.NET Application and Solutions Architect - Assistant Vice President

iCapital•Salt Lake, UT

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

iCapital is seeking a .NET Application/Solutions Architect to lead the architecture, design, and modernization of illustration-related applications. As a key member of the Core Architecture Team, this role partners with Product, Engineering, and Implementation teams across the United States and Jaipur to drive cloud modernization, support client delivery, establish architectural standards, and provide technical leadership across strategic platform initiatives. The architect will help transition legacy systems to scalable Azure-based microservices while ensuring application reliability, performance, and long-term supportability. The role leads architecture strategy and solution design across the Illustration platform, translates business objectives into scalable technical solutions, and provides architectural guidance to multiple scrum teams. It also drives AI-first development and agentic customer-facing applications, supports customers migrating from legacy and on-premises deployments, and participates in production support rotations.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, application architecture, or solution architecture roles.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Deep expertise designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications using Microsoft .NET technologies.
Strong experience architecting cloud-native solutions in Microsoft Azure environments.
Demonstrated experience building and modernizing distributed systems using microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
Strong understanding of software design patterns, architecture frameworks, and engineering best practices.
Experience guiding multiple engineering teams through complex technical initiatives and architectural decisions.
Proven ability to develop technical roadmaps and lead large-scale modernization efforts.
Experience participating in production support and incident management processes.
Expertise in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud delivery practices.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence technical and business leaders.
Experience working in Agile software development environments and supporting Scrum teams.
Familiarity with orchestration, RAG, retrieval grounding, and MCP server design.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with illustration, annuity, wealth management, insurance, or financial services platforms.
Experience supporting customer-facing enterprise SaaS products.
Azure certifications or demonstrated expertise in Azure architecture and cloud engineering.
Experience leading geographically distributed engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture strategy, design reviews, and implementation guidance for applications in the illustration area.
Define and govern solution architecture standards, technical roadmaps, and engineering best practices across the Illustration platform.
Partner with product management, engineering leadership, and implementation teams to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions.
Champion AI-first development across the engineering organization using Copilot, Claude, Cursor, and other tools.
Drive and build agentic customer-facing applications that provide real-time recommendations, decision support, and interactive help using Azure Foundry, OpenAI, and other agentic development platforms.
Drive modernization initiatives focused on Azure cloud adoption, microservices architecture, API design, and platform scalability.
Lead migration planning and technical design for customers transitioning from legacy and on-premises deployments to the latest application version and cloud architecture.
Provide architectural leadership and technical oversight to multiple scrum teams, including design reviews, story refinement, and code quality guidance.
Establish and maintain integration architecture between illustration applications and other applications to improve maintainability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Participate in production support rotations and resolve production issues affecting customers in a timely manner.
Create architecture artifacts, technical standards, reference implementations, and proof-of-concept solutions for strategic initiatives.