Application Modernization Engineer / Specialist

CTG is seeking to fill an Application Modernization Engineer / Specialist position for our client.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Duration: 12 months

Duties

• Advise clients on application development methodologies, tools, and modernization strategies, with an emphasis on hybrid cloud and container-based applications.
• Design, develop, and implement cloud-native application architectures, APIs, and microservices.
• Support project execution by collaborating with senior technical resources on application development, modernization, and deployment activities.
• Design, build, and maintain containerized hybrid cloud environments, ensuring high availability, access control, network security, and automation.
• Lead the implementation of cloud architectures during project delivery and solution design phases.
• Develop modernization solutions for legacy platforms, including mainframe, IBM iSeries, Solaris, and VAX/VMS environments.
• Apply continuous modernization strategies, including application refactoring, containerization, API development, microservices creation, programming language conversion, and database migration.
• Assess existing application components and map functionality to cloud-native services across multiple cloud providers.
• Evaluate cloud platform services, technologies, and architectural trade-offs to recommend solutions that align with client requirements.
• Support application coexistence architectures and integration between legacy and modernized systems.
• Work with application components and architectural patterns, including Systems of Engagement (SOE), Systems of Insight (SOI), Systems of Integration, and Systems of Record (SOR).

Skills

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Spring Boot.
• Experience with React.js or Angular for front-end application development.
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases, including Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with MongoDB and NoSQL database technologies.
• Knowledge of API development, microservices architecture, and cloud-native application design.
• Understanding of hybrid cloud environments, containerization, and serverless computing.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, infrastructure components, and services across multiple providers.
• Knowledge of application modernization methodologies, legacy system integration, and database conversion.
• Understanding of continuous integration, deployment automation, configuration management, and cloud security practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and client consulting skills.

Experience

• At least 2 years of experience implementing API- and microservices-based architectures.
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following: Node.js, Spring Boot, or Spring Cloud.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native applications and containerized solutions.
• Experience delivering application modernization solutions involving legacy platforms such as mainframe, IBM iSeries, Solaris, or VAX/VMS.
• Demonstrated experience with application refactoring, containerization, API development, microservices implementation, programming language conversion, and database modernization.
• Experience evaluating legacy application components and identifying appropriate cloud-native services and modernization approaches.
• Experience working with multiple cloud providers and advising clients on architecture options, benefits, and trade-offs.
• Experience supporting application development and cloud architecture implementation in a consulting or project delivery environment.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Relevant cloud, software development, or application architecture certifications are a plus.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.

To Apply

To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!

About CTG

CTG, a Cegeka company, delivers IT and business solutions that enhance clients’ digital agility, empowering them to seize new opportunities and overcome any challenge. Backed by more than 60 years’ experience and a commitment to being a reliable, results-driven partner, we work shoulder to shoulder with clients to shape digital together. Our vision is to be an indispensable partner to our clients and the preferred career destination for digital and technology experts. With more than 9,000 team members in over 15 countries, we combine global expertise with local insight to deliver innovative solutions. We operate across the Americas, Europe, and India, working with over 3,000 clients in many of today's highest-growth industries.

Together, we shape what’s next—working shoulder to shoulder to deliver impactful solutions for our clients and society. Our culture is built by the people who work at CTG, the values we hold, and the actions we take. It's a living, breathing thing that is renewed every day through the ways we engage with each other, our clients, and our communities. At CTG, you’ll find a workplace where you are encouraged to grow, supported in your ambitions, and empowered to shape your own career journey. For more information, visit www.ctg.com .

CTG will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws.

CTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CTG will assure equal opportunity and consideration to all applicants and employees in recruitment, selection, placement, training, benefits, compensation, promotion, transfer, and release of individuals without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age, disability, marital or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other discriminatory factors as required by law. CTG is fully committed to promoting employment opportunities for members of protected classes.