.Net Architect

Experience & Qualifications• 13+ years in software engineering, with strong enterprise .NET design and delivery experience.• Proven track record as solution, application or technical architect on complex programmes.• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or IT, or equivalent experience.• Relevant platform, cloud, architecture or DevOps certifications advantageous, not mandatory. Key Deliverables & Success Measures• Approved, traceable, implementation-ready architecture and design artifacts.• Documented decisions, standards, risks, assumptions and mitigations.• Solutions meeting agreed security, performance, reliability and operational readiness.• Reduced technical risk via early validation, reusable patterns and automation.• Timely resolution of blockers; improved engineering consistency and code quality.

Role PurposeProvide end-to-end technical leadership for enterprise solutions on the .NET platform: translating business and non-functional requirements into scalable, secure and resilient architectures, and guiding engineering teams through implementation, modernization and operational readiness.Key Responsibilities Architecture & Design• Own high-level and detailed architecture for complex .NET applications, APIs, integrations and modernization initiatives.• Convert functional and non-functional requirements into blueprints, component designs, interface contracts and implementation guidance.• Select appropriate architecture patterns and assess trade-offs across scalability, performance, security, cost and maintainability.• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, approved platforms, reusable patterns and target-state roadmaps.Technical Leadership & Governance• Give hands-on architectural direction to development, QA, DevOps, security and support teams.• Set coding, API, integration, logging, configuration, testing and deployment standards.• Run architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, technical risk assessments and PoC evaluations. Security, Reliability & Performance• Embed secure-by-design across identity, authorization, secrets, data protection and interface security.• Define resiliency patterns — retry, timeout, failover, HA and DR — plus performance and capacity targets.• Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting.Stakeholder Engagement• Facilitate technical discovery with business, product, security, infrastructure and vendor stakeholders.• Communicate complex decisions clearly to engineering and leadership audiences.• Maintain architecture artifacts, decision records, risk logs and technical roadmaps.