Senior Specialist - Architecture

Role Description

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced CI/CD Architect to design, implement, and govern scalable CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks across cloud and enterprise environments. The role combines DevOps architecture, RPA-driven automation, and application lifecycle optimization, with a strong focus on Azure-based platforms and modern development stacks.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD and DevOps Architecture

• Design and implement end-to-end CI/CD architectures for enterprise-grade applications and automation platforms.
• Define CI/CD best practices, engineering standards, governance controls, and reusable pipeline templates across teams.
• Enable secure, scalable, resilient pipelines for cloud-native and hybrid deployments.
• Integrate code quality, security scanning, testing, compliance, approval, and audit controls into delivery pipelines.
  
  

Automation and RPA Enablement

• Architect and integrate RPA-based automation into CI/CD and operational workflows.
• Design automation solutions using Automation Anywhere and Microsoft Power Automate.
• Enable unattended and attended automation for build, deployment, testing, environment provisioning, and operational activities.
  
  

Application and Cloud Engineering

• Support application delivery for .NET Core, Web API, ASP.NET Core MVC, C#, and Python solutions.
• Design CI/CD pipelines for applications hosted on Azure App Service.
• Implement of deployment strategies such as blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments, including rollback mechanisms.
  
  

Scripting and Tooling

• Develop automation scripts using Shell scripting, PowerShell, and Python.
• Create reusable scripts for environment setup, configuration management, deployment orchestration, and operational tasks.
  
  

Collaboration and Governance

• Collaborate with developers, architects, QA, security, and operations teams to improve application delivery outcomes.
• Provide CI/CD architecture guidance, technical leadership, and design reviews.
• Support DevOps maturity assessments and roadmap development.
• Troubleshoot complex pipeline, automation, integration, and deployment issues.
• Document architecture standards, reusable patterns, runbooks, and operational procedures.
  
  

Core Technical Skills | Mandatory

✓ CI/CD architecture and DevOps enablement

✓ RPA: Automation Anywhere

✓ RPA: Microsoft Power Automate

✓ Shell scripting

✓ PowerShell

✓ Python

✓ C#

✓ .NET Core, Web API, and ASP.NET Core MVC

✓ Azure App Service

Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git-based CI/CD pipelines, or comparable platforms.
• Understanding cloud security, identity and access management, and secrets management.
• Exposure to containerization and infrastructure automation.
• Experience in large enterprise or regulated environments.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8–11 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native application delivery.
• Strong architectural thinking with the ability to design scalable, secure, reusable solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder collaboration, documentation, and technical communication skills.