HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies

Sr Solution Architect

RoleEngineering
LevelSenior
LocationGautam Buddha Nagar, India
WorkOn-site
TypeFull-time
Posted1 month ago
Apply now

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

  • Multi-Cloud Strategy: Design and implement cross-cloud architectures that optimize performance, redundancy, and cost-efficiency.

  • AI/ML Integration: Build the "scaffolding" for AI initiatives, ensuring data pipelines and model deployments are architecturally sound and scalable.

  • Hybrid Networking: Architect complex software-defined networks (SDN) and secure connectivity between on-prem, Azure, AWS, and GCP environments.

  • Modernization & Apps: Lead the transition from legacy monoliths to microservices, containerization (Kubernetes), and serverless patterns.

  • Dedicated Network zone: Manage & define dedicated network landing zone for cloud workload to secure enterprise data & services

  • Technical Governance: Establish blueprints, guardrails, and "Golden Paths" for engineering teams to ensure consistency across the stack.

  • Stakeholder Influence: Act as a translator between complex technical requirements and business outcomes for C-suite and executive leadership.

  • Technology Evaluation: Evaluate and recommend new technologies, platforms, and services to enhance the company's IT infrastructure.

  • Documentation: Create and maintain detailed architectural diagrams, policies, and documentation.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience: 10+ years in IT infrastructure/ software engineering, with 5+ years specifically in a Senior/Principal Architect role.

  • 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).

  • Networking Depth: Deep understanding of VPC/ VNet peering, Transit Gateways, Load Balancing, DNS, and Zero Trust security models.

  • AI Infrastructure: Proven experience designing infrastructure to support LLMs, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), or large-scale data processing (Spark, Snowflake, etc.).

  • DevOps Culture: Strong command of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or Bicep) and CI/CD orchestration.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Fin Ops (Cloud cost optimization and management).

  • Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR) in cloud environments.

  • Background in application development (Python, Go, or Java) to better support developer experience will be added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

  1. To provide an overview on high level implementation roadmaps for the proposed solutions.

  2. To develop platform specific architecture solutions.

  3. To act as an SME in guiding the team in delivering high quality delivery solutions adhering to client requirements/policies.

  4. To effectively respond to RFPs.

  5. To provide cost and pricing data, recovery principles, patterns and usage.

  6. To effectively translate client requirements into technical solutions

  7. To identity new opportunities for PaaS/SaaS Solutions across the cloud service providers space

Skill Requirements

null

Other Requirements

null

Required skills

solution architecture

systems design

stakeholder alignment

About HCL Technologies

Gautam Buddha Nagar

Headquarters