ARCHITECT - Enterprise Architecture

Role overview

ARCHITECT - Enterprise Architecture at Happiest Minds

Customer Advisory & Leadership Act as a trusted technology advisor and advocate for the customer.

Experience 12+ Years Role Summary We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead infrastructure transformation initiatives across Data Center, Azure Cloud, Wintel, and VMware platforms.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into technology roadmaps and architectural strategies.
• Provide executive-level recommendations on infrastructure modernization and cloud adoption.
• Lead architecture reviews, strategy workshops, and governance discussions.
• Present technology recommendations to customer leadership and stakeholders.
• Infrastructure Architecture Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure architecture standards and best practices.
• Develop technology roadmaps covering Data Center, Azure Cloud, Wintel, VMware, Backup, Storage, and Networking.
• Ensure scalability, security, availability, and performance across enterprise environments.
• Design hybrid cloud and multi-tier infrastructure solutions.
• Azure Cloud Lead Azure cloud architecture, migration, and modernization initiatives.
• Design landing zones, governance models, identity integration, security controls, and cost optimization frameworks.
• Provide guidance on Azure IaaS, PaaS, Backup, DR, Networking, and Monitoring solutions.
• Drive cloud adoption and migration strategies.
• Data Center & VMware Design and optimize VMware-based virtualization platforms.
• Architect high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Evaluate and modernize data center infrastructure.
• Define capacity planning and performance management strategies.
• Wintel Platform Provide architectural oversight for Microsoft Windows Server environments.
• Define standards for Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and Windows infrastructure services.
• Ensure platform security, compliance, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Governance & Compliance Establish and enforce architecture governance frameworks.
• Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct architecture reviews and risk assessments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence.
• Transformation & Innovation Identify automation and optimization opportunities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide strategic recommendations.
• Support AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop business cases and ROI models for infrastructure investments.
• Required Technical Skills Data Center Enterprise Data Center Architecture Storage & Backup Technologies Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity High Availability Solutions Capacity Planning Azure Cloud Microsoft Azure Architecture Azure Landing Zones Azure Virtual Machines Azure Networking Azure Security & Governance Azure Backup & Disaster Recovery Azure Monitoring & Cost Management Wintel Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 Active Directory DNS, DHCP, Group Policy Microsoft Identity & Access Management Windows Infrastructure Services VMware VMware vSphere ESXi vCenter VMware HA & DRS VMware Migration & Consolidation VMware Disaster Recovery

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF preferred) ITIL Foundation/Expert Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification VMware VCP/VCAP Infrastructure Security Architecture Automation using PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible Monitoring Platforms (LogicMonitor, Azure Monitor, etc.) Soft Skills Excellent customer-facing and consulting skills.
• Strong executive communication and presentation abilities.
• Ability to influence customer technology decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.
• Strategic thinking with business outcome orientation.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale transformation programs.
• Success Criteria Trusted advisor to customer leadership.
• Defined and executed infrastructure modernization roadmap.
• Improved platform stability, performance, and security.
• Increased cloud adoption and operational efficiency.
• Successful governance and architecture compliance across environments.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru

Additional role details

• The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to the customer, providing strategic technology leadership, architecture governance, and guidance on modernization, optimization, security, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• The Enterprise Architect will act as the customer's advocate, ensuring technology decisions align with business objectives while driving innovation and operational efficiency.