Cloud & AI Modernization Lead Architect

Netsmart Technologies, Inc.; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Netsmart Technologies, Inc. in Overland Park, KS, seeks a Lead Software Architect, Cloud & AI Modernization to guide modernization of the myAvatar platform.

This hands-on leader blends deep software development experience with strategic architecture to deliver scalable, secure, cloud-enabled solutions. You will partner with engineering, DevOps, product, data, security and business stakeholders to drive modularization, API-first design, and AI-aware enhancements while maintaining pragmatic

Qualifications

• Hands-on enterprise-scale software architecture experience.
• Experience modernizing legacy apps toward cloud-native patterns.
• Strong AWS/cloud expertise with security/compliance awareness.
• Proven leadership and ability to influence in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions for the myAvatar platform balancing legacy realities with modernization goals.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performing application architecture in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Provide hands-on guidance through design reviews, prototyping, and reference architectures.
• Modernize legacy systems with modularization, API-first design, domain-driven design, and cloud-native patterns.
• Collaborate with DevOps and cloud infra teams to strengthen deployment, observability, reliability, and automation.
• Guide teams on AWS-based patterns, modernization strategies, and production support considerations.
• Adopt an AI-aware mindset to identify where AI/automation can improve the platform and user experience.
• Communicate complex technical decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Establish reusable patterns, documentation, standards, and architecture guidance to accelerate delivery.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS expertise

Microservices

CI/CD

Java/.NET

Leadership

Communication

AI interest

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Netsmart Technologies, Inc. in Overland Park, KS, seeks a Lead Software Architect, Cloud & AI Modernization to guide modernization of the myAvatar platform.

This hands-on leader blends deep software development experience with strategic architecture to deliver scalable, secure, cloud-enabled solutions. You will partner with engineering, DevOps, product, data, security and business stakeholders to drive modularization, API-first design, and AI-aware enhancements while maintaining pragmatic