Application Modernization Architect

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🕒 March 31

🐊 Florida, Illinois, +2 more states – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $134.9k - $224.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Cox Enterprises

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1898

🏢 Enterprise

📡 Telecommunications

🚗 Transport

💰 Seed Round on 2014-12

Enterprise • Telecommunications • Transport

Cox Enterprises is a leading communications, media, and automotive services company with a mission to solve pressing challenges while building a more connected, mobile, and sustainable world. With over 125 years in business, Cox has invested over $1 billion in sustainable businesses and technology, generating $23 billion in revenue. The company comprises divisions like Cox Communications and Cox Automotive, which provide various B2B technology solutions and automotive services. Cox values innovation, inclusion, and the power of connection, aiming to foster a work environment where diverse voices are heard and respected. The company's commitment to sustainability and social impact is recognized by awards and certifications, such as being named a zero-waste business by Zero Waste USA.

📋 Description

• Assess legacy application portfolios, identify modernization opportunities, and develop technical roadmaps aligned with business outcomes. • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and cost-effective software solutions. • Conduct technical discovery and strategy workshops to identify pain points, define modernization approaches, and guide solution design on topics such as microservices, cloud-native architecture, DevOps, and CI/CD. • Serve as a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert on cloud technologies and software architecture, ensuring solutions align with client objectives. • Work with internal stakeholders to define scope, develop cost estimates and labor projections, and prepare Statements of Work (SOWs), product pricing, and RFP/RFI responses. • Design reference architectures, solution patterns, and migration frameworks that balance cost, maintainability, security, and performance. • Architect full-stack solutions that deliver measurable business value and enable teams to learn, iterate, and adopt modern delivery practices effectively. • Provide hands-on development leadership, coding alongside teams when needed. • Act as a thought leader by speaking at industry events, publishing white papers, and contributing to case studies.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 6 years of experience, OR a Master’s degree and 4 years, OR a Ph.D. and 1 year, OR 10 years of related experience in lieu of a degree. • 5+ years working as an architect in cloud-native and modernization initiatives. • Hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). • Expertise in software architecture patterns, including microservices, monolithic refactoring, event-driven architecture and serverless computing. • Experience with containerization & orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, or OpenShift). • Hands-on experience with application modernization initiatives from inception to production. • Strong client-facing communication skills, with experience delivering technical presentations and engaging with business/technical stakeholders.

🏖️ Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations. • Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year. • Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. • Additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave. • Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision). • Retirement planning (401(k)). • Paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).