ARCHITECT - Enterprise Architecture
Happiest Minds Technologies · IT Services & Consulting
- Bengaluru
- On-site
- Posted 7 days ago
- Software Engineering
About the job
Experience
12+ Years
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead infrastructure transformation initiatives across Data Center, Azure Cloud, Wintel, and VMware platforms. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to the customer, providing strategic technology leadership, architecture governance, and guidance on modernization, optimization, security, resiliency, and operational excellence.
The Enterprise Architect will act as the customer's advocate, ensuring technology decisions align with business objectives while driving innovation and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Advisory & Leadership
Act as a trusted technology advisor and advocate for the customer.
Translate business requirements into technology roadmaps and architectural strategies.
Provide executive-level recommendations on infrastructure modernization and cloud adoption.
Lead architecture reviews, strategy workshops, and governance discussions.
Present technology recommendations to customer leadership and stakeholders.
Infrastructure Architecture
Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure architecture standards and best practices.
Develop technology roadmaps covering Data Center, Azure Cloud, Wintel, VMware, Backup, Storage, and Networking.
Ensure scalability, security, availability, and performance across enterprise environments.
Design hybrid cloud and multi-tier infrastructure solutions.
Azure Cloud
Lead Azure cloud architecture, migration, and modernization initiatives.
Design landing zones, governance models, identity integration, security controls, and cost optimization frameworks.
Provide guidance on Azure IaaS, PaaS, Backup, DR, Networking, and Monitoring solutions.
Drive cloud adoption and migration strategies.
Data Center & VMware
Design and optimize VMware-based virtualization platforms.
Architect high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
Evaluate and modernize data center infrastructure.
Define capacity planning and performance management strategies.
Wintel Platform
Provide architectural oversight for Microsoft Windows Server environments.
Define standards for Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and Windows infrastructure services.
Ensure platform security, compliance, patching, and lifecycle management.
Governance & Compliance
Establish and enforce architecture governance frameworks.
Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
Conduct architecture reviews and risk assessments.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence.
Transformation & Innovation
Identify automation and optimization opportunities.
Evaluate emerging technologies and provide strategic recommendations.
Support AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives.
Develop business cases and ROI models for infrastructure investments.
Required Technical Skills
Data Center
Enterprise Data Center Architecture
Storage & Backup Technologies
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
High Availability Solutions
Capacity Planning
Azure Cloud
Microsoft Azure Architecture
Azure Landing Zones
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Networking
Azure Security & Governance
Azure Backup & Disaster Recovery
Azure Monitoring & Cost Management
Wintel
Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
Active Directory
DNS, DHCP, Group Policy
Microsoft Identity & Access Management
Windows Infrastructure Services
VMware
VMware vSphere
ESXi
vCenter
VMware HA & DRS
VMware Migration & Consolidation
VMware Disaster Recovery
Preferred Skills
Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF preferred)
ITIL Foundation/Expert
Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification
VMware VCP/VCAP
Infrastructure Security Architecture
Automation using PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible
Monitoring Platforms (LogicMonitor, Azure Monitor, etc.)
Soft Skills
Excellent customer-facing and consulting skills.
Strong executive communication and presentation abilities.
Ability to influence customer technology decisions.
Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.
Strategic thinking with business outcome orientation.
Experience managing enterprise-scale transformation programs.
Success Criteria
Trusted advisor to customer leadership.
Defined and executed infrastructure modernization roadmap.
Improved platform stability, performance, and security.
Increased cloud adoption and operational efficiency.
Successful governance and architecture compliance across environments.