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Position Summary
The Senior Associate Technical Architect for Application Modernization Presales plays a critical role in guiding customers through their transformation from monolithic applications toward cloud‑enabled, cloud‑scalable, cloud‑resilient, and cloud‑native architectures. This role partners closely with sales, solutioning teams, and technical stakeholders to assess legacy environments, define modernization strategies, build solution architectures, and support presales activities for modern application platforms on public and private cloud.

Key Responsibilities

Presales Solutioning
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Engage with customers to understand business goals, application landscapes, and modernization needs.
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Lead discovery workshops covering current‑state application architecture, dependencies, and integration points.
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Develop technical solution proposals for application modernization across multiple pathways:
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Re‑host / Containerization
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Re‑platform Refactor
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Decompose Iterative Strangulation
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Cloud‑Native Application Design
Present modernization roadmaps, architecture diagrams, and migration strategies to customer technical and executive stakeholders.
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Collaborate with sales teams to support RFPs, RFIs, and customer bids with accurate technical inputs.
Application Architecture Modernization Design
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Analyze legacy monolithic applications across application layer, web tier, batch processing, and data access layers.
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Evaluate applications for adaptability, scalability, resiliency, and cloud‑readiness.
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Define modernization architecture aligned with cloud patterns such as:
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Microservices
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API‑first architecture
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Event‑driven and asynchronous processing
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Container‑based deployments (AKS/EKS/GKE, RedHat OpenShift)
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Serverless components

Recommend modernization approaches for:

Data migration (SQL Server → Azure SQL / Managed Instances)
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App hosting migration (IIS, .NET, NodeJS → Azure App Service)
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Moving from tightly coupled systems to loosely coupled microservices
Ensure proposed solutions follow cloud architecture best practices for security, cost optimization, performance, and reliability.
Technical Leadership
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Provide architectural guidance to delivery teams during early project phases (PoC, MVP, pilot).
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Mentor junior engineers and architects on cloud‑native and modernization technologies.
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Create reusable templates, modernization frameworks, and architectural accelerators for presales and solution teams.
Cloud Technology Expertise
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Deep hands‑on knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP a plus).
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Understanding of modernization enablers:

Containers orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS/EKS)
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API Gateway, service mesh, and cross‑service communication
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CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices
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Distributed tracing, logging, and monitoring
Experience analyzing and optimizing application resiliency using cloud‑native capabilities.

Qualifications

Required
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6 years experience in application architecture, solution architecture, or modernization consulting.
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Strong understanding of enterprise monolithic systems and modernization techniques.
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Experience designing cloud architectures on Azure (App Service, AKS, Functions, API Management).
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Proven presales or customer‑facing consulting experience.
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Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business‑friendly language.
Preferred
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Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent.
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Experience with microservices migration frameworks and strangler‑fig pattern implementations.
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Hands‑on understanding of DevOps automation (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
Workplace type: On-site Working
About NTT DATA
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