Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ETalentNetwork is seeking a highly skilled Senior Enterprise Architect with expertise in application modernization and cloud-native design. This role involves developing modern solutions, guiding cloud migrations, and partnering with engineering teams to streamline the application landscape, primarily on AWS and Azure.
Responsibilities
- Develop, publish, and maintain application and integration architecture standards
- Create reusable modernization patterns (microservices, APIs, event-driven, containerization)
- Contribute to reference architectures and ensure consistency across engineering teams
- Support solution architects and delivery teams in applying approved standards
- Design modernization paths for legacy applications: rehost, replatform, refactor, retire
- Architect cloud‐native and hybrid solutions primarily on Azure (AKS, Functions, APIM, PaaS)
- Work hands‐on with engineering teams during design, PoCs, and early build phases
- Guide workload decomposition, domain boundaries, service design, and modernization roadmaps
- Build and evolve Azure landing zone components and cloud governance configurations
- Define infrastructure, integration, API, and data patterns for cloud adoption
- Support hybrid cloud integrations with Azure, AWS, and GCP where applicable
- Evaluate new cloud capabilities (AI, observability, DevSecOps, automation tools)
- Perform architecture‐led assessments using frameworks such as TIME or 6R
- Identify consolidation, migration, and retirement opportunities to reduce redundancy
- Partner with ServiceNow APM/CMDB to ensure accurate application inventory and lifecycle data
- Develop architecture metrics and dashboards supporting modernization progress
- Maintain application‐level technical debt insights across the portfolio
- Partner with product teams to prioritize remediation aligned with risk, business value, and modernization sequencing
- Provide guidance on remediation strategies, patterns, and target-state architecture alignment
- Contribute to IaC templates using Terraform, Bicep/ARM, or Pulumi
- Support CI/CD pipeline architecture using GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins
- Partner with DevOps teams to apply automation and configuration management practices (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
- Apply cloud security best practices and integrate IAM/RBAC, network security, and Key Vault usage into designs
- Ensure alignment with CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, and MTA security requirements
- Support cloud cost optimization efforts using Azure Advisor and FinOps guidelines
- Work closely with DevOps, Networking, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Finance, and Procurement teams
- Translate complex modernization concepts into clear, actionable guidance for business and technical stakeholders
- Participate in strategic planning, cloud strategy working sessions, and solution design workshops
Skills
- Computer Systems Architecture: 4 - 6 Years
- Information Architecture: 4 - 6 Years
- IT Architecture: 4 - 6 Years
- AWS Solutions Architect Expert
- TOGAF
- ITIL
Company Overview