Technical Architect - Lead Architect

Summary
Position Summary
Product Architect
Consulting | Product Engineering / Cloud & AI
About The Role
The Product Architect is responsible for defining and governing the end-to-end architecture strategy across cloud, data, AI/ML, and application platforms within a product or offering portfolio. This is a 12–16-year role based in India / USI.
This role operates at the intersection of business strategy and engineering execution, translating client and product objectives into scalable, secure, and compliant target-state architectures. The Product Architect ensures alignment with Deloitte engineering standards, DevSecOps practices, and industry regulatory requirements while enabling high-quality, enterprise-grade delivery. The role requires deep technical expertise, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to influence across product, engineering, security, and client leadership teams.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture Strategy & Governance
Define and maintain target-state architecture for products and platforms across cloud, AI, data, and application layers
Develop architecture roadmaps aligned to product vision, client requirements, and market strategy
Establish and enforce architecture standards, reference architectures, and design principles
Lead architecture review boards and document technical decision records
Ensure alignment with Deloitte technology risk, security, and compliance frameworks
Cloud & Application Architecture
Design secure cloud landing zones (IAM, network segmentation, logging, monitoring, cost controls)
Architect multi-tenant and single-tenant SaaS platforms
Define scalable microservices, API-first, and event-driven architectures
Ensure non-functional requirements (scalability, resilience, performance, availability, DR) are embedded early in design
Provide hands-on architectural guidance for cloud-native implementations (AWS/Azure/GCP)
AI/ML & Data Architecture
Architect end-to-end AI/ML solutions from ingestion and feature engineering to model deployment and monitoring
Define MLOps standards (model registry, CI/CD integration, reproducibility, drift detection)
Establish data architecture standards including modeling, lineage, governance, access control, and retention
Implement RBAC and fine-grained security models across data and application layers
Ensure AI solutions comply with responsible AI, privacy, and regulatory expectations
DevSecOps & Engineering Excellence
Drive DevSecOps adoption including IaC, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and secure release practices
Embed security controls (SAST/DAST, secrets management) into the SDLC
Promote SRE and observability practices across product teams
Identify and mitigate architectural risks, technical debt, and systemic dependencies
Stakeholder & Team Leadership
Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Security, and Client stakeholders to resolve architectural trade-offs
Communicate complex technical concepts to executive audiences and delivery teams
Mentor engineers and junior architects to elevate architectural maturity
Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, and client solutioning as required
Support capability development within the practice through knowledge sharing and reusable assets
Reporting Relationships
Reports to the Product Engineering Leader / Offering Architect. Partners with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Security, and Client stakeholders to resolve architectural trade-offs, and mentors engineers and junior architects across the practice.
Qualifications
Required
12 -1 6 years of experience in software engineering and/or architecture roles
Demonstrated experience delivering production-grade cloud-native solutions
Strong expertise in distributed systems and enterprise application design
Hands-on experience operationalizing AI/ML solutions and implementing MLOps
Experience with enterprise data architecture and governance frameworks
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across product and delivery teams
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
Preferred
Cloud Architect certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Experience working in regulated environments (Healthcare, Financial Services, Government)
Exposure to Zero Trust security models and enterprise compliance frameworks
Experience contributing to reusable accelerators, frameworks, or IP
Core Competencies
Technical Excellence
Cloud architecture (IAM, networking, compute, storage, observability)
Application architecture (microservices, APIs, integration patterns)
AI/ML architecture and MLOps
Data governance and RBAC
DevSecOps and infrastructure as code
Leadership & Impact
Influence without authority
Executive-level communication and storytelling
Risk identification and mitigation
Coaching and talent development
Structured problem-solving and decision-making
Collaboration & Market Impact
Cross-functional collaboration
Client-facing architectural advisory
Contribution to practice development and thought leadership
Why This Role Matters
Every product is only as strong as the architecture underneath it, and this role owns that foundation end-to-end. Success shows up as scalable, secure, production-ready architecture aligned to product and client strategy; reduced architectural risk and improved engineering quality; broad adoption of engineering standards and governance processes; and a growing library of Deloitte IP, accelerators, and reusable architecture assets that make every future product easier to build well.
Our purpose
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Our people and culture
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Professional development
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Requisition code: 370564

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