Principal Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Role: Enterprise Architect Grade: VP Location: Pune / Mumbai/Chennai Experience: 18+ Years Organization: Intellect Design Arena Ltd. www.intellectdesign.com About the Role: We are looking for a senior Enterprise Architect with strong leadership and deep technical expertise to define and evolve the architecture strategy for iGTB , our award-winning transaction banking platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience architecting large-scale, cloud-native enterprise applications within the BFSI domain , and will be responsible for driving innovation, ensuring engineering excellence, and aligning architecture with evolving business needs. Mandatory Skills: Cloud-native architecture Microservices-based systems PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ Spring Boot / Spring Cloud, Angular Strong exposure to BFSI domain Key Responsibilities: Architectural Strategy & Governance: Define and maintain enterprise architecture standards and principles across iGTB product suites. Set up governance structures to ensure compliance across product lines. Technology Leadership: Stay updated on emerging technologies; assess and recommend adoption to improve scalability, security, and performance. Tooling & Automation: Evaluate and implement tools to improve developer productivity, code quality, and application reliability—including automation across testing, deployment, and monitoring. Architecture Evangelism: Drive adoption of architecture guidelines and tools across engineering teams through mentorship, training, and collaboration. Solution Oversight: Participate in the design of individual modules to ensure technical robustness and adherence to enterprise standards. Performance & Security: Oversee performance benchmarking and security assessments. Engage with third-party labs for certification as needed. Customer Engagement: Represent architecture in pre-sales, CXO-level interactions, and post-production engagements to demonstrate the product's technical superiority. Troubleshooting & Continuous Improvement: Support teams in resolving complex technical issues. Capture learnings and feed them back into architectural best practices. Automation Vision: Lead the end-to-end automation charter for iGTB—across code quality, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and release management. Profile Requirements: 18+ years of experience in enterprise and solution architecture roles, preferably within BFSI or fintech Proven experience with mission-critical, scalable, and secure systems Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including CXO interactions Demonstrated leadership in architecting complex enterprise products and managing teams of architects Ability to blend technical depth with business context to drive decisions Passion for innovation, engineering excellence, and architectural rigor Show more Show less