Job Title: Senior Enterprise Application Architect – AI & Modernization

Location

New York City, NY

Job Type

12-Month Contract
Onsite – Day 1

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Enterprise Application Architect with strong AI and modernization expertise to support enterprise-wide application and integration architecture initiatives. This role will focus on evaluating enterprise applications, guiding modernization strategies, supporting portfolio rationalization, and ensuring alignment with architectural standards, security requirements, and cloud-aligned patterns.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in enterprise architecture, application modernization, integration platforms, and AI-assisted assessment methodologies while collaborating closely with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and product teams.

Key Responsibilities

Application Architecture & Modernization

• Conduct architectural assessments of enterprise applications and integrations
• Utilize AI-assisted tools and modernization frameworks to evaluate systems
• Recommend modernization strategies including replatforming, refactoring, consolidation, or retirement
• Develop target-state architecture models and modernization roadmaps
• Analyze application dependencies, integration readiness, and technical risks
• Support cloud-aligned and API-driven modernization initiatives

Portfolio Analysis & Rationalization

• Evaluate application technical health, scalability, complexity, and operational risks
• Identify opportunities for portfolio optimization and consolidation
• Maintain architecture-related RAID logs and portfolio insights
• Support enterprise portfolio management and reporting activities

Architecture Governance & Standards

• Participate in architecture review boards and governance activities
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architectural standards and patterns
• Review vendor and contractor deliverables for architectural alignment
• Maintain architectural decision records and documentation

Security, Compliance & Resiliency

• Integrate security-by-design principles into application architectures
• Ensure alignment with resiliency, compliance, and regulatory standards
• Identify architectural vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies
• Support enterprise security framework alignment

DevSecOps & SDLC Alignment

• Align architecture standards with DevSecOps and SDLC practices
• Support modernization readiness reviews and integration checkpoints
• Promote automation and architectural consistency across delivery teams

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations, and product teams
• Provide architectural guidance for modernization initiatives
• Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve technical dependencies and design challenges

Required Skills & Experience

Core Architecture Experience

• 6–10 years of Application & Integration Architecture experience
• 6–10 years of Enterprise Architecture methodologies and frameworks
• 6+ years of Information Architecture experience
• 6+ years of IT Architecture and Portfolio Modeling experience
• 6+ years of Architecture Governance and Standards experience

Modernization & AI

• Experience with application modernization strategies:
  • Refactoring
  • Replatforming
  • Modernization
  • Application retirement
• 4–6 years of AI-enabled assessment and architectural insights experience
• Experience using AI-assisted analysis and automation tools

Technical Expertise

• API platforms and integration technologies
• Cloud-aligned architecture patterns
• Application portfolio rationalization
• DevSecOps and SDLC architecture alignment
• Architecture modeling and documentation tools
• Enterprise application onboarding and integration strategies

Security & Compliance

• Security-by-design principles
• Resiliency and risk mitigation planning
• Regulatory and enterprise compliance alignment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in large enterprise environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience collaborating across cross-functional technology teams
• Ability to guide modernization initiatives at enterprise scale

For more details reach at resumes@navitassols.com