, and implementation of governance.
• User Interface and User Experience
• Responsive web and mobile experience design, accessibility, usability, design systems, prototyping and alignment of experience requirements with technical architecture.

Cloud Native Platform

• Azure application hosting, serverless and container patterns, identity, integration, data services, cloud native apps and hands on Microservices
• Programming and frameworks
• TypeScript, JavaScript, NativeScript, Angular, React, Flutter, Spring Boot and Node.js, with the ability to select technologies based on fit, maintainability and delivery context.

Business/System/Technical Analysis

• Requirements for elicitation, process and capability analysis, functional decomposition, NFR definition, traceability, dependency analysis and solution option assessment.
• Agile/Sprint/Scrum methodologies
• Backlog shaping, architecture runway, sprint planning support, definition of ready/done, iterative delivery, technical spikes and architecture governance within Agile teams.

Design/Coding/Development

• Hands-on credibility in solution design, coding practices, code reviews, testing strategy, CI/CD, secure development and engineering-quality controls.
• Application rationalization and 6Rs
• Portfolio assessment, disposition recommendations, modernization roadmaps, wave planning, business-case inputs and risk/dependency management.
• End-to-end solution architecture
• Integrated design across business, application, information, technology, security and operational viewpoints, with decisions documented and governed.

• Architecture and Engineering Frameworks

Architecture lifecycle: discover, assess, define principles, develop options, select target state, create roadmap, govern implementation and validate outcomes.

Architecture artifacts: context and container views, component and deployment views, integration/API specifications, data flows, security architecture, NFR model, decision records, risks, assumptions and traceability.

Application modernization: legacy assessment, technical-debt analysis, monolith decomposition, microservices suitability, cloud-native refactoring, containerization and phased migration.

Cloud and engineering: Well-Architected considerations, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, observability, SRE-aligned operability and FinOps-aware decisions.

Governance: architecture review boards, design assurance, standards compliance, exception management, technical-quality gates and handover acceptance criteria.

Presales governance: qualification, solution strategy, effort estimation, cost inputs, RAID management, proposal quality reviews, solution defense and delivery acceptance.

• Technology and Platform Exposure

• Front end and mobile: Angular, React, Flutter, NativeScript, TypeScript, JavaScript, responsive design and accessibility.
• Back end and APIs: Spring Boot, Node.js, REST/GraphQL APIs, microservices, event-driven services and API management.
• Cloud and containers: Microsoft Azure, containers, Kubernetes, serverless services, platform services, hybrid integration and cloud governance.
• Integration and Middleware: API gateways, messaging, event streaming, enterprise integration patterns and service-to-service security.
• Engineering and delivery: Git-based engineering, CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code and environment strategy.
• Operations: Monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, resilience, backup/recovery, service readiness and support transition.

• Presales and Consulting Responsibilities

• Facilitate executive, business and technical stakeholder workshops and convert ambiguous needs into a structured solution problem statement.
• Develop differentiated solution approaches that articulate business value, architecture rationale, feasibility, risks and measurable outcomes.
• Lead or contribute to RFI/RFP/RFQ responses, presentations, demonstrations, proof of concepts, solution defenses, and commercial clarification cycles.
• Produce estimates and assumptions with transparent sizing logic, resource profiles, dependencies, exclusions, and contingencies.
• Work effectively across presales and delivery to ensure proposed solutions are executable, supportable, and aligned with agreed scope and commercials.
• Identify opportunities to incorporate AI, automation, and reusable accelerators where they provide clear customer and delivery value.

• Essential Soft Skills and Leadership Behaviours

Executive communication - Excellent written, oral, presentation, facilitation and executive stakeholder-management skills; able to simplify complex technical choices into business-relevant decisions.

Structured problem solving - Strong analytical, troubleshooting, estimation, decision-making and structured problem-solving capability, with clear articulation of trade-offs.

Quality orientation - disciplined production of proposals, architectures, estimates, assumptions, decisions and delivery-ready artifacts, with strong attention to completeness and consistency.

Collaboration and mobilization - A collaborative team player who can mobilize matrix teams, align diverse specialists, manage competing priorities and sustain momentum across cultures and time zones.

Customer orientation - Confident and credible in customer-facing situations; listens actively, challenges constructively and builds trust through clarity, ownership and follow-through.

Influence without authority - Able to create alignment across sales, architecture, engineering, delivery, security, operations and commercial stakeholders.

Adaptability and resilience - Comfortable operating in high-pressure, ambiguous and rapidly changing deal environments while maintaining professionalism and quality.

Leadership and coaching - Able to mentor architects and engineers, provide actionable feedback, promote standards and develop a culture of reuse and continuous improvement.

Commercial awareness - Understands how architecture choices affect cost, risk, schedule, serviceability, scalability, and competitive positioning.

Ownership and accountability - Takes end-to-end responsibility for commitments, escalates issues early and drives decisions to closure.

• Experience and Qualifications

• Significant experience in application solution architecture, bespoke software engineering, technology consulting or an equivalent customer-facing role.
• Demonstrated experience designing and modernizing enterprise applications across web, mobile, API, integration and cloud platforms.
• Experience leading architecture and solutioning activities across presales and delivery lifecycles, including estimation and proposal development.
• Practical understanding of Azure solution patterns, security, resilience, integration, DevSecOps and operational readiness.
• Experience with Agile delivery and the ability to provide architecture leadership without constraining iterative engineering.
• Bachelor’s or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Relevant cloud, architecture, Agile, project-management or engineering certifications are desirable.

• Indicative Success Measures

• Quality, completeness and delivery feasibility of proposed architectures and solution artifacts.
• Customer and internal stakeholder confidence during workshops, reviews and solution defenses.
• Accuracy and transparency of estimates, assumptions, dependencies and risks.
• Compliance with architecture standards, security controls and engineering-quality expectations.
• Effective transition from presales to delivery with minimal ambiguity or avoidable rework.
• Reuse of patterns, accelerators and knowledge assets across opportunities.
• Contribution to team capability, coaching and continuous improvement.

Ideal Candidate

A customer-oriented Lead Solution Architect who combines broad architectural thinking with hands-on engineering credibility. The candidate should be able to navigate from business problem to solution strategy, defend choices with senior stakeholders, and guide multidisciplinary teams toward a secure, scalable, supportable and commercially viable outcome.

Relocation Supported

Yes

Visa Sponsorship Approved

No