Assistant Vice President of .NET Application and Solutions Architect

iCapital; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote Fridays

Job summary

iCapital is seeking a .NET Application/Solutions Architect to lead architecture, design, and modernization of illustration-related applications. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Implementation groups across the United States and Jaipur to drive cloud modernization and scalable platform decisions.

You will define and govern solution architecture standards, guide multiple scrum teams through modernization initiatives, and migrate legacy systems to Azure-based microservices for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 7+ years in software engineering or solution architecture.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale applications with Microsoft.NET technologies.
• Proven track record migrating legacy systems to Azure-based microservices.
• Experience leading distributed engineering teams.
• Familiar with AI-first development and agentic platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy, design reviews, and implementation guidance for illustration applications.
• Define and govern solution architecture standards and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, and implementation teams.
• Drive modernization initiatives focusing on Azure cloud adoption and API design.
• Provide architectural leadership to multiple scrum teams and ensure code quality.
• Establish integration architecture and support production incidents.

Skills

Communication & Stakeholder Management

Cloud-native design in Azure

Microservices architecture

API design & integration

Agile / Scrum experience

DevOps & CI/CD practices

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Tools

Azure Foundry

OpenAI

Copilot

Claude

Cursor

Job description

• ICapital is seeking a .NET Application/Solutions Architect to lead the architecture, design, and modernization of the illustration related applications
• This role serves as a key member of the Core Architecture Team, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Implementation teams across the United States and Jaipur to drive cloud modernization, support client delivery, establish architectural standards, and provide technical leadership across strategic platform initiatives
• The architect will play a critical role in advancing the transition of legacy systems to scalable Azure-based microservices while ensuring the reliability, performance, and long-term supportability of the various applications ecosystems
• Lead architecture strategy, design reviews, and implementation guidance for several applications in the illustration area of the company
• Define and govern solution architecture standards, technical roadmaps, and engineering best practices across the Illustration platform
• Partner with product management, engineering leadership, and implementation teams to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions
• Champion AI-first development across the engineering org using Copilot, Claude, Cursor and other tools
• Drive and build agentic customer facing applications providing real-time recommendations, decision support, and interactive help, using Azure Foundry, Open AI and other agentic development platforms. You are familiar with orchestration, RAG, retrieval grounding, MCP server design, etc
• Drive modernization initiatives focused on Azure cloud adoption, microservices architecture, API design, and platform scalability
• Lead migration planning and technical design for customers transitioning from legacy and on-premises deployments to our latest version of our application and cloud architecture
• Provide architectural leadership and technical oversight to multiple scrum teams, including design reviews, story refinement, and code quality guidance
• Establish and maintain integration architecture between illustration applications and other applications to improve maintainability, reliability, and operational efficiency
• Participate in production support rotations and provide timely resolution of production issues impacting customers
• Create architecture artifacts, technical standards, reference implementations, and proof-of-concept solutions to support strategic initiatives

Expertise in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud delivery practicesStrong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business leadersStrong experience architecting cloud-native solutions within Microsoft Azure environmentsBachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline7+ years of experience in software engineering, application architecture, or solution architecture rolesDeep expertise in designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications using Microsoft.NET technologiesExperience leading geographically distributed engineering organizationsExperience working in Agile software development environments and supporting Scrum teamsProven ability to develop technical roadmaps and lead large-scale modernization effortsExperience supporting customer-facing enterprise SaaS productsPrevious experience with illustration, annuity, wealth management, insurance, or financial services platformsAzure certifications or demonstrated expertise in Azure architecture and cloud engineeringDemonstrated experience building and modernizing distributed systems using microservices, APIs, and event-driven architecturesExperience guiding multiple engineering teams through complex technical initiatives and architectural decisionsStrong understanding of software design patterns, architecture frameworks, and engineering best practicesExperience participating in production support and incident management processes

Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday