Senior Cloud-Native Solution Architect | Modernization Lead

Karsun Solutions, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Karsun Solutions is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to drive modernization of legacy applications toward cloud-native, microservices-based solutions. The role combines strategic vision with hands-on architecture and coding, collaborating with architects, SREs, data teams, and business SMEs to deliver transformative outcomes.

The ideal candidate balances strategic thinking with practical hands-on capability, evangelizes modern practices including AI-assisted development, and communicates

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical field.
• 15+ years of software architecture and development experience with modernization initiatives.
• 7+ years designing microservices, RESTful APIs, event-driven systems at enterprise scale.
• 5+ years cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP) with containers and serverless.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision and multi-year modernization roadmap.
• Lead cloud-native design using microservices, API-first, event-driven patterns.
• Build and Deploy ML models and data pipelines with Python (PyTorch/Keras).
• Develop low-code AI-enabled apps and automate workflows (Power Automate/UIPath).
• Drive consensus across architect, SRE, data, and business stakeholders.
• Provide hands-on leadership with proofs-of-concept and demos.
• Champion AI-assisted development tools to boost SDLC productivity.
• Lead architecture governance, ADRs, and design reviews.
• Present strategies to executive stakeholders and customers.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers for technical excellence.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Microservices

REST APIs

Programming (Python/Java)

Leadership

DevSecOps

AI/ML awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

PyTorch/Keras

Job description

Karsun Solutions is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to drive modernization of legacy applications toward cloud-native, microservices-based solutions. The role combines strategic vision with hands-on architecture and coding, collaborating with architects, SREs, data teams, and business SMEs to deliver transformative outcomes.

The ideal candidate balances strategic thinking with practical hands-on capability, evangelizes modern practices including AI-assisted development, and communicates