Modernization Architect

Project description

Application Modernization Practice is a horizontal practice, supporting all business verticals in DXC. As a Senior Modernization Architect, you'll play a pivotal role in both shaping modernization solutions and supervising delivery execution. You will partner with sales, delivery, and clients to design transformation paths from legacy to modern architectures, integrating GenAI accelerators and helping deliver tangible business value.

• Collaborate on pre-sales engagements: assessments, proposals, orals, and business case creation.
• Design modernization paths from legacy systems (COBOL, z/OS, etc.) to modern stacks (Java, MSA, cloud).
• Lead effort estimation, tool strategy selection, and transformation approach definition.
• Provide architectural oversight during execution to ensure value realization.
• Participate in tooling evaluations and PoCs involving GenAI and automation accelerators.

Must have

• 8+ years in enterprise application architecture, with at least 3 years in modernization.
• Proven ability to assess legacy estates and define future-state architectures.
• Proficiency in mainframe tech (COBOL, DB2, CICS) and modern stacks (Java, Spring, microservices).
• Exposure to GenAI use cases in application engineering and code conversion.
• Strong client communication, technical documentation, and stakeholder alignment skills.

Nice to have

• Java, Python, C#