Apps & Integration Architect

Introduction\ We are looking for 12+years experienced Candidates with 12 + years of experience in the IT industry and with strong .Net/.Net Core/SQL/Azure Cloud Service/ Azure DevOps. This is a client facing role and hence should have strong communication skills. This is for Indian clients and the resource should have the hands-on -experience in Dotnet coding and Azure development.\ \ Responsibilities include:\ \ • Designing and overseeing the architecture of software solutions.\ • Strong technical foundation, a thorough understanding of architectural principles, and the ability to lead and mentor teams effectively\ • Design scalable, secure, and robust .NET applications using Azure Cloud services.\ • Lead the cloud infrastructure design using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and other Azure services.\ • Develop and implement Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and delivery, ensuring best practices for automation and security.\ • Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle\ • Guide team to write reusable, testable, performant and efficient code\ • Lead the development team and collaborate closely with stakeholders to align the architectural vision with business goals.s\ • Lead by example by designing and implementing clean best-practices maintainable code\ • Troubleshoot and resolve architectural and infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery setups.\ • Experience in large scale software development.\ • Experience in Stakeholder Management (client facing roles)\ • Excellent communication and organizational skills\ \ Primary Skills : \ NET Framework & .NET Core:\ • Expertise in C#, .Net Core, Entity framework, EF core, Microservices,\ • Expertise in RDBMS including MS SQL Server with thorough knowledge in writing SQL queries, Stored Procedures \ Architectural Skills\ • Design Patterns: Familiarity with design patterns (e.g., Singleton, Factory, Repository, etc.) and architectural patterns (e.g., MVC, MVVM, Clean Architecture, DDD).\ • Microservices Architecture: Understanding of microservices principles, including service decomposition, inter-service communication, and API design.\ • Event-Driven Architecture: Knowledge of event-driven systems and messaging patterns, including using technologies like RabbitMQ or Azure Service Bus.\ • Cloud Architecture: Proficiency in cloud services (e.g., Azure, AWS) and understanding of cloud-native application design, including serverless architectures and containers (Docker, Kubernetes).\ • Minimum 2 years of experience in an architectural role or as a lead developer with architectural responsibilities. \ Azure Cloud Services\ • Experience in designing and implementing cloud architectures.\ • Azure App Services (Web Apps, API Apps), Azure Key Vault\ • Azure Functions, Durable Functions\ • Docker, & containerization practices.\ • Azure Logic Apps\ • Messaging service - Service Bus & Event Grid\ • Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage\ • Design, implement, and deploy microservices on Azure.\ • Implement monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics. \ Azure DevOps:\ • Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release management.\ • Proficiency in using Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Artifacts, and integrating with Git. \ Others:\ • Knowledge of architectural styles and design patterns, experience in designing solutions\ • Broad and extensive knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) with software development models like Agile, Scrum model, Jira models.\ • Designing, developing and executing software solutions to address business issues\ • Experience with RESTful APIs \ Secondary Skills :\ • Experience with PowerShell or Bash scripting for automation.\ • Knowledge of Event Hub.\ • Experience with GraphQL.\ • Front-end JavaScript frameworks used for building dynamic, responsive, and interactive web applications (React/Angular/Vue.js)\ • Experience in Azure Active Directory (AAD), Managed Identities, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and API security.• Kubernetes, and containerization practices.