Location: Chennai/Bangalore/Pune/Hyderabad

Company: EPAM Systems

About EPAM:

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital transformation services, consulting, and engineering solutions. We work with Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises to deliver next-generation platforms and managed services. We are seeking an Enterprise Architect (Director-level) who combines deep technical knowledge, leadership of large-scale managed services programs, and the ability to engage senior business stakeholders.

This role is ideal for a strategic thinker and hands-on technologist who can inspire teams, shape enterprise architectures, and drive business outcomes in complex global delivery environments.

Role Overview:

As an Enterprise Architect at EPAM, you will play a dual role as a technology leader and client partner. You will lead solution strategy, oversee architecture governance, and manage large-scale managed services engagements. You will directly interact with CXO-level stakeholders to define transformation roadmaps while guiding and mentoring teams of architects and engineers to deliver excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy:

- Define and own the solution strategy for large-scale digital transformation and managed services programs.

- Drive multi-year technology roadmaps, modern platform architectures, and operating models.

- Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, cost-efficient, and aligned with business objectives.

Managed Services Leadership:

- Architect and oversee large-scale managed services engagements, including application management, cloud operations, and platform engineering.

- Define SLAs, governance models, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement frameworks.

- Ensure operational excellence through automation, AI/GenAI, and DevOps-driven practices.

Hands-On Technical Leadership:

- Stay hands-on with architecture, proof-of-concepts, and technology exploration.

- Lead technical due diligence, solution assessments, and modernization strategies.

- Advocate for innovation, including cloud-native, microservices, event-driven architectures, and AI/GenAI-enabled solutions.

Client Advisory & Stakeholder Engagement:

- Act as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, and other CXO-level executives.

- Bridge business strategy with technology execution, presenting clear roadmaps and business cases.

- Lead pre-sales, RFP/RFI responses, and executive-level presentations to secure new business opportunities.

Team Leadership & Talent Development:

- Lead a community of solution architects, principal engineers, and delivery leads across multiple geographies.

- Foster a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.

- Mentor senior architects on architecture best practices, client engagement, and managed services solutioning.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- 22+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, and solution design.

- Proven track record in leading large-scale managed services programs (multi-year, multi-million-dollar engagements).

- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), enterprise integration, and platform modernization.

- Deep expertise in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes and Full Stack Architecture.

- Proven track record in enterprise solution architecture for large, distributed, and mission-critical systems.

- Strong exposure to Microservices, APIs, Event-Driven Architectures, and Cloud-native services (AWS/Azure/GCP).

- Experience in Gen AI, AI/ML frameworks, and intelligent automation with the ability to translate them into enterprise use cases.

- Excellent understanding of NFRs, ASRs, architecture trade-offs, and system quality attributes.

- Strong expertise in service delivery models, SLAs/KPIs, and governance frameworks.

- Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership presence.

- Demonstrated ability to interact with and influence CXO-level executives.

- Proven experience in IT consulting or global delivery organizations.

- Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills.

Good-to-Have Skills:

- Experience with AIOps, MLOps, and intelligent automation.

- Knowledge of GenAI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock).

- Strong business acumen to participate in contract negotiations, service pricing, and P&L discussions.

- Thought leadership (public speaking, whitepapers, or blogs in architecture and AI/GenAI).

Why EPAM?

- Lead strategic client partnerships at the intersection of technology, business, and operations.

- Influence technology direction for some of the world's largest enterprises.

- Drive large-scale, multi-tower managed services programs with cutting-edge automation and GenAI.

- Join a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth.