• You communicate architecture in business terms. When you present to senior leaders, you translate technical trade-offs into cost, risk, timeline, and capability impact.

• You have a builder's instinct. Youvalidateyour designs with working prototypes and proofs of concept, not just diagrams. You believe architecture should be proven, not assumed.

• You thrive in ambiguity. Legacy modernization is messy; you bring structure, prioritization, and clarity to environments where documentation issparseand tribal knowledge is the norm.

Responsibilities:

Architecture & Design:

• Define the target-state architecture for the modernized platform, spanning front-end frameworks, API/services layer, data persistence,integrationmiddleware, and infrastructure (Azure andon-premise).

• Produce referencearchitectures, architectural decision records (ADRs), and migration roadmaps that guide engineering teams through phased modernization milestones.

• Design hybrid integration patterns that allow cloud-native andon-premisecomponents to coexist during transitional phases, including networking, identity, and data synchronization strategies.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead architectural reviews and design sessions across front-end, back-end, data, and infrastructure workstreams, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment with the target architecture.

• Mentor and guide senior engineers and tech leadsonarchitectural patterns, modernization strategies, and Azure best practices.

• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and platforms; produce decision memos with clear trade-off analysis for leadership review.

Modernization Execution:

• Conduct legacy system assessments, including codebase analysis, dependency mapping, performance profiling, and data architecture review, to informmodernizationsequencing and risk mitigation.

• Design andvalidatemigration strategies (re-platform, re-architect, re-factor) for individual system components, balancing speed, risk, and long-term maintainability.

• Build and oversee proofs of concept and reference implementations that de-risk critical architectural decisions before full-scale engineering begins.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Present architectural strategies, options, and progress to senior technical and business leadership, translating complex technical concepts into clear business impact.

• Collaborate with the client's existing architecture, engineering, and infrastructure teams toalignstandards, governance, and shared technical direction.

• Partner with program management to ensure architectural decisions are reflected in delivery plans, resource needs, and risk assessments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, orrelateddiscipline, or equivalent experience.

• MUST be proficient in written and spoken English (85%).

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in asolutionsarchitect or enterprise architect capacity.

• Demonstrated mastery of architectural design across the full application stack: front-end (React, Angular, or equivalent modern frameworks), API/services tier (RESTful APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures), and data layer (relational databases, NoSQL, data pipelines).

• Deepexpertisein Microsoft Azure cloud services, including App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Azure DevOps, and AzureNetworking(VNets, Private Link, ExpressRoute).

• Proven experience designing and implementing hybrid architectures that span Azure cloud andon-premiseinfrastructure, including identity federation (Entra ID/Active Directory), data synchronization, and network connectivity.

• Expert-levelproficiencyin API design and integration architecture, including API gateway patterns, service mesh, and enterprise integration patterns for bridging legacy and modern systems.

• Strong experience with application modernization strategies: monolith decomposition, strangler fig pattern, database migration, and phased re-platforming.

• Expert-level knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates), and DevOps practices for hybrid environments.

• Experience with performance and scalability engineering, including load testing, capacity planning, caching strategies, and observability (Application Insights, Grafana, or equivalent).

• Security architectureexpertise, including zero-trust principles, identity and access management, encryption at rest and in transit, and compliance considerations.

• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) are a plus.

• Experience in life sciences, diagnostics, healthcare, or regulated industries is a plus.

• Familiarity with data engineering concepts (ETL/ELT, data lakes, data warehousing) is a plus.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability tooperateeffectively when requirements are ambiguous or the path forward is unclear.

• Strong communicationskills and ability to work in cross-functional teams.Aubrantis a client-facing consultancy; every team member must be able to interact confidently with stakeholders at all levels.

• Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centered solutions.

• Willingnesstoanticipateand adopt innovations in digital and technology practices.

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