Application Modernization Architect (RapidScale) (Remote)
About the role
What You'll Do
- Assess legacy application portfolios, identify modernization opportunities, and develop technical roadmaps aligned with business outcomes.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and cost-effective software solutions.
- Conduct technical discovery and strategy workshops to identify pain points, define modernization approaches, and guide solution design on topics such as microservices, cloud-native architecture, DevOps, and CI/CD.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert on cloud technologies and software architecture, ensuring solutions align with client objectives.
- Work with internal stakeholders to define scope, develop cost estimates and labor projections, and prepare Statements of Work (SOWs), product pricing, and RFP/RFI responses.
- Design reference architectures, solution patterns, and migration frameworks that balance cost, maintainability, security, and performance.
- Architect full-stack solutions that deliver measurable business value and enable teams to learn, iterate, and adopt modern delivery practices effectively.
- Provide hands-on development leadership, coding alongside teams when needed.
- Act as a thought leader by speaking at industry events, publishing white papers, and contributing to case studies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of software engineering/development experience (or equivalent).
- 5+ years working as an architect in cloud-native and modernization initiatives.
- Hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Expertise in software architecture patterns, including microservices, monolithic refactoring, event-driven architecture and serverless computing.
- Experience with containerization & orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, or, OpenShift).
- Hands-on experience with application modernization initiatives from inception to production.
- Strong client-facing communication skills, with experience delivering technical presentations and engaging with business/technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Agentic software modernization methods and best practices.
- Experience with AI-assisted coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Kiro OpenCode, or equivalent).
- Professional services or consulting experience, including direct client delivery.
- Experience working with global or distributed engineering teams.
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