Lead Cloud-Native Solutions Architect for Modernization & AI

Karsun Solutions, LLC; New Jersey; On-site; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Karsun Solutions, LLC is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to drive modernization efforts from legacy to cloud-native, microservices-based systems. You will articulate the technical vision, build consensus, and lead hands-on execution across architects, SREs, and business SMEs.

You will design and implement API-first, event-driven architectures, mentor teams, and champion AI-assisted development while ensuring alignment with federal security requirements and DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical field.
• 15+ years of software architecture and development experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on microservices, RESTful APIs, event-driven systems at enterprise scale.
• 5+ years of cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP) including containers and serverless.
• Strong coding skills in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision and multi-year modernization roadmap for application development.
• Lead design and implementation of cloud-native architectures using microservices and API-first design.
• Design, build, and deploy ML models and data pipelines with Python frameworks (PyTorch or Keras).
• Oversee low-code AI-enabled app development and automation with modern tooling.
• Mentor architects and engineers, drive architectural governance and ADRs.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Microservices

REST APIs

Leadership

Python

Security design

DevSecOps

AI/ML

Education

BS in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

APIs gateways

Job description

Karsun Solutions, LLC is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to drive modernization efforts from legacy to cloud-native, microservices-based systems. You will articulate the technical vision, build consensus, and lead hands-on execution across architects, SREs, and business SMEs.

You will design and implement API-first, event-driven architectures, mentor teams, and champion AI-assisted development while ensuring alignment with federal security requirements and DevSecOps practices.