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IT Performance Architect

2 days ago Gurgaon, India

As an Application Performance Architect, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring that software applications achieve optimal performance, scalability and reliability across all systems.

Responsibilities

  • Define performance testing processes, tools and best practices, collaborating closely with development and operations teams.
  • Create and monitor dashboards/ reports to track SLIs/SLOs/SLAs
  • Monitor application performance, system stability and API tuning in production environments
  • Recommend and implement performance optimization, including code improvements and infrastructure change.
  • Architect scalable cloud solutions and define cloud migration strategies.


  • Drive and Lead production incident resolution related application performance, scalability issues
  • Lead bench marking efforts and develop automated performance, scalability and reliability tests.
  • Document and communicate performance metrics, findings and recommendations across all development teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Maters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • Significant experience (Minimum 12 year) in application performance engineering/ architecture.
  • Expertise with performance testing and profiling tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, New Relic, Dynatrace.
  • Experience in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and Automation scripting (Python, Bash)
  • Proven experience in Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) , Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates) and Cost optimization methods

Technical Skills

  • Server-side Framework - Java 17, Spring Boot, Spring MVC
  • Microservice Architecture, Rest API Design
  • Performance Tuning & Profiling - Visual VM, JMETER, Lighthouse
  • Logging, Troubleshooting - New Relic, Dynatrace, Kibana, Cloud Watch

Database

  • Relational database - Oracle, MySql, Postgres, DB2
  • Nosql database - MongoDB, Redis

Cloud Platform, Deployment and DevOps

  • Cloud Platforms - AWS (ECS, EC2, Cloud front, Cloud Watch,S3, IAM, Route 53, ALB)
  • DevOps - Docker containers, SonarQube, Jenkins, Git, Github, Github-actions, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
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Client-provided location(s): Gurgaon, India
Job ID: Alight-R-35869
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-12-01T18:52:36

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion