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Liatrio · 5 months ago

Principal Application Modernization Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$210K/yr - $240K/yr

Liatrio is a boutique consulting firm that helps enterprises deliver software faster, safer, and more efficiently. They are seeking a Principal Application Modernization Architect who will be accountable for the strategic technical direction of major engagements, building client relationships, and ensuring overall technical engagement success. This role involves leading architectural design, guiding clients on best practices, and mentoring teams to drive modernization transformations.

Information ServicesInformation TechnologySoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead architectural design and drive technology strategy

Partner with Strategic Principal to create SOWs, working closely with the C-suite, Liatrio delivery leadership, and client stakeholders to advise, drive, and evolve the enterprise architecture and POVs in Full Stack Application Development & Modernization, and potentially other technical domains

Working closely with leadership, Liatrio team members and the client, contribute to and evolve the overall strategy for the technical engagement

Guide clients on technical and engineering methodological best practices, provide broad technical influence, share industry insight, anticipate industry changes, advocate for cloud-native and DevOps cultural and be a transformational consultant (remove political, financial, mental, social impediments)

Accountable for an account to build, grow, and maintain Liatrio relationships with the CTO/CIO/Chief Architect, executive, and key customer stakeholders

Architect enterprise solutions, reduce technical debt, balancing constraints to achieve strategic goals, provide oversight for workstreams solving complex engineering challenges, and guide and collaborate with both Liatrio and client architects and engineers

Anticipate objectives and conflicting points of view; reduce complexity and clarify the most important technical work for clients and Liatrio

Accountable for overall morale and well-being of the Liatrio team

Coaching/mentoring with weekly 1:1s, real time feedback, and formal feedback monthly & bi-annually

Drive best practices, mentor across teams, proactively assist teams at first signs of struggle and, balance delivery with internal projects

Identifies and maps capabilities of the team to client needs, advise leadership and PeopleOps on hiring, onboarding, and rotation to prevent burnout

Support Strategic Principle & sales team’s work in providing an excellent customer experience, identifying opportunities for expansion, promoting Liatrio, and validating SOWs

Leveraging your industry knowledge and Liatrio's insights to create accelerators that will be valuable to future engagements, support our internal efforts, and grow the community

Qualification

Enterprise ArchitectureCloud-native ArchitectureDevOps PracticesFull Stack DevelopmentTechnical StrategyClient Relationship ManagementTeam DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesMentoringCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Extensive experience as an Enterprise Architect, Strategic Architect, Field CTO, Head of Development, Head of Engineering, or Head of Application Modernization

Passionate about best practices in modern enterprise architecture and enabling clients through transferring knowledge, coaching, training, and upskilling

Accountable for strategic technical direction of a major engagement or several smaller engagements

Building and maintaining client relationships as a trusted technical advisor

Overall technical engagement success

Responsible for the code quality architecture and technical direction of multiple workstreams

Ability to effectively communicate in difficult conversations

Desire to solve complex problems - interpersonal, technical, and business

Ability to acknowledge shortcomings and provide solutions

Empathy towards others

Appreciate mentoring and helping others grow

Navigate ambiguity and frequent change

Lead architectural design and drive technology strategy

Partner with Strategic Principal to create SOWs, working closely with the C-suite, Liatrio delivery leadership, and client stakeholders

Contribute to and evolve the overall strategy for the technical engagement

Guide clients on technical and engineering methodological best practices

Accountable for an account to build, grow, and maintain Liatrio relationships with the CTO/CIO/Chief Architect, executive, and key customer stakeholders

Architect enterprise solutions, reduce technical debt, balancing constraints to achieve strategic goals

Anticipate objectives and conflicting points of view; reduce complexity and clarify the most important technical work for clients and Liatrio

Accountable for overall morale and well-being of the Liatrio team

Drive best practices, mentor across teams, proactively assist teams at first signs of struggle

Identifies and maps capabilities of the team to client needs

Support Strategic Principle & sales team's work in providing an excellent customer experience

Leverage industry knowledge and Liatrio's insights to create accelerators that will be valuable to future engagements

Significant experience with most of the tools and technologies frequently used with clients

SME in one or more areas, communicate with C-Level stakeholders and client technical SMEs

Perform advanced tasks in all of the specified areas independently

Train or upskill client and colleague engineers

Owned modernization of existing legacy applications as well as full stack development of completely new applications

Fluent in multiple programming languages, including FP and OOP, and databases

Extensive experience creating frontend web applications, backend API services, cloud-hosted applications, and full stack standalone solutions

Expertise navigating enterprise environments, distributed systems, and large/multi-cloud environments

Comfortable with end-to-end software delivery, able to review code and empathizing with developers and engineers across the SDLC

Comfortable with cloud-native architecture, source control management systems and branching strategies, and automation

First-hand experience building or deep knowledge from being embedded within Operations teams responsible for: containerization, infrastructure as code, platform engineering, data center architecture, systems architecture, observability, and DevOps practices

Advocates for patterns, practices, and best practices like Agile, TDD, BDD, and DDD

Employment eligibility: must be authorized to work in the United States or Canada without the need for sponsorship

Travel: onsite with the client approximately 50%, which can include commuting, majority US travel, and occasional international travel