About the job Azure Application Modernization Architect
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.No third-party agencies, recruiters, or staffing firms will be considered for this position.No Remote-No Exceptions. Must start onsite from Day 1 and provide written confirmation for the same)Job Summary :This individual will own the modernization process end to end: establishing a repeatable assessment-to-execution framework, developing a deep technical understanding of each application, and defining how individual workloads should be modernized. The role is the bridge between our cloud infrastructure team and the application layer - the person responsible for turning what the application does into a clear, cloud-native target architecture and roadmap.
Success requires the ability to bridge business needs, application architecture, application assessment, application migration, cloud-native capabilities, and to uplift the existing team's application-level expertise along the way.
Responsibilities- Conduct in-depth assessments of existing applications to understand architecture, dependencies, business criticality, and technical debt.
- Define modernization strategies (re-host, re-platform, re-factor, replace, retire) for each application.
- Establish and document a repeatable modernization framework, patterns library, and decision playbook for the broader cloud team to follow.
- Develop modernization roadmaps that align with enterprise architecture principles and the cloud adoption strategy.
- Recommend target-state architectures (e.g., microservices, containerization, APIs, serverless, PaaS adoption).
- Recommend adoption of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Service, Azure Functions, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Event Grid.
- Guide adoption of DevOps & DevSecOps practices: CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), IaC (Terraform).
- Define data modernization strategies (Azure SQL MI, Cosmos DB, Synapse, Data Factory).
- Engage application and business owners to capture requirements, validate target designs, and secure stakeholder sign-off.
- Create business cases showing the value of modernization (cost savings, agility, performance, compliance).
- Collaborate with the cloud engineering team to hand over modernization blueprints for execution.
- Mentor and upskill the existing cloud architecture team on application-level analysis and modern engineering practices.
- Monitor modernization outcomes and refine strategies for continuous improvement.
