Sr Solution Architect ( AWS /Azure Cloud Application Modernization / Migration )

IT Associates; New Jersey; On-site; Full time

Job description

• Multiple openings - Contract ) option for hire exists )
• Hybrid in EITHER Princeton, NJ OR Boston area, MA.
• It\'s a multi-year large scale migration/modernization of 00s of applications from on-prem data center to AWS and Azure

Position Overview

We are seeking Senior and Principal Solution Architects to join our Solution Design team. This role is responsible for designing, leading, and governing the technical migration of workloads to cloud environments, providing end-to-end architecture leadership across discovery, migration, modernization, and stabilization, ensuring outcomes are aligned to business objectives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise in AWS and Microsoft Azure public cloud platforms
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools: Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Harness
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience with database migration and storage modernization strategies
• Knowledge of containerization and managed container platforms (ECS/EKS/AKS/App Service Containers)
• Ability to conduct application discovery and dependency mapping
• Experience designing solutions aligned with security, compliance, and governance standards
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery infrastructure configuration

Security & Compliance

• Experience with security scanning programs (SAST, DAST, SCA, Container Scanning, IaC Scanning)
• Knowledge of vulnerability scanning, authentication/authorization testing, and data security testing
• Familiarity with SSO integration and CMK (Customer Managed Keys)

Soft Skills

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to facilitate application and technical workshops
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Experience working in governance frameworks with issue, risk, and escalation management

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture and cloud migration
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
• Experience working in financial services or highly regulated industries
• Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization
• Experience with AI/ML integration in migration programs

Responsibilities

Target State Architecture & Solution Design

• Develop Target State Architecture (TSA) design and migration strategy by identifying applications and defining the target state solution to support migration workstreams, conducting application discovery and dependency mapping, developing application lists and migration waves, defining target-state architecture aligned with security, compliance, and governance, and developing high-level migration roadmaps.
• Create blueprints for target environments including a bill of materials containing hosting assets and configuration details. The TSA Document will include a logical and physical network layout showing the relationship of hosts to LAN, WAN, and cloud/target environment.
• Analyze data collection, refine Workstream Migration Plans, and optimize communication among stakeholders. Provide services including migration planning and execution, architecture consultation, application and data migration, disaster recovery infrastructure configuration, connectivity to AWS/Azure services, database migration, server buildout, network configuration, and integration into Active Directory.
• Conduct and validate discovery and assessment information; facilitate application and technical workshops with stakeholders; review target architectures, migration strategies, and project plans; and develop detailed migration strategies, wave plans, and runbooks.
• Assess current architecture and map components to AWS/Azure IaaS services such as EC2/AMI, ExaData/SQL MI, Service Bus, and managed storage. Deploy and configure infrastructure aligned to client standards. Perform mandatory OS platform upgrades, changes, and re-platforming to meet minimum security standards. Provision all IaaS services using Harness, Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep.
• Assess current architecture and map components to AWS/Azure PaaS services such as App Services, Functions, API Gateway, RDS/Azure SQL, Service Bus and managed storage. Make required code updates, configuration adjustments, connection string changes, and environment variable updates needed for compatibility with cloud PaaS services. Provision all PaaS services using Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep.

Governance & Technical Oversight

• Participate in governance and review boards, ensuring technical oversight and troubleshooting throughout the migration process.
• Develop migration strategy that includes wave planning, Target State Architecture Document, Migration Runbooks and Cutover Plans, technical governance, infrastructure testing, detailed cutover planning, and post-migration Hypercare support.

Security & Compliance

• Perform and coordinate vulnerability scanning, authentication/authorization testing, and data security testing.
• Implement security controls, base tagging for FinOps, monitoring dashboards, and updating of runbooks and DR plans. Deploy private cloud-based PaaS OS instances with minimal changes using pre-existing automated deployment methods.

Cutover & Post-Migration Support

• Own migration planning, parallel runs, cutover execution, rollback planning, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Migrate databases and file systems to managed PaaS platforms with schema prep, data migration, reconciliation, and validation. Containerize applications "as-is" and deploy to managed container platforms (ECS/EKS/AKS/App Service Containers) without code changes.