Senior Application Architect (Migration Assessment & Modernization Strategy)

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Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, MARKS IT SOLUTIONS LLC, is seeking the following.

Role

Senior Application Architect (Migration Assessment & Modernization Strategy)

This is NOT a DevOps / Delivery / Program Manager role.

We are looking for a front-end transformation architect who specializes in:

• Application Portfolio Assessment
• Migration Strategy (7Rs / R-treatment)
• Modernization Roadmap Design
• Pre-sales / Solutioning support

Candidates must have personally led assessment and strategy phases, not just delivery or execution.

Must-Have Experience

Please submit only candidates who clearly demonstrate:

• Application Portfolio Assessment Experience
• Hands-on experience assessing 50–1000+ applications
• Experience creating:
  • Application inventories
  • Portfolio heatmaps
  • Readiness scores

Resume must explicitly mention “application assessment” or “portfolio assessment”

• Migration Strategy & R-Treatment Expertise (Critical)
• Strong experience with 7Rs (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Rebuild, Replace, Retire, Retain)
• Ability to define modernization approach per application

Must show decision-making examples, not just migration execution

• Modernization Roadmap & Wave Planning
• Experience building:
  • Multi-year migration roadmaps
  • Wave-based migration plans
  • Dependency-based sequencing

Look for keywords:

• “migration roadmap”

• “wave planning”

• “transformation strategy”

• Pre-Sales / Consulting Experience

• Experience in:

  • Solutioning
  • Proposal development
  • Client workshops / discovery sessions

Candidates should have worked in consulting or client-facing architecture roles

• Cloud & Architecture Knowledge
• Strong understanding of:
  • AWS migration strategies
  • Microservices, APIs, containerization
• Familiarity with tools:
  • CAST, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, AWS MGN (preferred)

Avoid profiles that are primarily:

• DevOps Engineers / Kubernetes Leads
• Delivery Managers / Program Managers
• Pure Application Developers (.NET / Java heavy)
• Cloud Engineers without assessment/strategy experience
• Architects who only worked on design/delivery, not assessment

Look for titles like:

• Application Architect – Modernization
• Cloud Transformation Architect
• Enterprise Architect – Application Portfolio
• Migration Architect (Strategy-focused)
• Pre-Sales / Solution Architect (Cloud Transformation)