Senior Application Modernization Leader (Remote)

Ensono; Augusta (ME); 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, AD&D

Job summary

Ensono seeks a Lead Application Modernization Consultant to guide agile delivery teams in modernizing applications across cloud environments. You will own technical outcomes, mentor engineers, and ensure measurable business results for clients.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, documentation, ADRs, and a strong focus on engineering quality and developer experience. Remote-friendly with client-site opportunities as needed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive software engineering, application development, or related experience, including 3+ years in application modernization, cloud architecture, or technical delivery leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading modernization of large-scale, complex, high-availability applications, including cloud-native and microservices architectures.
• Hands-on proficiency in at least one mainstream programming language (Java, .NET, or Python) with the ability to analyze legacy codebases.
• Experience assessing legacy application estates, inventories, and modernization strategies (rehost, refactor, re-platform, retire, retain, replace).
• Experience leading solution design translating business requirements into architectures, ADRs, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans.
• Strong experience designing distributed systems on Azure, AWS, or GCP with scalability and non-functional considerations.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, automation, testing, and reusable patterns.
• Experience identifying and managing technical risks across the SDLC.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to support code analysis and modernization.
• Experience providing technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship with accountability for quality and delivery.
• Strong client-facing communication for technical direction and alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead an agile delivery team or significant workstream, owning technical outcomes and developer experience.
• Own technical and delivery risk, tracking and mitigating legacy, migration, and AI-assisted approaches.
• Remain hands-on in architecture, design, and development while overseeing multiple work packages.
• Drive modernization by assessing legacy codebases and recommending dispositions (rehost, refactor, re-platform, retire, retain, replace).
• Develop assessments and target-state designs for modernized solutions.
• Lead discovery and planning with clients to define problem statements, outcomes, and priorities.
• Champion spec-driven development with ADRs, acceptance criteria, and architectural intent.
• Promote a modern developer experience using AI-assisted tooling.
• Maintain engineering judgment and transparent architecture decisions.
• Provide technical leadership within Connected Services and set expectations for engineering quality.

Skills

Java

.NET

Python

Azure

AWS

GCP

AI-assisted tools

Leadership

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Job description

Ensono seeks a Lead Application Modernization Consultant to guide agile delivery teams in modernizing applications across cloud environments. You will own technical outcomes, mentor engineers, and ensure measurable business results for clients.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, documentation, ADRs, and a strong focus on engineering quality and developer experience. Remote-friendly with client-site opportunities as needed.