.NET Engineer

• Serve as the principal technical leader for legacy modernization initiatives across the organization
• Drive the technical strategy and vision for transitioning monolithic applications to modern, cloud-native architectures
• Architect and design next-generation software systems that modernize legacy functionality while maintaining business continuity
• Lead cross-functional teams in solving the most complex technical challenges in legacy system transformation
• Provide technical governance and oversight for multiple modernization projects and teams
• Mentor and develop senior engineering talent, including Software Engineers III and IV, in modernization best practices
• Collaborate with executive leadership to align legacy modernization initiatives with long-term business strategy
• Represent the company's modernization expertise at conferences and industry events
• Drive innovation and research initiatives for legacy system transformation within the organization
• Analyze legacy functionality including U2 behaviors, stored procedures, and front-end workflows at an enterprise scale
• Document and explain complex system behaviors, edge cases, and data handling rules across multiple legacy systems
• Lead service decomposition efforts by mapping features and database dependencies to proposed cloud-native services
• Establish interface contracts, data transformations, and integration patterns for large-scale modernizations
• Drive cutover planning, shadow traffic strategies, and validation workflows for phased migrations across the organization
• Create comprehensive diagrams, data flow maps, and logic breakdowns to support QA, Development, and Implementation teams
• Advocate for and establish NFRs such as logging, error handling, idempotency, and security during modernization efforts
• Define organizational standards for legacy modernization user story development and SDLC processes
• Mentor senior engineers in advanced modernization story shepherding techniques
• Drive adoption of best practices in legacy system analysis and cloud migration implementation
• Establish metrics and KPIs for measuring modernization story quality and delivery efficiency
• Lead initiatives to improve cross-team collaboration in legacy-to-cloud SDLC processes
• Guide organization-wide improvements in modernization user story management and delivery
• Provide final technical approval for major architectural decisions in legacy modernization projects
• Develop strategies for improving overall system reliability, performance, and scalability during transitions

Requirements: -Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science

•  or related field
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with significant focus on legacy system modernization
• Recognized expert in legacy-to-cloud transitions, preferably in enterprise environments
• Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale legacy modernization initiatives
• Deep understanding of monolithic architectures, common anti-patterns, and modernization strategies
• Expertise in microservices, REST APIs, domain-driven design, and message-based communication
• Advanced proficiency in SQL with ability to trace and interpret complex data logic across enterprise systems
• Experience leading implementation teams through business workflow to system behavior translations
• Outstanding leadership, communication, and influencing skills across technical and business stakeholders
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business pragmatism in modernization efforts
• History of contributions to the broader tech community in modernization practices
• Visionary mindset with ability to anticipate future technological needs in legacy transformation
• Experience in technical strategy development and execution for modernization at an organizational level
• Deep expertise in .NET and Azure-based architectures
• Advanced knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for modernization efforts
• Extensive experience with healthcare, payroll, or compliance-driven systems preferred