Hiring: Solutions Architect Company: Apexsync Technologies Location: Baltimore, MD Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 15:29:58 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Agile, Azure, CI/CD, COBOL, Docker, Enterprise Architecture, Event-Driven, Java, Kafka, Microservices, OpenShift, REST, SQL, Scrum, Spring Boot, Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •10+ years of experience in software/application architecture, with significant experience in enterprise modernization initiatives. •Strong hands-on experience modernizing legacy mainframe applications to modern technologies. •Extensive knowledge of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and mainframe application architectures. •Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and modern application architectures. •In-depth knowledge of API, integration, messaging, and event-driven architecture. Required Skills: •The Solution Architect will work closely with business stakeholders, application teams, developers, infrastructure teams, and enterprise architects to define modernization roadmaps, evaluate migration approaches, and guide the implementation of modernized solutions while maintaining business continuity and data integrity. Qualifications: •Lead architecture and technical strategy for mainframe application modernization and transformation initiatives. •Assess existing mainframe applications, dependencies, interfaces, databases, batch processes, and business functionality. •Develop modernization roadmaps and recommend appropriate approaches, including rehost, replatform, refactor, rewrite, or retire. •Design target-state architectures using modern technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, and modern databases. •Develop strategies for transforming legacy COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and mainframe batch workloads. •Design integration solutions between modern applications and remaining mainframe systems during phased modernization. •Define API, event-driven, data migration, and integration architectures to support modernization. •Evaluate application dependencies and identify opportunities to decompose monolithic mainframe applications into modern services. •Develop technical architecture documentation, solution designs, data flows, integration patterns, and modernization standards. •Partner cross-functionally with development teams to ensure architecture and modernization patterns are implemented effectively. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!