Platform Application Architect

Job Title: Solutions Architect III
Job at a Glance: We’re looking for a Solutions Architect to assess enterprise applications and recommend modernization paths, with a strong focus on containerization and Kubernetes-based infrastructure. This role partners with engineering, platform, and security stakeholders to evaluate application risk, identify blockers, and document target-state options that help reduce exploitable security vulnerabilities identified through advanced detection/analysis tooling.
Work Location: 4x onsite at 1800 Arch Street Philadelphia PA 19103
Pay Rate: $53/hr W2 + optional benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k)
Duration of Contract: Long term contract with extension/conversion possibility
Responsibilities:

• Perform application architecture assessments to determine readiness for containers/Kubernetes (e.g., OpenShift or equivalent).
• Evaluate application characteristics including dependencies, runtime, statefulness, data/storage patterns, networking, identity/access, observability, and operational requirements.
• Recommend modernization approaches (e.g., rehost, replatform/containerize, refactor, replace) and outline migration sequencing.
• Produce architecture deliverables such as: high-level / low-level design documentation, target-state diagrams and reference architectures, and assessment findings, decision points, and risk/mitigation recommendations.
• Collaborate with platform and security teams to incorporate security and vulnerability risk into infrastructure recommendations.
• Present solutions and tradeoffs to senior architects, technical leadership, and business partners.
• Participate in architecture/platform governance and help promote technology standards and emerging best practices.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years in solutions/application/platform architecture roles (enterprise environment).
• Hands-on experience assessing or designing workloads for:
  • Kubernetes / containers (K8s, OpenShift, Docker, etc.)
  • cloud or hybrid infrastructure and modern deployment patterns
• Strong experience documenting architectures and communicating to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of application modernization concepts and migration patterns.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with container security concepts.
• Familiarity with governance models.

Company Culture:

• From your first day, you’ll have the support and resources needed to grow your career to new heights and direction.
• Get ready to impact the lives of millions as you work together to create amazing experiences and breakthrough products at an exciting pace.

As a trusted technology partner, CEI delivers solutions that help our customers transform their business and achieve meaningful results. From strategy and custom application development through application management - our technology and digital experience services are tailored to meet each unique need of our customers. Our staffing solutions bring specialized skills to complement our customers' workforce and project requirements.
 
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