Remote Senior Enterprise Modernization Architect

CAI; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Job summary

CAI is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead a large-scale modernization initiative in a fully remote, contract-capable role. You will drive target-state architecture, data migration, and system integration across complex environments, partnering with business, security, data, and vendor teams.

You will guide transition roadmaps, establish standards, and oversee end-to-end modernization efforts, aligning legacy and new systems while managing dependencies and risks.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale technology modernization and systems integration initiatives across complex environments.
• Proven ability to develop target-state architectures and transition roadmaps for multi-year programs.
• Strong background in relational DB design, data integrity, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with .NET and Python for enterprise apps and data processing.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture for modernization and system retirement initiatives.
• Develop and guide implementation of target-state architecture across diverse systems.
• Assess dependencies, risks, and modernization opportunities in complex environments.
• Define transition architectures enabling coexistence of legacy and new systems.
• Establish integration patterns, APIs, data exchange, and guardrails for scalability.
• Analyze data, application, and infrastructure dependencies; manage migration risks.
• Collaborate with business, product, engineering, security, and vendor teams.
• Guide architecture decisions on modernization, migrations, and retirements.
• Oversee data migration strategies, integrations, and enterprise-wide decisions.
• Produce architecture docs, decision records, and transition plans.
• Collaborate with county stakeholders and business teams on data mappings.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Systems integration

Data migration

Target-state architecture

Stakeholder management

Communication

.NET

Python

APIs (REST/SOAP)

Data pipelines

Tools

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

SOAP

CJIS compliance

.NET

Python

Job description

CAI is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead a large-scale modernization initiative in a fully remote, contract-capable role. You will drive target-state architecture, data migration, and system integration across complex environments, partnering with business, security, data, and vendor teams.

You will guide transition roadmaps, establish standards, and oversee end-to-end modernization efforts, aligning legacy and new systems while managing dependencies and risks.