Staff Architect II, TSG Solutions Architecture

Company Profile

Bain & Company is one of the top management consulting firms in the world that helps the worlds most ambitious changemakers define the future.

Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperforming the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes.

The firm established several functions in the Indian market early 2000s and its remit across functions has expanded over time. Since 2019, these functions have become part of Global Business Services (GBS). Global Business Services (GBS) is a network of five interconnected business functions hubs across India, Poland, Malaysia, Mexico and Portugal, serving Bain globally to run our business, support other functions, and help drive innovation internally. We are over 1000 business professionals – serving functions in operations, HR, finance, legal, tech, marketing, research, and data analytics – who support our offices globally. Our mantra of shared innovation, seamless execution, underpinned by a passion for results, teamwork, and creativity, helps Bain stay at the top of our game operationally.

What Makes Us a Great Place To Work

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the worlds best places to work. We are currently the top-ranked consulting firm on Glassdoors Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times.

Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these dont happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

What Youll Do

The Staff Architect II will have ownership of the technical architecture and technology aspects for multiple enterprise software products/platforms, supporting specific business capabilities. This involves providing comprehensive technical leadership throughout all phases of the product/platform lifecycle and fostering deep connections with product teams, development teams, and business and technical leadership. Additionally, this role includes active participation in licensing and cost discussions to contribute to ongoing budget planning in coordination with business and TSG leadership.

An individual in this role will independently manage deliverables and projects in scope, demonstrate excellent communication and collaboration skills and will drive improvements based on their insights from the sources across related departments and Functions.

Technology Delivery (80%)

• Technology Strategy and Alignment: align initiatives with business vision, evaluate vendors, and present recommendations emphasizing unique aspects for business vision.
• Project Management and Coordination: lead a 3rd Party software product/platform implementation, coordinate teams, and manage engagements for quick resolutions.
• Security and Risk Management: assess and bridge security risks between applications, data, and project teams.
• Data Integration and Documentation: support data integrations, exports, and document procedures for exchange and configurations.
• Technical Guidance and Collaboration: define integration methodologies, guide 3rd party teams on Bain systems, and offer testing guidance.
• AI/ ML Integration: Assess AI features in vendor platforms for business and technical fit, support integration of AI/ML services into applications, and ensure compliance with data privacy and security standards.

• Platform Lifecycle Management: review and plan platform upgrades, maintenance, and replacements, sharing roadmaps.
• Collaborative Platform Utilization: collaborate on expanded platform use, assess viability, and establish ownership and support.
• Technology Innovation and Skill Development: remain informed on new platform capabilities, recommend solutions, and invest in skills.
• Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies: lead research on emerging technologies, evaluating their relevance to product roadmaps.
• Software Team Collaboration: provide input on Software team technology vision, strategy, and roadmap.

• 12–16+ years of experience overall, including 5+ years in solution/enterprise architecture roles.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture principles.
• Familiar with modern SDLC methodologies like Agile development, Scaled Agile, Scrum/Kanban, and tools for team collaboration, release management, incident tracking and monitoring software.
• Strong knowledge of the design and implementation of software applications on IaaS and PaaS cloud solutions on various cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP) platforms.
• Knowledge of applications/software/data, and cyber security; databases, analytics platforms, system integration platforms, APIs, Search platforms etc.
• Strong communication skills - including the ability to listen to the needs of others and comprehend complex matters, articulate issues clearly and concisely, and present effectively in both oral and written presentations to all levels in the organization.
• Understanding of Advanced Analytics including visualization tools as PowerBI, Tableau, etc.
• Understanding of Data Governance best practices.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, architectures, and platforms (e.g., Azure ML, AWS SageMaker, OpenAI).
• Experience evaluating AI-enabled SaaS capabilities (e.g., intelligent automation, NLP, generative AI).
• Understanding of AI governance, bias mitigation, and responsible AI practices.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Extensive experience in detailed design and implementation of web-based applications and designing Micro Services/Domain Driven Design (DDD) based architecture using open-source technologies.
• Strong understanding/experience of OOP Concepts, Design Patterns, SOLID principles, and hands-on experience in defining architecture blueprints.
• Substantial experience with product-based development, defining non-functional requirements, and working on any cloud platform (preferably Azure) with deep dive hands-on experience.
• Experience in providing technical leadership in business systems implementations, with familiarity in implementing mobile solutions.