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Job Title: Senior Architect- DLP
Position: Software Engineer
Experience: 8- 10 Years
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift: 10Am – 7PM
Main location: Chennai
Position ID: J0726-0343
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Position Description: We are looking for an experienced Senior Architect- DLP to join our team. The ideal candidate should be passionate about coding and developing scalable and high-performance applications. You will work closely with our front-end developers, designers, and other members of the team to deliver quality solutions that meet the needs of our clients.
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Your future duties and responsibilities
- Own solution and enterprise architecture direction across discovery, design, vendor evaluation, and implementation readiness of DLP solution.
- Translate business, technical, security, compliance, operational, and integration requirements into fit for purpose architecture.
- Develop and govern solution options, architecture principles, high level designs, low level designs, and technical design artifacts.
- Define network architecture, integration points, data flows, policy enforcement logic, infrastructure standards, environment requirements, software installation approach, and configuration guidance.
- Review vendor proposed solutions and provide architecture assessments, technical recommendations, risks, assumptions, and readiness findings.
- Lead architecture reviews and support completion of required governance checkpoints.
- Maintain architecture decision records, design traceability, review outcomes, technical risks, dependencies, and approval evidence.
- Partner with engineering, security, operations, business, sourcing, and vendor teams to confirm technical feasibility and implementation readiness.
- Support pilot, proof of concept, build, deployment, handover, and operational readiness planning from an architecture perspective.
- Secure required architecture review board signoffs and ensure designs meet enterprise standards, security controls, compliance requirements, and operational needs.
- Provide technical guidance to implementation teams and vendors during design elaboration, environment setup, installation, configuration, and readiness activities.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Must-Have Skills:
- Extensive experience in enterprise, solution, security, and infrastructure architecture within large scale environments.
- Strong knowledge of DLP, cybersecurity, enterprise integrations, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Proven expertise in architecture governance, vendor evaluation, solution design, and enterprise technology implementations.
- Excellent stakeholder management, technical leadership, and communication skills.
- Excellent communication, reporting, and organizational skills in complex enterprise environments.
- Proven leadership, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and executive communication skills.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and DevOps practices
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Good-to-Have Skills:
- Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS or Azure
- Familiarity with machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies
CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.
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