ARCHITECT / LEAD APPLICATION MODERNIZATION at Tech Talent International — NeverHard

Job DescriptionJob Description Tech Talent International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100/500/1000 companies to small and mid-sized organizations in Canada/US and Europe. We currently have a role as an ARCHITECT / LEAD APPLICATION MODERNIZATION with our large consulting client, working for a large modernization project for a public sector, crown corporation in the Montreal area. Role: ARCHITECT / LEAD APPLICATION MODERNIZATION Type: Permanent or Long Term Contract Location: Hybrid - Montreal, QC -(2/3 days per week onsite) Salary: Base salary ranges from $150,000 - $165,000 (depending on experience) + 9% bonus + 4-5 weeks paid vacation + 6% RRSP matching + benefits + sick/personal day + cell phone allowance + discounts for public transit and may other perks Contract Pay Rate: $110 - $130/hr (freelance/incorporated) Language Requirements: English & French Key Info: Candidates must be based out of Quebec Support the progressive modernization of legacy applications towards the organization's target architectures. Act as a technical leader within a multidisciplinary squad and drive architecture decisions to accelerate transformation while reducing operational risks. Responsibilities Perform analysis of existing systems, their architecture and dependencies. Map application flows and integrations. Define the target architecture and modernization trajectories. Develop strategies for slicing, refactoring, and incremental migration. Support the development teams in the implementation of solutions. Participate in technology governance and architecture reviews. Define the standards of quality, safety, performance and resilience. Supervise the implementation of DevOps and CI/CD practices. Contribute to the observability, monitoring and exploitation strategy. Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, and Operations Teams. Desired experience 10 years and more in software development and architecture. Demonstrated experience in modernizing legacy applications. Participation in large-scale transformation or migration programs. Recognized technical leadership with multidisciplinary teams. Ability to communicate with technical and business stakeholders. Environments and technologies sought Architecture & Modernization Service-oriented architecture (SOA) Microservices Domain Driven Design (DDD) API First Event Driven Architecture Distributed architecture Development Java .NET Spring Boot ASP.NET Core Integration API REST GraphQL Kafka RabbitMQ Cloud & Platforms Azure Kubernetes OpenShift Docker DevOps Azure DevOps Git CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Observability & Operations Dynatrace Grafana Prometheus Elastic Stack OpenTelemetry Methods Agile Scrum SAFe DevSecOps Ideal profile Senior professional with the ability to quickly assess a complex application estate, establish a realistic modernization roadmap, and guide teams toward a modern, high-performance, and actionable target architecture.