Z4_Open Text Architect

Req ID: 386805

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We are currently seeking a Z4_Open Text Architect to join our team in Bangalore, Karnātaka (IN-KA), India (IN).

Job Description – Senior Architect, OpenText Content Management
Role: Senior Architect – OpenText Content Server, Archive Center, Intelligent Viewing, Directory Services & Customization & SMARTUI Customizations
Positions: 1
Working model: Onsite (MBRDI office Bangalore)
Role Summary
The Senior Architect is the technical design authority for the OpenText content management and archiving landscape. The role owns the target architecture across on-premises and OpenText Cloud deployments, defines standards for customization and integration, and guides the development team to deliver secure, scalable and maintainable solutions.
Key Responsibilities
• Own the end-to-end solution architecture for OpenText Content Server, Archive Center, Intelligent Viewing and Directory Services (OTDS).
• Produce target architecture, high-level and low-level designs, integration blueprints, interface specifications and architecture decision records.
• Define sizing, high-availability, disaster-recovery, performance and scalability concepts; validate them through load and failover testing.
• Define the information architecture: classification, metadata/categories & attributes, permission models, records management, retention and legal hold.
• Define the archiving architecture across Archive Center and Cloud Information Archive, including storage tiering and lifecycle policies.
• Define the identity and access architecture using OTDS, including SSO, federation (SAML/OIDC), LDAP/AD synchronization and partition strategy.
• Set standards and patterns for Content Server customization (modules/OScript, WebReports, LiveReports, workflows) and Smart UI customization (widgets, perspectives, perspective rules).
• Define integration architecture using Content Server REST/CWS APIs, Archive Center APIs and document pipelines, Intelligent Viewing APIs and OTDS APIs.
• Define migration architecture and strategy for content, metadata, permissions and renditions, including reconciliation and audit approach.
• Govern the upgrade, patching and compatibility strategy across all in-scope products.
• Review designs and code from the team; act as escalation point for complex technical issues and performance problems.
• Ensure all designs comply with corporate security, data protection and compliance requirements (secure by design, least privilege, encryption in transit and at rest, no hardcoded credentials, full audit logging).
• Support estimation, roadmap planning, risk management and technical decision-making with stakeholders.
• Drive documentation and knowledge transfer; prevent single-person dependencies.
• Target architecture and solution design documents (HLD/LLD), ADRs and technical roadmap.
• Sizing, HA/DR and performance concepts.
• Customization, integration and coding standards.
• Migration strategy and architecture.
• Design and code review sign-offs; architecture governance records.
• Knowledge transfer material and enablement sessions.
Required Skills
• Architecture and design ownership of OpenText Content Server based solutions in large enterprise environments.
• OpenText Archive Center: architecture, storage tiers, document pipelines, ArchiveLink-style integrations, retention and legal hold.
• OpenText Intelligent Viewing: architecture, rendition strategy, viewer integration, annotation and redaction concepts.
• OpenText Directory Services (OTDS): partitions, synchronization, SSO/federation, authentication and authorization design.
• Content Server customization: modules and OScript, WebReports, LiveReports, workflows, categories & attributes, permission models.
• Smart UI customization: custom widgets, perspectives, perspective rules, branding and UI extension patterns.
• Integration design with REST, SOAP/CWS and API-driven architectures; message/event-based integration patterns.
• Non-functional design: performance tuning, capacity planning, HA/DR, backup & restore.
• Security architecture: authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management, audit and compliance (e.g. GDPR, ISO 27001 style controls).
• Strong documentation skills (HLD/LLD, ADRs) and stakeholder communication in English.
• OpenText Cloud (CSP) and hybrid cloud architectures for the in-scope products.
• Containerized deployment concepts (Kubernetes, Helm) and infrastructure-as-code.
• Content and archive migration programs at scale.
• Search, indexing and eDiscovery/compliance concepts.
• Databases (SQL Server/PostgreSQL) and storage systems relevant to ECM workloads.
• Agile delivery, CI/CD and DevOps ways of working.
Soft Skills
• Able to work independently and drive technical decisions with limited supervision.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability in complex, multi-system landscapes.
• Clear communicator with both technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Collaborative, mentoring mindset toward the development team.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

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