.NET Architect

Job : .NET Architect

Location : Southlake, TX / Hybrid

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and strategic .NET Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-performance enterprise solutions using the Microsoft .NET technology stack. This role will work closely with engineering, product, operations, and business stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps, enforce architectural standards and patterns, and provide technical leadership for development teams.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the technical vision and architecture for our .NET-based applications, encompassing backend, integration, data and possibly cloud infrastructure.

Translate business requirements into high-level and low-level architecture (HLD / LLD), design documents, solution prototypes, and migration strategies.

Define and enforce architectural guidelines, standards, best practices, and patterns (e.g., clean architecture, domain-driven design (DDD), microservices, event-driven).

Drive technology selection decisions : frameworks, libraries, platforms (e.g., .NET / .NET Core, ASP.NET, Web API, Entity Framework, SQL Server, NoSQL, caching, messaging).

Architect and lead implementation of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, integrations, and cloud-native services (preferably Azure, but AWS / GCP can apply).

Collaborate with DevOps, QA, security and operations teams to ensure CI / CD pipelines, monitoring / logging / observability, performance, reliability, and security are integral to the architecture.

Mentor, review code / architecture of developers / tech leads, provide architectural reviews, conduct proof of concepts, spike explorations, and ensure architectural governance.

Participate in agile / SAFe ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, architecture grooming, and technical risk / issue identification and mitigation.

Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, frameworks and industry trends and assess their applicability to the business.

Serve as a bridge between business and technical stakeholders : presenting architecture designs, trade-off discussions, articulating non-functional requirements (scalability, availability, maintainability, security, cost).

Qualifications & Skills

Required :

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Typically 8 15+ years of software development experience, with 3 5+ years in an architect or senior technical leadership role. (Some postings ask 10+ or even 12+ years). jobs.atos.net+2HCLTech+2

Deep experience with Microsoft technologies : .NET Framework and / or .NET Core / .NET 6+, C#, ASP.NET MVC & Web API, Entity Framework, SQL Server. Velvet Jobs+2acr.iitm.ac.in+2

Experience designing and building microservices / service-oriented architectures, RESTful APIs, messaging / event systems, containerization (Docker / Kubernetes) and cloud services (especially Azure). reqroots.com+2dice.com+2

Strong understanding of architectural patterns, design principles (SOLID, clean architecture, layered architecture, DDD), integration patterns and data modelling. Velvet Jobs+1

Experience with DevOps, CI / CD pipelines, monitoring / observability tools, infrastructure as code and agile / Scrum / SAFe frameworks. dice.com+1

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to articulate technical decisions to non-technical audiences.

Preferred :

Experience in a hybrid work environment and experience working onsite / remote and coordinating cross-site teams.

Expertise in cloud migration, serverless architecture, event-driven architectures, message brokers (e.g., Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ).

Advanced certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified : Azure Solutions Architect, TOGAF, etc.).

Prior experience in a regulated domain (finance, healthcare, insurance) or large-scale enterprise environment.

Experience with front-end technologies (e.g., React, Angular) for full stack architecture or at least how front-end and backend integrate.

Familiarity with business continuity, disaster recovery, performance tuning at scale.