Remote Lead Application Modernization Architect

Ensono; Detroit (MI); Remote; USD 125,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Health plan options

401k with company match

Dental, vision, disability & life ins.

Fertility coverage & parental leave

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Ensono seeking a Lead Application Modernization Consultant. You will lead agile delivery, own technical outcomes, and mentor engineers while driving modernization of complex applications with cloud-native approaches.

Hands-on across architecture, design, and development, including AI-assisted methods, to achieve measurable client outcomes. Remote role in the United States with emphasis on collaboration, architecture discipline, and reusable modernization patterns.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive software engineering, application development, or related experience.
• 3+ years in application modernization, cloud architecture, or technical delivery leadership.
• Hands-on with Java, .NET, or Python; able to analyze legacy codebases.
• Experience modernizing large-scale, high-availability apps with cloud-native/microservices.
• Experience leading solution design, ADRs, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans.
• Strong risk management across the software lifecycle and architecture decisions.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools in enterprise software environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead an agile delivery team or significant workstream, owning technical outcomes.
• Own technical and delivery risk within your scope and mitigate legacy risks.
• Remain hands-on in architecture, design, and development while overseeing multiple work packages.
• Drive modernization efforts: rehost, refactor, re-platform, retire, retain, replace.
• Develop target-state designs and a clear path from legacy environments to modern solutions.
• Lead discovery and planning with clients to define problem statements and success criteria.
• Document requirements, architectural intent, ADRs, and acceptance criteria.

Skills

Lead delivery

Cloud architecture

Programming: Java/.NET/Python

AI-assisted development

Engineering leadership

Azure/AWS/GCP

Documentation ADRs

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Ensono seeking a Lead Application Modernization Consultant. You will lead agile delivery, own technical outcomes, and mentor engineers while driving modernization of complex applications with cloud-native approaches.

Hands-on across architecture, design, and development, including AI-assisted methods, to achieve measurable client outcomes. Remote role in the United States with emphasis on collaboration, architecture discipline, and reusable modernization patterns.