Senior Software Architect – AI & Cloud Modernization

Client Resources, Inc.; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Client Resources, Inc. is seeking an experienced Lead Software Architect – Innovation to provide strategic architecture leadership across complex enterprise initiatives.

You will shape the future-state technology landscape, modernize legacy platforms, and leverage cloud, AI, automation, APIs, and event-driven architecture to drive business outcomes. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise with the ability to influence strategy, guide engineering teams, and translate business

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in software architecture and modernization.
• Experience with mainframe modernization.
• Expert knowledge of cloud-native and distributed architectures, APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Strong technical background with AWS, Java, containerization, relational/non-relational databases, and mainframe technologies.
• Experience applying Domain Driven Design (DDD) and designing around business domains and bounded contexts.
• Strong understanding of scalability, resiliency, performance, integration patterns, and distributed system design.
• Experience evaluating and implementing AI, automation, intelligent workflow, data architecture, and predictive analytics solutions.
• Experience with architecture governance, security, privacy, compliance, enterprise risk, and responsible AI.
• Proven leadership within Agile and SAFe environments.
• Strong strategic thinking, communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy, solution design, and technology roadmaps for large-scale enterprise initiatives.
• Drive mainframe and legacy modernization, transforming existing platforms into secure, scalable, cloud-ready solutions.
• Design modern cloud-native, distributed, API-driven, microservices, and event-based architectures.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Product Management, engineering teams, business leaders, vendors, and Agile Release Train teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities for AI, intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and modern data solutions.
• Lead architecture workshops, proof-of-concepts, rapid prototypes, and technical feasibility assessments.
• Establish architecture standards, governance, security, non-functional requirements, and responsible AI guardrails.
• Evaluate architectural risks and trade-offs while balancing scalability, resiliency, performance, security, maintainability, and business value.
• Coach architects and engineers on modern architecture practices, systems thinking, and engineering excellence.

Skills

Software architecture

Enterprise architecture

Mainframe modernization

Cloud-native

APIs

Microservices

Event-driven

DevSecOps

CI/CD

AWS

Java

Containers

DDD

Bounded contexts

Agile / SAFe

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

AWS

S3

Bedrock

SageMaker

EC2

CDK

SDK

Job description

Client Resources, Inc. is seeking an experienced Lead Software Architect – Innovation to provide strategic architecture leadership across complex enterprise initiatives.

You will shape the future-state technology landscape, modernize legacy platforms, and leverage cloud, AI, automation, APIs, and event-driven architecture to drive business outcomes. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise with the ability to influence strategy, guide engineering teams, and translate business