Vice President – Engineering

Educational QualificationB.Tech./B.E. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline (Must have)M.Tech./M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field preferredCertifications (Desirable): Cloud/architecture professional (AWS/Azure/GCP), TOGAF, or programme-management certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe)Experience15+ years of experience in software engineering, platform, or product engineering, with a substantial record of senior technical and organisational leadershipProven experience leading the design, delivery, and operation of large-scale, high-availability software platforms in productionExtensive people-leadership experience, having led multi-disciplinary engineering organisations, including engineering managers and technical leadsTrack record of delivering large, multi-workstream technology programmes to schedule and budget, with accountability for outcomes, quality, reliability, and costDemonstrated experience owning technology strategy and architecture for an enterprise or platform operating at scaleExperience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, including talent acquisition, capability development, and the management of delivery partners and vendorsStrong, current technical grounding in modern software architecture and engineering practice, with the standing to set technical direction and make architecture decisionsPrior Government/PSU experience is not essential; the ability to operate within public-sector requirements for data protection, sovereign infrastructure, procurement, and audit is expectedKey ResponsibilitiesProgramme Leadership & StrategySet the vision, strategy, and delivery roadmap for engineering services across Digital India platforms and cross-ministerial systemsLead the end-to-end delivery of the programme’s portfolio of engineering initiatives across the capability teams, ensuring timely, high-quality, and measurable outcomesEstablish and run programme governance — planning, prioritisation, risk management, and delivery reporting — and present progress and outcomes to NeGD leadershipOwn the programme budget and cost governance, ensuring efficient use of infrastructure, tooling, and manpower against the approved envelopeTechnical & Architectural DirectionOwn the engineering technical strategy and target-state architecture across capability teams — Platform Engineering; Application Development; API & Integration Services; Data & Analytics Engineering; DevOps & Site Reliability; and Quality EngineeringSet standards for technology selection and build-versus-buy decisions, including the use of open-source components, cloud-native services, and sovereign infrastructureAct as the design authority for the programme, approving reference architectures, integration standards, engineering frameworks, and deployment patternsEnsure reusable engineering components — APIs, SDKs, shared libraries, and templates — are produced to a common standard and published for cross-ministry reuseOrganisation & DeliveryMentor the engineering teams and the capability-pod leadership, scaling the organisation in line with validated demandDirect and coordinate the programme’s functional and technical resources as a single, integrated delivery organisationEstablish the operating model, engineering standards, and delivery culture for a fast-growing national engineering capabilityEstablish DevOps/SRE practices — CI/CD, release management, monitoring for reliability and performance, and cost-effective operations at production scaleEmpanelment, Procurement & PartnershipsGovern the engagement of empanelled agencies at the discovered L1 rate card across resource, project, and turnkey modes — including agency selection, performance management, acceptance, and service levelsManage relationships with technology, cloud, and infrastructure providers, including commercial terms, performance, and riskGovernance, Security & ComplianceEnsure all engineering systems are delivered in line with applicable governance frameworks — risk assessment, change management, quality assurance, and auditEnsure security and data protection by design across the programme, in line with MeitY security standards, CERT-In directions, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023Ensure the appropriate use of sovereign infrastructure and coordinate with other MeitY agencies where relevantTechnical CompetenciesSoftware Engineering & Architecture: Strong command of modern software engineering — distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, and full-stack application developmentDevOps & Site Reliability Engineering: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, release management, monitoring, and reliable production operations at scaleSolution & Platform Architecture: Microservices, event-driven and API-based design, service gateways, and multi-cloud, on-premise, and sovereign deployment patternsQuality Engineering & Testing: Automated testing frameworks, performance testing, and quality assurance practices across the software development lifecycleCloud & Infrastructure: Cloud architecture, identity and access management, scalability and reliability, and observabilityCost Governance: Unit economics and cost management for compute, storage, and infrastructure, and forecasting against a programme budgetProgramme & Delivery Management: Programme governance, portfolio prioritisation, budgeting, risk management, and multi-workstream deliverySecurity, Data Protection & Compliance: Access control, encryption, audit, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, CERT-In directions, and MeitY security standardsOrganisational Leadership: Organisation design, hiring and capability development, performance management, and the management of delivery partners and vendorsCommunication & Stakeholder Engagement: Executive communication of strategy, progress, and risk; leading technical reviews; and building alignment across technical and functional teams