Job Description

We are seeking a visionary and experienced Java Architect with AWS expertise to drive the architectural strategy and technical delivery of our cloud-native applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java backend development, deep knowledge of AWS cloud services, and a proven track record in designing scalable, secure, and high-performance distributed systems.




Key Responsibilities


Define and maintain technical architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices for Java applications hosted on AWS.


Architect end-to-end solutions using modern Java frameworks and AWS cloud-native services.


Lead technical discovery and solution design workshops with stakeholders and development teams.


Collaborate with product managers, engineering leads, and DevOps teams to ensure alignment with business goals.


Evaluate new technologies and make recommendations for adoption.


Design highly available, scalable, and secure microservices and serverless solutions.


Ensure architectural decisions comply with security, compliance, and performance standards.


Conduct code reviews, architecture reviews, and mentor development teams on architectural principles.


Create architectural diagrams, documentation, and present solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.


Required Skills & Qualifications


10+ years of software development experience with strong expertise in Java (Java 8/11/17).


5+ years of experience designing cloud-native applications on AWS.


Deep understanding of Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and microservices architecture.


Proven experience designing solutions using AWS services such as:


EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudFormation, IAM, CloudWatch


Strong grasp of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes or ECS).


Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or AWS CDK.


Strong understanding of software architecture patterns (e.g., event-driven, hexagonal, CQRS, etc.).


Experience with performance tuning, distributed systems, and system integration

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.