JAVA - Architect
Mercedes-Benz Group · India-Karnataka-Bangalore ·
- Employment
- Full time
- Category
- Architecture
- Experience
- 10+ years
Mercedes-Benz Group · India-Karnataka-Bangalore ·
Location\: Bengaluru
Employment Type\: Full-Time
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect with 10+ years of experience in designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions across full stack ecosystems. This role requires deep expertise in application architecture, cloud platforms, distributed systems, enterprise security, and integration patterns.
The candidate will be responsible for translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions, driving architecture strategy, and leading engineering teams to deliver secure, high-performance, and maintainable systems.
This role combines hands-on technical depth with architectural leadership, stakeholder engagement, and delivery accountability.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Technical Strategy
- Define end-to-end solution architecture across frontend, backend, data, security, and infrastructure layers.
- Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance system designs.
- Drive technology selection, architecture standards, and engineering best practices.
- Lead architectural governance, design reviews, and technical decision-making processes.
- Develop reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and platform strategies.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and organizational technology roadmap.
Enterprise Application Architecture
- Design complex applications using modern frontend frameworks (React or similar) and backend technologies (.NET, Java, Python, Node.js).
- Architect microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
- Define API strategy including REST, GraphQL, and integration standards.
- Lead modernization initiatives such as monolith-to-microservices transformation.
- Ensure scalability, resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
Cloud & DevOps Architecture
- Architect cloud-native solutions using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Define containerization and orchestration strategies using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Design CI/CD architecture, automation pipelines, and release strategies.
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and environment automation.
- Establish monitoring, logging, observability, and reliability engineering practices.
- Define deployment strategies including blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments.
Data & Integration Architecture
- Design enterprise data architectures across relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) systems.
- Define data governance, security, and compliance strategies.
- Architect integrations with third-party platforms, enterprise systems, and APIs.
- Implement messaging systems, event streaming, and asynchronous communication patterns (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
- Handle large-scale data processing, caching strategies, and performance optimization.
Security Architecture & Identity Management
- Define end-to-end application security architecture across systems and services.
- Design and implement Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategies including authentication and authorization models.
- Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC).
- Design Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and federated identity (SAML, OAuth2, OpenID Connect).
- Integrate with enterprise identity providers such as Azure AD, Okta, Auth0, or similar platforms.
- Define secure API access mechanisms including token-based authentication (JWT).
- Implement secrets management and secure credential storage.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct architecture risk assessments, threat modeling, and mitigation planning.
- Establish DevSecOps practices including automated security scanning and vulnerability management.
Performance, Reliability & Scalability
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and system resilience.
- Implement caching strategies, load balancing, and distributed system optimization.
- Conduct root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventive solutions.
- Define SLAs, SLOs, and reliability engineering practices.
Technical Leadership & Delivery Ownership
- Lead engineering teams across multiple projects or programs.
- Provide technical direction, mentoring, and coaching to developers and technical leads.
- Participate in sprint planning, estimations, and delivery governance.
- Resolve complex technical challenges and production issues.
- Ensure quality, maintainability, and long-term sustainability of solutions.
Stakeholder & Business Collaboration
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product managers, and leadership to define technology solutions.
- Communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, and risks clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support presales activities, solution proposals, and technical estimations where required.
- Drive innovation initiatives and continuous improvement strategies.
Required Skills & Expertise
- Strong expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
- Modern frontend frameworks (React or similar).
- Backend technologies (.NET, Java, Python, Node.js).
- Deep knowledge of microservices architecture, distributed systems, API design, and cloud-native principles.
- Strong experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and enterprise security architecture.
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
- Expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Strong cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Proven experience leading large-scale or complex technology implementations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with domain-driven design (DDD) and event-driven architecture.
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or similar).
- Experience with solution estimation, budgeting, and resource planning.
- Architecture certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect, etc.) are a plus.
- Exposure to AI/ML platforms, modern analytics ecosystems, or data engineering is a plus.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Computer Science or Information Technology) is required.
- Candidates from other educational backgrounds may be considered if they have 100% relevant professional experience in software engineering and architecture.
Experience
- 10+ years of experience in software development with significant experience in solution architecture and technical leadership roles.
- Proven track record of delivering complex enterprise-scale systems.
Key Competencies
- Strategic thinking and architecture vision.
- Strong leadership and decision-making ability.
- Stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Risk assessment and problem-solving capability.
- Ownership and accountability mindset.
- Continuous learning and innovation orientation.