Cloud Architect (AWS & Java)

Why Zensar?

We’re a bunch of hardworking, fun-loving, people-oriented technology enthusiasts.  We love what we do, and we’re passionate about helping our clients thrive in an increasingly complex digital world. Zensar is an organization focused on building relationships, with our clients and with each other—and happiness is at the core of everything we do.  In fact, we’re so into happiness that we’ve created a Global Happiness Council, and we send out a Happiness Survey to our employees each year. We’ve learned that employee happiness requires more than a competitive paycheck, and our employee value proposition—grow, own, achieve, learn (GOAL)—lays out the core opportunities we seek to foster for every employee. Teamwork and collaboration are critical to Zensar’s mission and success, and our teams work on a diverse and challenging mix of technologies across a broad industry spectrum.  These industries include banking and financial services, high-tech and manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, retail, and consumer services. Our employees enjoy flexible work arrangements and a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), among other benefits. If you are looking for a place to have an immediate impact, to grow and contribute, where we work hard, play hard, and support each other, consider joining team Zensar!

You might really grab our attention if you have:

Software Architect experience with around 15 years of industry experience to lead the design and development of scalable, robust, and cloud-native systems. The ideal candidate will be an expert in Java, well-versed in modern architectural patterns, and have extensive working knowledge of AWS cloud services. 
 

Here'S How You'Ll Contribute:

You'Ll Do This By:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of large-scale, distributed systems.
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to define architecture blueprints and technology roadmaps.
• Develop high-level and low-level design documents.
• Be hands-on with coding in Java (latest versions) and guide teams on best practices.
• Drive adoption of modern architecture principles like Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, CQRS, and SAGA patterns.
• Define and enforce coding standards, performance tuning, and best practices.
• Select appropriate AWS services and design cloud-native architectures with cost, scalability, and security in mind.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure quality and performance.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams on architectural decisions and technical challenges.
• Stay updated with new Java features, AWS services, and emerging architectural trends. 

Core Skills:

Required Skills & Qualifications

• ~15 years of software development experience with at least 5 years in a software architect role.
• Strong expertise in Java, including recent versions (Java 17/21+), with hands-on coding ability.
• In-depth experience in designing and implementing microservices-based systems.
• Strong understanding of architectural patterns like CQRS, Event Sourcing, SAGA, and Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Extensive experience with AWS cloud ecosystem – services like EC2, S3, Lambda, SNS/SQS, API Gateway, RDS/DynamoDB, CloudFormation, etc.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS).
• Strong system design and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools and DevOps practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in leading technical teams and mentoring developers.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional) is a plus.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CDK.
• Exposure to data streaming platforms like Kafka is a bonus.
• Background in performance optimization, scalability, and security best practices. 

Desired Skills:

Knowledge of AI and Emerging Technologies (Good to have)

• Understanding of how AI capabilities can be integrated into enterprise applications to enhance user experience, decision-making, and automation.
• Exposure to modern AI application patterns such as:
• Familiarity with tools and frameworks that enable LLM-based integrations such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or Azure OpenAI.
• Appreciation for ethical AI considerations including data privacy, security, and bias mitigation.
• Eagerness to explore emerging technologies and collaborate with AI/ML teams to bring intelligence into real-world business workflows.
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for augmenting LLMs with domain-specific knowledge.
• Prompt engineering and fine-tuning for tailoring model behavior to business-specific contexts.
• Use of embedding stores and vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Redis, Azure AI Search) to support semantic search and recommendation systems.
• Building intelligent features like AI-powered chatbots, assistants, and question-answering systems using LLMs and conversational agents.
• Awareness of agentic AI concepts — orchestrating multiple agents with specific tasks/goals in a collaborative, dynamic environment.

Zensar believes that diversity of backgrounds, thought, experience, and expertise fosters the robust exchange of ideas that enables the highest quality collaboration and work product. Zensar is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Zensar is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Zensar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

All candidates must present valid authorization to commence new employment in the U.S. for Zensar.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client or vendor of Zensar may be ineligible for consideration.