Expert Solution Architect, Solution Design

Job Description: Expert Solution Architect Solution Design

Company: Ensono Inc.
Location: Quincy MA or Princeton NJ (Hybrid 3 days in office per week)
Employment Type: Full-Time (FTE)

About Ensono

Ensono is a leading IT services provider delivering end-to-end migration infrastructure and application support services. We lead the migration of business applications to AWS Microsoft Azure public clouds and strategic data centers providing end-to-end support and collaborating closely with client application teams during transition to minimize business disruption.

Position Overview

We are seeking an Expert Solution Architect to join our Solution Design team. This role is responsible for designing leading and governing the technical migration of workloads to cloud environments providing end-to-end architecture leadership across discovery migration modernization and stabilization ensuring outcomes are aligned to business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Target State Architecture & Solution Design

• Develop Target State Architecture (TSA) design and migration strategy by identifying applications and defining the target state solution to support migration workstreams conducting application discovery and dependency mapping developing application lists and migration waves defining target-state architecture aligned with security compliance and governance and developing high-level migration roadmaps.
• Create blueprints for target environments including a bill of materials containing hosting assets and configuration details. The TSA Document will include a logical and physical network layout showing the relationship of hosts to LAN WAN and cloud/target environment.

Architecture Consultation & Migration Planning

• Analyze data collection refine Workstream Migration Plans and optimize communication among stakeholders. Provide services including migration planning and execution architecture consultation application and data migration disaster recovery infrastructure configuration connectivity to AWS/Azure services database migration server buildout network configuration and integration into Active Directory.
• Conduct and validate discovery and assessment information; facilitate application and technical workshops with stakeholders; review target architectures migration strategies and project plans; and develop detailed migration strategies wave plans and runbooks.

Cloud Architecture & Platform Services

• Assess current architecture and map components to AWS/Azure IaaS services such as EC2/AMI ExaData/SQL MI Service Bus and managed storage. Deploy and configure infrastructure aligned to client standards. Perform mandatory OS platform upgrades changes and re-platforming to meet minimum security standards. Provision all IaaS services using Harness Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep.
• Assess current architecture and map components to AWS/Azure PaaS services such as App Services Functions API Gateway RDS/Azure SQL Service Bus and managed storage. Make required code updates configuration adjustments connection string changes and environment variable updates needed for compatibility with cloud PaaS services. Provision all PaaS services using Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep.

Governance & Technical Oversight

• Participate in governance and review boards ensuring technical oversight and troubleshooting throughout the migration process.
• Develop migration strategy that includes wave planning Target State Architecture Document Migration Runbooks and Cutover Plans technical governance infrastructure testing detailed cutover planning and post-migration Hypercare support.

Security & Compliance

• Perform and coordinate vulnerability scanning authentication/authorization testing and data security testing.
• Implement security controls base tagging for FinOps monitoring dashboards and updating of runbooks and DR plans. Deploy private cloud-based PaaS OS instances with minimal changes using pre-existing automated deployment methods.

Cutover & Post-Migration Support

• Own migration planning parallel runs cutover execution rollback planning and post-go-live stabilization.
• Migrate databases and file systems to managed PaaS platforms with schema prep data migration reconciliation and validation. Containerize applications as-is and deploy to managed container platforms (ECS/EKS/AKS/App Service Containers) without code changes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise inAWSandMicrosoft Azurepublic cloud platforms
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools:Terraform CloudFormation Bicep Harness
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience with database migration and storage modernization strategies
• Knowledge of containerization and managed container platforms (ECS/EKS/AKS/App Service Containers)

Architecture & Design

• Proven experience developing Target State Architecture (TSA) documentation
• Ability to conduct application discovery and dependency mapping
• Experience designing solutions aligned with security compliance and governance standards
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery infrastructure configuration

Security & Compliance

• Experience with security scanning programs (SAST DAST SCA Container Scanning IaC Scanning)
• Knowledge of vulnerability scanning authentication/authorization testing and data security testing
• Familiarity with SSO integration and CMK (Customer Managed Keys)

Soft Skills

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to facilitate application and technical workshops
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Experience working in governance frameworks with issue risk and escalation management

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in solution architecture and cloud migration
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
• Experience working in financial services or highly regulated industries
• Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization
• Experience with AI/ML integration in migration programs

Work Location & Schedule

• Locations:Quincy MA or Princeton NJ
• Work Model:Hybrid 3 days per week in office required
• Schedule:Regional Business Hours

Why Join Ensono

• Work on large-scale enterprise cloud migration programs
• Collaborate with global teams across multiple geographies
• Opportunity for end-to-end architecture leadership from discovery through stabilization
• Exposure to cutting-edge cloud technologies and AI integration in migration programs

Ensono is a place to make better happen for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration by learning or volunteering or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.

We are a client-facing business but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

Some of our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental vision short and long-term disability life and AD&D coverage and flexible spending accounts
• Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
• Paid childbearing and paternal leave
• Education Reimbursement Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
• Sabbatical leave
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule

As of the date of this posting a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $151000 to $190000 annually based on a full-time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills experience internal equity and business addition to base salary other compensation programs depending on eligibility include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or other legally protected basis in accordance with applicable law.

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Ensono is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.