Job Title: Solution Architect / Technical Architect
Location: Trivandrum, Kochi
Experience Level:12+yrs
Technology Focus: AWS, PostgreSQL, Azure

Role Proficiency

Leverage expertise in a core technology area (e.g., Java, Microsoft technologies, Mainframe/legacy) to design scalable and effective system architectures.

Key Responsibilities Architecture & Technical Delivery

Deliver technically sound projects across one or more customers within defined UST and client standards.

Guide and review technical deliveries at the program level.

Resolve architectural issues and own the architecture of application solutions spanning multiple technologies.

Design architecture frameworks and tools relevant to the program.

Knowledge Management & Capability Development

Publish and maintain a repository of solutions, best practices, and technical standards.

Conduct and facilitate internal knowledge-sharing sessions.

Mentor new team members and guide their technical growth.

Support team technical skill-building and hiring.

Create architectural onboarding and knowledge transfer (KT) documentation.

Requirement Gathering & Analysis

Collaborate with business owners and teams to gather and analyze requirements, including Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).

Define systems, sub-systems, and perform gap and trade-off analysis.

People Management

Set performance goals and provide career guidance for technical specialists and engineers.

Alliance Management

Identify suitable alliance partners aligned with client and program needs.

Collaborate with Architects to develop business cases and test offerings for program relevance.

Technology Consulting

Analyze current application and technology landscapes to determine optimal architecture options.

Assess cost-benefit trade-offs of different solutions.

Define the architectural strategy and roadmap in alignment with client goals.

Innovation & Thought Leadership

Represent UST in internal and external forums such as seminars and conferences.

Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement.

Contribute to IP creation and the patent filing process (as applicable).

Sales Support & Estimation

Contribute to RFPs, proposals, and solution demos.

Anchor proposal development, ensuring a coherent solution with unique value propositions and differentiators.

Solution Architecture & Design

Develop and enhance application, infrastructure, or technical architecture to meet both functional and non-functional requirements.

Lead program design including data modeling, infrastructure design, and capacity sizing.

Identify Proof of Concept (PoC) opportunities and conduct them as required.

Develop accelerators or frameworks specific to engagements.

Define and track technical metrics aligned with SLAs and compliance standards.

Measures of Success

Number of proposals contributed to and revenue generated.

Delivery efficiency and audit review outcomes.

Reuse of tools, processes, and frameworks.

Quantity and quality of trainings, blogs, webinars, and whitepapers.

Customer feedback and zero technology-related escalations.

Number of certifications (technical/domain-specific).

Creation of reusable frameworks/tools/artifacts.

Required Skills

Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure

Database: PostgreSQL

[Add other relevant technical tools/languages as needed]