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Posted 16 June, 2026

Chief Enterprise Architect

Persistent Systems
Pune, MH, IN Full Time
Reference: 64be60d3efd20a2a

Job Description

About Position:\n\nThe Senior Enterprise Architect will drive technology strategy, architecture governance, and AI-led delivery transformation across customer engagements. This is a customer-facing, hands-on role combining consulting advisory with technical executionarchitecting and delivering large-scale enterprise solutions while championing AI-augmented software engineering practices.\n\nRole: Chief Enterprise Architect (COE)\nLocation: Pune , Bangalore\nExperience: 17 Years\nJob Type: Full Time Employment\n\nWhat You'll Do:\n\nCustomer Advisory: Lead architecture discovery, assessments, and roadmap workshops with customer IT/business leaders.\nSolution Architecture: Define end-to-end architecture for complex enterprise solutions—greenfield, modernization, and platform plays.\nAI-Led Delivery: Champion AI-augmented engineering practices; define estimation models, productivity frameworks, and tooling standards for AI-led projects.\nGovernance: Establish architecture review boards, design standards, and NFR frameworks across engagements.\nPre-Sales Support: Contribute to RFP responses, solution proposals, effort estimation, and customer presentations.\nThought Leadership: Build reusable assets—reference architectures, playbooks, accelerators; contribute to Tech COE knowledge base.\nMentorship: Guide and upskill solution architects and senior developers; conduct internal workshops.\n\nExpertise You'll Bring:\n\n16+ years in enterprise IT; 5+ years in architecture roles with direct customer/client engagement. Onsite exposure as Architect (preferred).\nPython Hands on experience.\nArchitected and delivered 3+ large-scale enterprise projects on Digital Transformation or Legacy Modernization(50+ team size).

Should have worked as Lead Architect on projects.\nExperience in client-facing roles—discovery workshops, architecture reviews, RFP/proposal support, CXO presentations\nHands-on experience with AI coding assistants (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Amazon Q) in real project delivery; understanding of prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and AI-augmented SDLC\nDeep expertise in at least one hyperscaler (Azure/AWS/GCP); cloud-native architecture patterns\nStrong grasp across application, data, integration, and infrastructure architecture domains.\nFamiliarity with EA frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and Well-Architected principles\nExcellent communication and articulation skills. Ability to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders; workshop facilitation; mentoring. Thrive in Chaos.

Guide Customers on Enterprise Architecture\nEnterprise architecture patterns: Microservices, event-driven, API-first, serverless\nCloud platforms: Azure (preferred) or AWS—IaC, containers, Kubernetes, serverless\nIntegration: API gateways, messaging (Kafka, Service Bus), iPaaS\nData architecture: Data lakes, warehousing, real-time analytics pipelines\nSecurity: Zero-trust, OAuth/OIDC, encryption, compliance frameworks\nDevOps & Platform Engineering: CI/CD, GitOps, observability, SRE practices\nAI/ML Integration: LLM orchestration (LangChain, Semantic Kernel), RAG patterns, vector databases, AI governance\n\nBenefits:\n\nCompetitive salary and benefits package\nCulture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications\nOpportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies\nEmployee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards\nAnnual health check-ups\nInsurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents\n\nValues-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:\n\nPersistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.\n\nWe support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.\nOur office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.\nIf you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment\n\nLet's unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers\n\n\"Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.\"

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