Tech Talent International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune (phone hidden) companies to small and mid-sized organizations in Canada/US and Europe.

We currently have a role as an ARCHITECT / LEAD APPLICATION MODERNIZATION with our large consulting client, working for a large modernization project for a public sector, crown corporation in the Montreal area.

Role: ARCHITECT / LEAD APPLICATION MODERNIZATION

Type: Permanent or Long Term Contract

Location: Hybrid - Montreal, QC -(2/3 days per week onsite)

Salary: Base salary ranges from $150,000 - $165,000 (depending on experience) + 9% bonus + 4-5 weeks paid vacation + 6% RRSP matching + advantages + sick/personal day + cell phone allowance + discounts for public transit and may other perks

Contract Pay Rate: $110 - $130/hr (freelance/incorporated)

Language Requirements: English & French

Key Info: Candidates must be based out of Quebec

Support the progressive modernization of legacy applications towards the organization's target architectures. Act as a technical leader within a multidisciplinary squad and drive architecture decisions to accelerate transformation while reducing operational risks.

Responsibilities

- Perform analysis of existing systems, their architecture and dependencies.
- Map application flows and integrations.
- Define the target architecture and modernization trajectories.
- Develop strategies for slicing, refactoring, and incremental migration.
- Support the development teams in the implementation of solutions.




- Participate in technology governance and architecture reviews.
- Define the standards of quality, safety, performance and resilience.
- Supervise the implementation of DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Contribute to the observability, monitoring and exploitation strategy.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, and Operations Teams.

Desired experience

- 10 years and more in software development and architecture.
- Demonstrated experience in modernizing legacy applications.
- Participation in large-scale transformation or migration programs.
- Recognized technical leadership with multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to communicate with technical and business stakeholders.

Environments and technologies sought

Architecture & Modernization

- Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Microservices
- Domain Driven Design (DDD)
- API First
- Event Driven Architecture
- Distributed architecture

Development

- Java
- .NET
- Spring Boot
- ASP.NET Core

Integration

- API REST
- GraphQL
- Kafka
- RabbitMQ

Cloud & Platforms

- Azure
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Docker

DevOps

- Azure DevOps
- Git
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure as Code

Observability & Operations

- Dynatrace
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Elastic Stack
- OpenTelemetry

Methods

- Agile Scrum
- SAFe
- DevSecOps

Ideal profile

Senior professional with the ability to quickly assess a complex application estate, establish a realistic modernization roadmap, and guide teams toward a modern, high-performance, and actionable target architecture.

📌 ARCHITECT / LEAD APPLICATION MODERNIZATION (Montreal)
🏢 Tech Talent International
📍 Montreal