What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Architect (Travel Domain) position at Coforge?
Job Title: Technical Architect (Travel Domain)
Skills: Technical Architecture, Java, GCP, APIs, TPF, Design Patterns
Experience: 10 years
Location: Dallas, TX
We at Coforge are hiring a Technical Architect (Travel Domain) with the following skillset:
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the modernization of core travel systems by bridging legacy mainframe environments with modern cloud-native architectures.
- Drive the technical architecture strategy, ensuring scalability, performance, and resilience across platforms.
- Develop and maintain technical architecture blueprints integrating TPF systems with GCP-based services.
- Define modernization strategies for legacy TPF applications to cloud-native or hybrid models.
- Lead architectural governance and ensure alignment with business and technology goals.
- Lead efforts to modernize identity infrastructure, including re-platforming between cloud-native solutions. Develop a strategic roadmap based on business demand, technical capabilities and security framework.
- Proactively identify and mitigate identity-related risks, focusing on privileged access management and identity lifecycle controls. Partner with security architects and peers to implement best practice initiatives within the Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environments.
- Define and enforce governance policies, including RBAC, conditional access, and cost management. Align cloud architecture standards across platforms and ensure adherence to compliance frameworks.
- Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to ensure project alignment with business goals. Provide strategic guidance on complex identity requirements and integrated technology solutions.
- Documentation & Quality Assurance: Oversee solution quality, document implementations, and ensure delivery excellence through thorough troubleshooting and incident resolution.
- Design APIs and microservices to expose TPF functionality to modern platforms.
- Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to implement scalable cloud solutions on GCP.
- Evaluate and recommend tools for TPF-to-cloud integration, data migration, and service orchestration.
- Work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Present architectural decisions and trade-offs to senior leadership and technical stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 10 years of experience in technical architecture, including 5 years with TPF systems.
- Proven experience designing and deploying solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Deep understanding of mainframe systems, high-throughput transaction processing, and real-time systems.
- Experience with API design, microservices, and containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
Preferred Skills & Certifications:
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, service mesh, and observability tools.
- Familiarity with airline or travel industry systems is a strong plus.