Technical Architect

• Define modernization roadmap from legacy thick-client architecture to cloud-native web platform.
• Create architecture artifacts, reference designs, integration patterns, and technical standards.
• Review and validate AI-generated modernization outputs.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary onsite architecture lead for Allegion stakeholders.
• Conduct architecture workshops, technical reviews, design walkthroughs, and solution presentations.
• Collaborate with business users, architects, security teams, and development teams.
• Support requirements gathering, BDD feature identification, capability mapping, and traceability discussions.

Azure Cloud Architecture

• Design and implement solutions leveraging:

• Azure API Management

• Azure App Services

• Azure SQL Database

• Azure Service Bus

• Azure Redis Cache

• Azure Blob Storage

• Azure Key Vault

• Azure Monitor

• Application Insights

• Define scalability, performance, security, and resiliency strategies.

Application Modernization

• Lead migration of legacy VC++/MFC application components to:

• Angular 17 Frontend

• ASP.NET Core (.NET 9) APIs

• Event-driven microservices architecture

• Define domain decomposition strategy for:

• Order Service

• Configuration Service

• Hardware Retrieval Engine

• File Transfer Service

• Review modernization feasibility and migration risks for large-scale codebases.

Integration Architecture

• Design enterprise integrations with:

• Allegion P04 Systems

• AS/400 ERP

• SOAP Services

• REST APIs

• Azure Service Bus Topics & Subscriptions

• Define event-driven integration standards and messaging patterns.

Security Architecture

• Implement enterprise security patterns using:

• Okta

• OAuth 2.0

• OpenID Connect (OIDC)

• JWT Authentication

• Azure Key Vault

• Work with Allegion security teams on cybersecurity and compliance requirements.

AI-Assisted Modernization

• Guide teams in leveraging AI modernization accelerators.
• Review generated target architecture, BDD feature sets, traceability matrices, and generated code.
• Define governance and quality standards for AI-assisted development.

DevOps & Observability

• Define CI/CD architecture and deployment strategies.

• Establish monitoring and operational standards using:

• Application Insights

• Log Analytics

• Azure Monitor

• Lead performance tuning and production readiness reviews., Key Deliverables

• Current State Assessment

• Target Architecture Definition

• BDD Feature Set Review

• Capability Matrix

• Integration Design

• Security Architecture

• Modernization Roadmap

• Technical Governance

• Customer Design Reviews

• UAT & Production Readiness Sign-off

Cloud & Architecture

• Microsoft Azure Solution Architecture
• Azure Integration Services
• Azure API Management
• Azure Service Bus
• Azure SQL
• Azure Storage Services
• Azure Security & Governance

Application Development

• ASP.NET Core (.NET 8/9)
• C#
• Angular 17+
• REST APIs
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Design

Integration Experience

• AS/400 Integration
• SOAP / REST Services
• Enterprise Middleware
• ERP System Integration

Security

• OAuth 2.0
• OIDC
• JWT Authentication
• Okta Identity Platform
• Key Vault & Secrets Management

Modernization Experience

• Legacy Application Modernization
• Thick-Client to Web Transformation
• Architecture Assessment & Migration Planning
• Large Codebase Transformation Programs, * 12+ years of enterprise application architecture experience.
• 5+ years of Azure cloud architecture experience.
• Experience with manufacturing, order management, ERP, or supply-chain systems.
• Experience modernizing legacy VC++, .NET, MFC, or Windows desktop applications.
• Prior experience working with Allegion, Trane, Schlage, or manufacturing customers preferred.
• Microsoft Azure Architect Expert Certification preferred.