Sutherland: Architect — Hyderabad, //TS, India

About Sutherland

Sutherland works in business and digital transformation, combining technology services with business-process expertise. Its employer descriptions identify artificial intelligence, automation, cloud engineering and advanced analytics as areas of activity. The company uses products, platforms and service delivery to improve business operations and customer experiences. Its stated approach brings human expertise together with AI, adapting technology and process changes to the needs of the organisation receiving the service rather than providing only a standalone software product.

The position and its setting

Sutherland lists Architect in Hyderabad, //TS, India, under reference REF45055J. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 31 August 2026
• Brands: Sutherland

Responsibilities and work described

• Architecture & Design: Design event-driven, cloud-native microservices using design patterns like Saga, Circuit Breaker, CQRS, and Strangler patterns
• System Boundaries: Define bounded contexts and single-responsibility services aligned with specific business domains
• Inter-Service Communication: Design and enforce API-first contracts using REST, gRPC, or GraphQL
• Data Management: Implement decentralized data management where each service manages its own datastore (NoSQL/RDBMS)
• Resilience & Reliability: Design for failure by implementing retries, timeouts, bulkheads, and distributed tracing
• Infrastructure & DevOps: Drive containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines to allow automated deployments
• Observability: Ensure comprehensive logging, monitoring, and tracing are integrated across all services using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Essential Qualifications & Tech Stack
• Typically 8+ years in software engineering ; minimum 3-5 years focusing purely on distributed systems and microservices
• Programming Languages: Deep expertise in backend ecosystems such as Java/Spring Boot, Go (Golang), Python, or Node.js
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure
• Message Brokers: Familiarity with event streaming and message queues (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS SQS)
• Security & Governance: Knowledge of zero-trust architectures, OAuth 2.0, SAML, and API Gateways
• Soft Skills: technical leadership, documentation abilities, and cross-team communication to evangelize microservices best practices

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Hyderabad, //TS, India

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Sutherland

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Open the official Sutherland posting below and match the title and reference REF45055J.

Compare your qualifications and experience with the essential conditions for the Hyderabad, //TS, India position, then read the preferred criteria separately.

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Practical preparation: Python

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Relevant skills

• Python
• Java
• NoSQL
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• Docker
• AWS
• GCP
• Azure
• REST APIs
• APIs
• communication
• Node.js
• Google Cloud