Job Description

Skill: Lead Architect

Experience : 13+ Years

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the architecture design for large-scale, complex projects ensuring alignment with business and technology strategy.


Define and enforce architecture principles, standards, and best practices across the organization.


Collaborate with product management, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural solutions.


Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, platforms, and tools to meet solution needs.


Drive cloud adoption, microservices architecture, and modern DevOps practices.


Conduct architecture reviews, risk assessments, and ensure compliance with security and performance standards.


Mentor and guide junior architects, engineers, and technical leads.


Engage with external partners, vendors, and clients on architecture and solution discussions.


Lead Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and innovation initiatives to explore new technologies.


Document architecture artifacts, including diagrams, models, and technical specifications.


Ensure solutions are maintainable, extensible, and performant.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 15+ years of experience in software architecture, solution design, and system engineering. Proven experience as a Lead Architect or Principal Architect on enterprise-grade projects. Strong knowledge of architectural patterns, microservices, event-driven architecture, and SOA. Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Deep understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps culture. Hands-on experience with programming languages like Java, .NET, Python, or others. Strong knowledge of databases, both relational and NoSQL. Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Experience with Agile methodologies and collaborating with distributed teams.

Nice to Have:

Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or similar.


Experience with enterprise integration patterns and middleware solutions.


Knowledge of security standards and practices (e.g., OAuth, SAML, GDPR compliance).


Familiarity with Big Data, AI/ML, or IoT architectures is a plus.


Prior experience in leading architecture for SaaS or cloud-native platforms.

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.