Requisition ID: 104346-1 Title: Application Solution Architect Java / Azure Duration: 6+ Months Location: Boston, MA Salary Range: $75.00-$85.00 per hour on W2
Seeking a Senior Application Solution Architect to lead large-scale application modernization, Azure cloud transformation, and database modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong Java architecture experience and expertise in Azure, microservices, cloud-native solutions, and legacy application/data modernization.
Key Responsibilities
Lead modernization of legacy, monolithic, and distributed applications.
Define Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Rearchitect, and Rebuild strategies.
Design scalable cloud-native architectures using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, and DDD.
Develop target-state architectures, modernization roadmaps, and technical governance.
Design Azure solutions using AKS, App Services, Functions, API Management, Service Bus/Event Hub, Key Vault, Storage, and Azure Monitor.
Lead on-premises to Azure migration and ensure alignment with Azure Well-Architected Framework.
Drive database modernization and migration involving SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Cosmos DB, and NoSQL.
Define database migration, data reconciliation, integration, and performance optimization strategies.
Establish CI/CD, DevSecOps, Terraform/Bicep, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions practices.
Ensure security, compliance, high availability, disaster recovery, observability, and operational excellence.
Partner with executives, product owners, enterprise architects, and technical teams to translate business requirements into solution architectures.
Present architecture options, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior leadership.
Mentor architects, technical leads, and development teams.
Required Skills
15+ years of overall IT experience.
8+ years in Solution Architecture.
10+ years of Java application development/architecture.
Strong Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, REST APIs, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, and DDD experience.