Apps Architect

Title: Apps Architect

Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ / Alpharetta, GA (5days onsite)

Duration: Full-Time

1. Modernization & Legacy Refactoring
• Migration Strategy: Lead the migration from legacy architectures (N-Tier, Monolithic, Mainframe)

to modern cloud-native planes using strategies like the Strangler Fig Pattern.
• Complexity Reduction: Identify redundant systems and consolidate application footprints

through rigorous refactoring and simplification, turning "spaghetti code" into modular services.
• Legacy-to-Modern Bridging: Architect integration layers that allow legacy systems to coexist with

modern microservices during long-term migration cycles.

2. Full-Stack & Advanced Pattern Design
• Event-Driven & Streaming: Design high-throughput systems using asynchronous patterns, Event

Sourcing, and CQRS. Implement streaming backbones (Kafka, Redpanda) for real-time data

processing.
• Microservices & Serverless: Establish standardized chassis and sidecar patterns for

microservices, ensuring consistency across security, logging, and service discovery.
• Low-Latency & HA: Architect for "five nines" (99.999%) availability using multi-region active

active setups, circuit breakers, and edge computing to minimize latency.

3. Cloud-Native Leadership
• Platform Evolution: Leverage Kubernetes (K8s), Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and Serverless

(Lambda/Cloud Functions) to build portable, elastic applications.
• Twelve-Factor Principles: Enforce Twelve-Factor App methodologies across all new

developments to ensure cloud-native compatibility.
• Innovation Lab: Lead POCs on emerging tech like WebAssembly (Wasm) or AI-assisted

refactoring to accelerate the modernization timeline.
• Required Skills & Qualifications

1. Experience
• 12+ years in Software/Enterprise Architecture; 5+ years leading large-scale modernization

programs.

2. Full-Stack Depth
• Mastery of Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, or Go, plus modern frontend frameworks (React/Vue).

3. Cloud Mastery
• Hands-on expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP with a focus on PaaS and Serverless offerings.

4. Patterns
• Deep knowledge of Microservices, EDA, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and API-First design.

5. Infrastructure
• Proficiency in Terraform/Pulumi, Docker, and Kubernetes orchestration.

6. Legacy Knowledge
• Familiarity with COBOL, SOAP, old-school RDBMS (Oracle/DB2), and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

patterns.
• The "Architect-Engineer" Profile
• Design for Scale: You don't just build for today; you build for 100x traffic spikes.
• Simplification Obsessed: You believe that "the best code is no code" and constantly look for ways

to delete or consolidate legacy modules.
• Operational Empathy: You design systems that are easy to monitor (Observability) and even

easier to troubleshoot.