[Hiring] Senior Application Architect @Trianz

Role Description

As a Senior Modernization Architect – Cloud Migration Assessment within the Transformation Solutions & Technology Office, you will be the lead for application portfolio assessment, migration strategy, and modernization roadmap development across complex enterprise client environments. This role is specifically anchored in the front-end of the engagement lifecycle — helping clients understand what they have, what it will take to modernize it, and how to sequence and fund the journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Portfolio Assessment:
  • Lead large-scale application portfolio discovery and assessment engagements across enterprise client environments.
  • Design and execute application assessment frameworks covering technical health, cloud readiness, containerization/serverless readiness, and potential modernization pathways.
  • Conduct and lead application dependency mapping and integration topology analysis.
  • Lead technical interviews and workshops with client development, operations, and architecture teams.
  • Produce formal Application Assessment Reports with executive summary, portfolio heat maps, technical findings, R-Treatment recommendations, and migration/modernization readiness scores per application.
• Large-Scale Application Migration & Modernization Architecture:
  • Design target state cloud architectures for complex, multi-tier enterprise applications.
  • Architect DevSecOps transformation pipelines including CI/CD design, automated testing integration, security scanning, and GitOps adoption.
• Migration Strategy & R-Treatment Decision Making:
  • Develop and apply structured R-Treatment decision frameworks based on business value, technical health, cloud fit, and strategic priority.
  • Define application placement strategies with precision.
  • Design migration sequencing and wave planning strategies.
  • Develop risk registers for migration programs.
• Modernization Roadmap Development:
  • Translate assessment findings and migration strategy decisions into detailed, milestone-driven, multi-horizon modernization roadmaps.
  • Prepare business case for modernization roadmaps.
  • Develop application-level effort estimation models tied to migration wave plans.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Partner with the Project Manager on customer readiness between assessment reports and conversion milestone.
  • Collaborate with the Lead Program Manager on deal structure, Phase 2 scope definition, and conversion metrics.
  • Work alongside Engagement Leaders to ensure technical findings are represented accurately in the narrative.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in enterprise technology, with development/solutioning experience.
• 8–12 years of experience in application architecture with specialization in application portfolio assessment, migration strategy, and modernization roadmap development.
• Proven experience leading application assessment engagements for large enterprise clients.
• Deep expertise in R-Treatment decision frameworks.
• Strong understanding of application placement strategy across containerization, serverless, re-platform, and rearchitect patterns.
• Hands-on knowledge of application discovery and assessment tooling.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Experience with DevSecOps toolchains.
• Strong business case development skills.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to operate in onsite-offshore engagement models.
• Prior consulting or pre-sales solutioning experience is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.
• Base pay ranges between USD $165,000 to $195,000.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, FSA, EAP, 401(k), flexible PTO, flexible schedule, and professional development assistance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Trianz is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, disabled veteran, or veterans (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).