Tech Lead (Solution Architect)

Job Title: Tech Lead (Solution Architect)

Location:

Project: SIDH

Experience:

Budget:

Qualifications:

• B.Tech./M.Tech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in solution/enterprise architecture or systems design, including at least 4 years in leading architecture teams or major technology transformation initiatives.
• Proven track record in designing large-scale, distributed systems and integrating complex platforms supporting millions of users (experience with government or public-sector platforms is a plus).

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and evolve the enterprise architecture for the SIDH platform, ensuring it can integrate seamlessly with critical government systems (e.g., UIDAI Aadhaar for eKYC, DigiLocker, PFMS) while maintaining high scalability and performance.
• Establish technical standards, architectural principles, and best practices for the platform, ensuring a modular, microservices-based design that supports a large number of concurrent users and transactions.
• Lead technical decision-making for platform evolution – e.g., AI-driven career mapping, credentialing, and labour-market intelligence – aligned to SIDH strategy.
• Architect end-to-end solutions across web/mobile front-ends, middleware, and backends, optimizing for security, maintainability, and interoperability.
• Design data architecture for real-time analytics, reporting, and evidence-based decision making across schemes.
• Ensure compliance with security/privacy/interoperability (IT Act, DPDP, standards).
• Mentor vendor teams via design reviews and coding/performance/security standards.
• Align infra/network/security designs with the Cloud & Infra and Security leads.

Essential Skills:

• Full-stack & microservices: Go, Node.js, Java (Spring Boot); Angular, React, React Native.
• Integration: Kafka, REST/GraphQL, Istio service mesh.
• Identity: Keycloak/OIDC, OAuth2, SSO and token management.
• Cloud & DevOps: ROSA (OpenShift on AWS), Kubernetes, Docker.

Desirable Skills:

• Certifications: AWS/Azure Architect, TOGAF, OpenShift.
• Background in DPI/e-governance platforms.