Santosh Kumar Patro
Principal Solution Architect
Hyderabad
Summary
- Principal Solution Architect with 19+ years of experience architecting, modernizing, and delivering enterprise-scale, cloud-native applications on the Microsoft technology stack. Proven expertise in designing scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performance solutions that align technology investments with business objectives across Audit, Tax, Banking, and Financial Services domains.
- Extensive experience in Solution Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Integration, and Application Modernization using .NET 10, ASP.NET Core, C#, Microsoft Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Service Bus, Azure Data Factory, REST APIs, gRPC, GraphQL, and Event-Driven Architectures, .NET Aspire and DAPR
- Strong architectural expertise in designing enterprise solutions using Microservices, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Clean Architecture, CQRS, Vertical Slice Architecture, Event-Driven Architecture, API-First Design, Resiliency Patterns, Distributed Caching, and Cloud Design Patterns, enabling highly available, scalable, and maintainable business-critical applications.
- Passionate about AI-driven software engineering and actively driving the adoption of Generative AI to transform the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Experienced in evaluating and integrating Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Agents, Agentic AI workflows, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Search, and Vector Search to build intelligent enterprise solutions and enhance engineering productivity.
- Hands-on experience leveraging modern AI-assisted development tools including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, and AI-powered developer workflows for solution design, architecture documentation, code generation, modernization, refactoring, unit testing, code reviews, and developer acceleration.
- Proven ability to define end-to-end solution architectures, evaluate technology trade-offs, produce architecture blueprints, establish engineering standards, and lead modernization initiatives while balancing scalability, security, performance, maintainability, and total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Experienced in designing enterprise integration solutions using REST, gRPC, GraphQL, asynchronous messaging, Azure Service Bus, event-driven communication, and API-first architectures, enabling seamless interoperability across distributed systems and cloud platforms.
- Strong background in performance engineering, including Azure SQL optimization, database design, distributed caching, asynchronous processing, streaming, high-throughput APIs, connection pooling, and application performance tuning for mission-critical enterprise workloads.
- Hands-on experience implementing modern DevSecOps and cloud engineering practices using Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Codespaces, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, PowerShell, and Azure CLI, enabling automated deployments, infrastructure consistency, and continuous delivery.
- Recognized for driving engineering excellence through architecture governance, design reviews, technical mentoring, coding standards, cloud adoption, and modernization strategies while fostering innovation, technical leadership, and continuous improvement across cross-functional engineering teams.
- Strong communicator and trusted technology advisor with the ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, product owners, engineering teams, and executive leadership to translate complex business challenges into scalable, future-ready, and AI-enabled technology solutions.
Overview
4
4
Languages
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Application Architect
Deloitte USI
08.2011 - Current
Senior Software Engineer, .Net, Web
ValueLabs
09.2009 - 08.2011
Senior Software Developer, .Net, Web
NetWeb Software Pvt. Limited
08.2008 - 09.2009
Analyst Programmer, .Net Web
AlphaTech Software Pvt. Limited
12.2006 - 04.2008
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
GIET, Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Orissa, India2006
Skills
Solution Architecture & Technology Strategy
Solution Architecture
Cloud-Native Architecture
Enterprise Application Architecture
Distributed Systems Design
Technology Strategy & Roadmaps
Application Modernization
Digital Transformation
Architecture Governance
Cloud & Platform Engineering
Microsoft Azure
Azure Cloud Solutions
Microservices Architecture
Event-Driven Architecture
API-First Design
Enterprise Integration
High Availability & Scalability
Performance Engineering
AI-Driven Software Engineering
Generative AI
AI-Assisted Software Development
AI-Driven SDLC
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
AI Agents & Agentic Workflows
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Prompt Engineering
AI Solution Evaluation
Responsible AI
Modern Application Development
NET 10 & ASPNET Core
REST APIs, gRPC & GraphQL
Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
Clean Architecture
CQRS
Vertical Slice Architecture
Secure Software Design
Cloud Design Patterns
DevSecOps & Cloud Operations
Azure DevOps
GitHub & GitHub Actions
GitHub Codespaces
Docker & Kubernetes
CI/CD Automation
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Observability & Monitoring
OpenTelemetry
AI Developer Productivity
GitHub Copilot
Claude Code
Cursor
OpenAI Codex
Antigravity
AI-Assisted Architecture Design
AI-Assisted Code Generation
AI-Assisted Code Reviews
AI-Assisted Testing
AI-Assisted Documentation
Data, Integration & Performance
Azure SQL & SQL Server
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Service Bus
Azure AI Search
Distributed Caching
Database Performance Tuning
API Performance Optimization
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Technical Leadership & Innovation
Technical Leadership
Solution Consulting
Architecture Reviews
Engineering Excellence
Technical Mentoring
Stakeholder Collaboration
Technology Evaluation
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Timeline
Principal Application Architect
Deloitte USI
08.2011 - Current
Senior Software Engineer, .Net, Web
ValueLabs
09.2009 - 08.2011
Senior Software Developer, .Net, Web
NetWeb Software Pvt. Limited
08.2008 - 09.2009
Analyst Programmer, .Net Web
AlphaTech Software Pvt. Limited
12.2006 - 04.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
GIET, Biju Patnaik University of Technology