Job Description At Avanade, we believe technology is a catalyst for transforming businesses and impacting lives. As a **Manager Application Architect**, you will be a key player in defining and evolving robust, innovative architectures for our clients, ensuring scalable, secure solutions aligned with industry best practices. Your work will be essential to driving strategic projects and accelerating digital transformation journeys. Join a team passionate about technology and innovation, where every project is an opportunity to make a real impact. At Avanade, you’ll have room to grow, learn, and lead initiatives that truly matter. **Together we do what matters.** **Learn more about some of our benefits:** * Meal or food allowance; * Multibenefit Card (up to Senior Consultant level); * Health and dental insurance; * Certifications and training; * Life insurance; * Private pension plan; * Avababy: pregnancy support and welcome kit for new Avanade parents; * Company profit-sharing program; * Wellhub; * Childcare assistance; * Career Advisor – Career mentoring; * Birthday Off policy on your birthday and your children’s birthdays (up to age 12); * Well-being sessions; * For managerial or higher-level roles – Corporate vehicle, parking, and fuel allowance. **Responsibilities** * Design, evolve, and ensure the quality of .NET software architectures for enterprise applications, microservices, APIs, and distributed solutions. * Define development standards, best practices, internal frameworks, and architectural guidelines for .NET engineering teams. * Design end-to-end solutions integrating Azure, databases (SQL/NoSQL), messaging, Identity/Access, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines. * Support development squads by advising on technical decisions, architecture reviews, and structural guidance. * Participate in pre-sales and technical discovery cycles, preparing solution designs, estimates, and roadmaps. * Lead Architecture Quality Reviews to ensure compliance with non-functional requirements (security, performance, scalability, resilience). * Collaborate with Product Owners, Tech Leads, and Stakeholders to align business requirements with best practices in .NET engineering. Qualification **Skills and experience:** * Strong experience with .NET (C#), backend development, REST APIs, microservices, integration, and scalable solutions. * Experience with cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure (App Service, Functions, Containers, API Management, Kubernetes, Service Bus, Key Vault, Storage, etc.). * Strong ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues related to performance, integrations, and availability. * Experience with DevOps, CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), infrastructure-as-code (Bicep, Terraform), and observability (Application Insights). * Ability to operate autonomously, defining architectural standards, governance, and guidance for multiple teams. * Experience engaging with business units and executive leadership, translating needs into robust, viable solutions. * Clear communication skills and consistent technical documentation ability. **Desirable:** * Microsoft certifications (AZ-305, AZ-204, AZ-400). * Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Event-Driven Architecture, and API-first approaches. * Advanced English for communication with global teams.