
Sr Solution Architect
About the role
Job Summary
Job Title: Senior Principal Solution Architect (Multi-Cloud & AI)Role Overview
We are seeking a visionary Senior Solution Architect to serve as the technical North Star for our most ambitious initiatives. This is a high-impact role responsible for designing resilient, scalable, and secure environments across a multi-cloud ecosystem (Azure, AWS, and GCP). You will bridge the gap between traditional networking, modern application development, and the rapidly evolving field of AI integration.
Key Responsibilities
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Multi-Cloud Strategy: Design and implement cross-cloud architectures that optimize performance, redundancy, and cost-efficiency.
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AI/ML Integration: Build the "scaffolding" for AI initiatives, ensuring data pipelines and model deployments are architecturally sound and scalable.
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Hybrid Networking: Architect complex software-defined networks (SDN) and secure connectivity between on-prem, Azure, AWS, and GCP environments.
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Modernization & Apps: Lead the transition from legacy monoliths to microservices, containerization (Kubernetes), and serverless patterns.
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Dedicated Network zone: Manage & define dedicated network landing zone for cloud workload to secure enterprise data & services
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Technical Governance: Establish blueprints, guardrails, and "Golden Paths" for engineering teams to ensure consistency across the stack.
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Stakeholder Influence: Act as a translator between complex technical requirements and business outcomes for C-suite and executive leadership.
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Technology Evaluation: Evaluate and recommend new technologies, platforms, and services to enhance the company's IT infrastructure.
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Documentation: Create and maintain detailed architectural diagrams, policies, and documentation.
Required Qualifications
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Experience: 10+ years in IT infrastructure/ software engineering, with 5+ years specifically in a Senior/Principal Architect role.
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Cloud Mastery: Professional-level certifications in at least two of the big three (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect).
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Networking Depth: Deep understanding of VPC/ VNet peering, Transit Gateways, Load Balancing, DNS, and Zero Trust security models.
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AI Infrastructure: Proven experience designing infrastructure to support LLMs, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), or large-scale data processing (Spark, Snowflake, etc.).
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DevOps Culture: Strong command of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or Bicep) and CI/CD orchestration.
Preferred Skills
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Experience with Fin Ops (Cloud cost optimization and management).
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Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR) in cloud environments.
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Background in application development (Python, Go, or Java) to better support developer experience will be added advantage.
Key Responsibilities
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To provide an overview on high level implementation roadmaps for the proposed solutions.
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To develop platform specific architecture solutions.
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To act as an SME in guiding the team in delivering high quality delivery solutions adhering to client requirements/policies.
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To effectively respond to RFPs.
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To provide cost and pricing data, recovery principles, patterns and usage.
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To effectively translate client requirements into technical solutions
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To identity new opportunities for PaaS/SaaS Solutions across the cloud service providers space
Skill Requirements
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Other Requirements
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Required skills
solution architecture
systems design
stakeholder alignment
About HCL Technologies
Gautam Buddha Nagar
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