Application Modernization Engineer C or Java

Our client is a leading management consulting firm that partners with Fortune 500 organizations to deliver large-scale cloud, application modernization, and digital transformation initiatives.

They are seeking experienced consultants to support a major application modernization program involving the migration of a legacy Windows-based platform to a modern AWS cloud environment. The engagement includes application modernization, database migration, and DevOps/CI-CD transformation, leveraging modern AWS services, containerization, and infrastructure automation.

This is a hands-on consulting role where candidates will work closely with client stakeholders and engineering teams to assess the current environment, design modernization solutions, and implement scalable cloud-native architectures.

Application Modernization Engineer: Focus on migrating legacy C++/Java applications from Windows to Linux using Docker and AWS.

• Relevant Skills & Experience
• Required (Details around the experience the consultant needs to have)
• C++ development on Windows and Linux platforms
• WineHQ cross-platform porting (Windows to Linux)
• Java application development and refactoring
• Docker containerization and Linux-based container deployment (ECS/EKS)
• Legacy Windows application replatforming to Linux
• Nice to have (Details around the experience the consultant would be ideal to have)
• WineHQ configuration and packaging
• DB2 database familiarity
• Duties to be performed (Details around what the consultant would do on the project)
• Participate in deep dive sessions on current-state Windows-based application architecture
• Port C++ application components from Windows to Linux using WineHQ
• Replatform Java application components to Linux-based containers (ECS/EKS)
• Containerize replatformed application components using Docker
• Validate replatformed application in non-production environments
• Environment (Details around what technologies are used at the client)
• C++
• WineHQ
• Java
• Docker
• Amazon ECS / EKS
• Linux
• Windows Server (current state)