Principal Architect

Position: Principal Architect

Location: UIDAI Tech Centre, Bangalore

Number of Positions: 1

Educational Qualifications

• BE / B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA or equivalent qualification. Postgraduate qualification in Technology is preferred
• Strong oral and written communication skills, well-versed with program and project management tools

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 15+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure Architecture, specifically in:
• Server, Storage & Network Architecture
• Virtualization
• Software Defined Data Centres
• Cloud Implementation
• Overall IT experience of 20+ years
• Experience as Principal Architect / Enterprise Architect for at least one completed large-scale IT infrastructure project, meeting either:
• System user base of more than 10,000 users, OR
• Project value exceeding ₹100 Crores
• Experience as an Architect in large-scale IT infrastructure using OpenStack / Azure / AWS / On-Premise Cloud Stack
• Strong proficiency in Data Center Automation and automation/scripting tools
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Open-Source On-Premise (Private) Cloud solutions

Skills

Key Skills (Must Have)

• Data Center Architecture and Design (on-premise)
• Server Infrastructure (Rack, Blade, GPU, Hyper-Converged)
• Virtualization Platforms (OpenStack, KVM, Hyper-V, VMware)
• Storage and Backup (Software Defined Storage (SDS), Ceph, Commvault)
• Monitoring and Observability (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Virtualization and Containerization, e.g., Kubernetes/Docker

Skills (Nice to Have)

• Security and Compliance – Infrastructure security architecture
• Database Architecture & MySQL
• Firewalls, IDS/IPS (Fortinet, Cisco ASA)
• Data Replication and Archiving
• ITSM Tools (Zammad or ServiceNow)

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall solution architecture across all tracks of UIDAI
• Gather business requirements and develop detailed To-Be CIDR architecture
• Keep the architecture updated based on evolving requirements and changes
• Design solutions for data migration and implement the To-Be CIDR architecture
• Coordinate UIDAI's solution designs with vendors and agencies appointed by UIDAI
• Manage the transition from As-Is to To-Be technology architecture of CIDR
• Collaborate with UIDAI's Information Security team to identify and implement critical security changes
• Drive automation initiatives for CIDR operations
• Oversee Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) activities