Senior Enterprise Architect – Application Modernization & Cloud
HybridNew York City, New York, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain application architecture standards, reusable modernization patterns, and reference architectures across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. Design modernization paths for legacy applications, guide workload decomposition, and partner with engineering teams during design, PoCs, and early build phases. Build Azure landing zones, define integration and data patterns, and contribute to IaC templates using Terraform or Bicep. Perform architecture-led assessments to identify consolidation opportunities, maintain technical debt insights, and support remediation strategies aligned with business value. Ensure designs adhere to security best practices, compliance frameworks, and cost optimization guidelines while collaborating with DevOps, cybersecurity, and finance teams.
Required Qualifications
- Senior Enterprise Architect experience
- Deep expertise in application modernization
- Cloud-native design expertise
- Enterprise application portfolio management knowledge
- Hands-on architecture execution capability
- Experience developing modern solutions
- Experience guiding cloud migrations
- Experience creating reusable standards
- Experience partnering with engineering teams
- Experience working on AWS environments
- Experience working on Azure environments
- Experience working on hybrid environments
- Experience supporting modernization roadmaps
- Experience with technical debt reduction
- Experience with application lifecycle governance
- Ability to work with minimum direction
- Ability to juggle and multi-task
- Effective communication skills
- Leadership capability
- 3 Days Onsite availability
- 2 Days Remote availability
Desired Qualifications
- AWS Solutions Architect Expert certification
- TOGAF certification
- ITIL certification
- Experience with Azure AKS
- Experience with Azure Functions
- Experience with Azure APIM
- Experience with Azure PaaS
- Experience with Azure landing zone components
- Experience with Azure cloud governance configurations
- Experience with Azure Advisor
- Experience with FinOps guidelines
- Experience with TIME framework
- Experience with 6R framework
- Experience with ServiceNow APM/CMDB
- Experience with Terraform
- Experience with Bicep/ARM
- Experience with Pulumi
- Experience with GitHub Actions
- Experience with GitLab
- Experience with Jenkins
- Experience with Ansible
- Experience with Chef
- Experience with Puppet
- Experience with IAM/RBAC
- Experience with network security
- Experience with Key Vault
- Knowledge of CIS standards
- Knowledge of NIST standards
- Knowledge of ISO 27001
- Experience with AI capabilities
- Experience with observability tools
- Experience with DevSecOps
- Experience with automation tools
- Experience with microservices
- Experience with APIs
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Experience with containerization
- Experience with rehosting legacy applications
- Experience with replatforming legacy applications
- Experience with refactoring legacy applications
- Experience with retiring legacy applications
- Experience with workload decomposition
- Experience with domain boundaries
- Experience with service design
- Experience with cloud security best practices
- Experience with cloud cost optimization
- Experience with cross-functional collaboration
- Experience with strategic planning
- Experience with solution design workshops
- Experience with business stakeholders
- Experience with technical stakeholders
- Experience with DevOps teams
- Experience with Networking teams
- Experience with Cybersecurity teams
- Experience with Infrastructure teams
- Experience with Finance teams
- Experience with Procurement teams
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