exl Service.com (India) Private Limited is hiring a Lead Solution Architect to define our cloud strategy and guide engineering teams. In this senior role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and governing enterprise cloud and data architectures with deep expertise in AWS and Databricks, ensuring solutions meet standards for scalability, security, performance, and cost-efficiency.
What You'll Do
- Architect and design enterprise-grade cloud solutions leveraging AWS services (EC2, S3, Glue, Lambda, Kinesis, IAM, Redshift, EMR).
- Design Databricks Lakehouse solutions including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark optimization, governance, and MLOps patterns.
- Build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, real-time streaming architectures, and reusable data integration frameworks.
- Develop high-level and low-level architecture blueprints ensuring security, compliance, cost efficiency, reliability, and performance.
- Lead requirement discovery and translate business needs into robust architectural designs and roadmaps.
- Create HLDs, LLDs, data flow diagrams, integration patterns, deployment models, and security reference architectures.
- Oversee end-to-end delivery, guiding engineering and DevOps teams through implementation and optimization.
- Perform architecture assessments and recommend improvements for scalability, resilience, and cost savings.
- Provide thought leadership and hands-on direction to data engineering, analytics, DevOps, and platform teams.
- Establish best practices for coding, data governance, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and environment management.
- Introduce and evaluate emerging cloud technologies, tools, and frameworks relevant to analytics and modern data platforms.
- Act as technical SME for client conversations, workshops, and executive presentations.
- Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Partner closely with business stakeholders to define solution vision, roadmap, and success metrics.
- Oversee organizational data engineering solutions and lead high-impact initiatives.
What We're Looking For
- 12–15 years of overall IT experience with strong focus on cloud, data engineering, and enterprise architecture.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting production solutions on AWS.
- 3+ years of strong experience in Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, Unity Catalog).
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, PySpark, and distributed data processing frameworks.
- Deep understanding of data modeling, data governance, metadata management, and modern security practices.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform / CloudFormation, GitOps, and end-to-end automation.
- Strong knowledge of cloud networking, VPCs, IAM, encryption, identity governance, and security frameworks (NIST, CIS benchmarks).
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or related field.
- 8-12 years of experience in data engineering or a related field.
Nice to Have
- Exposure to Azure cloud services is a significant advantage.
- Experience architecting cloud/on-prem hybrid data platforms using Azure services such as Azure Data Lake, ADF, Azure Databricks, Synapse, etc.
- Experience with Azure cloud architecture, including Azure Databricks, ADF, ADLS, Synapse, and Azure DevOps.
Technical Stack
- Cloud: AWS, Azure
- Core AWS: EC2, S3, Glue, Lambda, Kinesis, IAM, Redshift, EMR
- Databricks: Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, MLOps
- Languages/Frameworks: Python, SQL, PySpark
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, GitOps
- Azure Services: Azure Data Lake, ADF, Azure Databricks, Synapse, Azure DevOps
exl Service.com is an equal opportunity employer.
