# Software Architect

A Software Architect is responsible for leading the design, modernization, and deployment of enterprise-grade cloud-native applications. This role bridges the gap between complex business requirements and technical execution, often leading the digital transformation initiatives to migrate legacy systems to cloud-native environments. It involves collaborating with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical architecture, guiding development teams, enforcing best practices, and ensuring solutions meet security, compliance, and operational performance standards. Key Responsibilities: Architect and implement Azure-based solutions: Design scalable, secure, and reliable applications using Azure PaaS, IaaS, and serverless offerings. Application modernization: Lead the refactoring and migration of legacy systems to Azure cloud platforms. Technical leadership: Act as the senior lead for modernization efforts following best practices for cloud-native design, microservices, and event-driven architectures ensuring code quality, scalability, and adherence to secure design principles. Mentorship & Collaboration: Guide development teams through code reviews and architectural pl

- **Id**: 4255123
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/applied-software-architect>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Cleveland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T14:28:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 17
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4810
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Growth opportunities
- **Relocation offered**: yes

## Company

- **Id**: 2123906
- **Name**: Applied
- **Domain**: applied.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/applied-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Phenom

## Technologies

- **ASP.NET Core** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **GraphQL** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes
- **Scrum** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 17

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T14:12:23Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 75
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.832
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 17
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T15:25:27Z

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