Material - Technical Lead/Architect - Site Reliability

• Material+ - Technical Lead/Architect - Site Reliability
• Company: Srijan Technologies
• Job Location: India
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Experience Required: 3 - 4 years
• About Us:

We turn customer challenges into growth opportunities. Material is a global strategy partner to the world's most recognizable brands and innovative companies. Our people around the globe thrive by helping organizations design and deliver rewarding customer experiences.

We use deep human insights, design innovation and data to create experiences powered by modern technology. Srijan, a Material company, is a renowned global digital engineering firm with a reputation for solving complex technology problems.

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead/Architect with strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, containerized platforms, and enterprise-grade system design. The role requires hands-on technical leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and team management to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available solutions in a 24x7 production environment.

• Key Responsibilities:
• Architect, design, and review end-to-end technical solutions aligned with business and non-functional requirements.
• Lead and mentor a technical team, providing architectural guidance, best practices, and technical direction.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, product owners, and leadership to translate business goals into technical architecture.
• Define and enforce architecture standards, patterns, and governance across platforms.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and performance of applications deployed on cloud and container platforms.
• Drive CI/CD strategy, automation, and DevOps best practices.
• Support and troubleshoot Linux-based systems and production incidents when required.
• Design and operate solutions in air-gapped / restricted network environments.
• Review and guide infrastructure as code (IaC) implementations.

Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and quality standards across the SDLC.Work closely with monitoring and SRE teams to ensure observability and proactive incident management.

• Mandatory Skills:
• 8+ years of overall IT experience with 3-4 years as a Lead/Architect.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (AKS, Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, PostgreSQL, Key Vault, Storage).
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Strong Linux troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Prometheus).
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD).
• Experience with artifact management and code quality tools (JFrog, SonarQube).
• Prior experience working in air-gapped environments or highly secured networks.
• Soft Skills:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work independently and handle complexity in a fast-paced environment.
• Ownership mindset and strong accountability. .