Remote Lead Application Modernization Consultant

Ensono; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Three health plan options

401k with company match

Dental, vision, disability, life andAD

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a Lead Application Modernization Consultant to guide agile delivery teams across architecture, design and development, delivering measurable business outcomes for clients while staying hands-on. You will advance modernization patterns, mentor engineers, and leverage AI-assisted tools to accelerate legacy analysis and improve quality.

Remote work is supported in the United States. Strong leadership, cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP), and a track record of modernizing large-scale

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive software engineering, including 3+ years in application modernization or leadership.
• Experience modernizing large-scale, high-availability apps with cloud-native/microservices.
• Hands-on in at least one language (Java, .NET, Python) with legacy code analysis.
• Experience in architecture design, ADRs, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans.
• Experience designing distributed systems on Azure/AWS/GCP and evaluating non-functional requirements.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, automation, testing, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead an agile delivery team or major workstream, ensuring measurable business outcomes.
• Identify and mitigate technical and delivery risks across legacy dependencies and new tech.
• Stay hands-on in architecture, design, and development while guiding multiple work packages.
• Develop target-state designs and roadmaps from legacy to modernized solutions.
• Lead discovery with clients to define problem statements, success criteria, and priorities.
• Document requirements, ADRs, and acceptance criteria to guide development.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Java

.NET

Python

AI‑assisted tools

Client‑facing communication

Mentorship

Risk management

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

ADR

Job description

Ensono is seeking a Lead Application Modernization Consultant to guide agile delivery teams across architecture, design and development, delivering measurable business outcomes for clients while staying hands-on. You will advance modernization patterns, mentor engineers, and leverage AI-assisted tools to accelerate legacy analysis and improve quality.

Remote work is supported in the United States. Strong leadership, cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP), and a track record of modernizing large-scale