Senior Application Architect (Modernization & Delivery Enablement)

• Assess legacy applications, dependencies, architecture patterns, and operational challenges
• Recommend modernization strategies including refactor, re-platform, re-host, replace, or retire
• Create future-state architecture blueprints
• Design transitional architectures that support phased migrations
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to align with long-term technology strategy
• Solution Design & Delivery
• Translate business requirements into technical solution designs
• Produce architecture artifacts including:
• Logical and physical diagrams
• Sequence diagrams
• Deployment diagrams
• Integration maps
• Support development teams throughout backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery
• Ensure performance, scalability, security, and reliability standards are met
• API & Event-Driven Architecture
• Define API lifecycle standards and governance
• Design event-driven architectures and messaging strategies
• Evaluate integration platforms and streaming technologies
• Establish monitoring, tracing, and observability practices
• Architecture Governance
• Lead architecture reviews and enforce engineering standards
• Drive resiliency, scalability, maintainability, and performance best practices
• Prototyping & Technical Evaluation
• Develop proof-of-concepts and prototypes for modernization initiatives
• Evaluate vendor technologies and platforms
• Review vendor-delivered designs, code, and documentation
• Mentorship & Operational Readiness
• Mentor engineers and junior architects
• Conduct architecture-focused code reviews
• Publish reusable frameworks and reference implementations
• Partner with QA, DevOps, and SRE teams on production readiness
• Promote continuous improvement and technical excellence

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship not available., * Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field Master’s Degree preferred

• 10+ years of software engineering and application architecture experience
• 3-4+ years serving as a Lead Application Architect on large-scale modernization programs
• Experience designing complex enterprise applications across multiple technologies
• Strong decision-making skills in fast-paced environments
• Technical Requirements
• Architecture & Design
• Enterprise Application Architecture
• Modernization Strategy
• Distributed Systems
• Microservices
• Modular Monoliths
• Integration
• REST APIs
• GraphQL
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Messaging & Streaming Platforms
• Cloud & Infrastructure
• AWS (preferred)
• Hybrid Cloud Architectures
• Docker
• Kubernetes and/or OpenShift
• Engineering Practices
• CI/CD Pipelines
• DevSecOps
• Automation
• Reliability Engineering
• Monitoring & Observability
• Performance Optimization
• Development
• Strong JavaScript experience
• Vue.js proficiency required
• Leadership & Soft Skills
• Technical leadership without direct reports
• Stakeholder management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Architecture governance
• Mentoring and coaching
• Strategic thinking
• Vendor management and evaluation

Medical, Dental & Vision (Day 1) 401(k) with employer match Vacation, Sick Time & Holidays Life & Disability Insurance Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Health Savings Account (HSA) Tuition Reimbursement Professional Development Programs Company-Sponsored Social & Volunteer Events

Why Hays?

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