Java Architect

Job Overview

Pay Range: $66/hr - $71/hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• 10+ years of experience in Java.
• 6+ years of experience in microservices based architectures.
• 5+ years of experience in transitioning legacy Java EE platforms to cloud native.

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the overall modernization and transformation strategy, aligning legacy modernization with the customer’s long term digital and cloud roadmap.
• Partner closely with customer strategists, enterprise architects, and business leaders to translate transformation vision into a pragmatic, phased execution plan.
• Lead the architectural transition from monolithic Java EE systems to cloud native microservices, ensuring scalability, resilience, and future readiness.
• Define a technology and platform evolution strategy, covering backend services, UI integration, cloud adoption, and AI enablement.
• Establish a reference architecture and modernization blueprint, guiding backend, UI, DevOps, and integration teams across geographies.
• Drive AI assisted engineering adoption (LLMs, prompt driven analysis, automated documentation) as a strategic accelerator for modernization outcomes.
• Balance business priorities, technical debt reduction, and transformation velocity, ensuring incremental value realization at each phase.
• Govern architecture standards, design principles, and modernization best practices, ensuring consistency and quality across teams.
• Act as the primary onshore transformation anchor, providing technical clarity, risk mitigation, and confidence to customer stakeholders.
• Influence and shape the customer’s future state operating model, including cloud, AI adoption, and engineering maturity improvements.