Job Summary
"Position Overview
The Senior Decommissioning & Modernization Assessment Engineer will lead application portfolio assessments to determine modernization, retirement, or decommissioning strategies. The role involves evaluating technical, functional, operational, and financial aspects of applications, preparing detailed assessment reports, developing roadmap recommendations, and leading end-to-end decommissioning execution after approvals. This position drives modernization strategy aligned with enterprise architecture and SRE principles.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
1. Application Assessment & Analysis
Conduct detailed technical and functional assessment of legacy and modern applications.
Identify applications suitable for decommissioning, consolidation, re‑platforming, or modernization.
Evaluate dependencies, integrations, data flows, and infrastructure components.
Perform risk analysis, cost estimation, and business-impact evaluation.
2. Reporting & Documentation
Prepare comprehensive assessment reports with scoring matrices.
Provide clear recommendations: immediate decommission, future retirement, modernize, or retain.
Create application lifecycle roadmaps with timelines, dependencies, and transition plans.
3. Decommissioning Execution (Post‑Approval)
Lead end‑to‑end decommissioning activities:
Data archival and retention
Workload migration (if any)
Infrastructure teardown
Dependency clean-up
Change management & release processes
Coordinate with infra, DB, networking, InfoSec, and business stakeholders.
4. SRE Alignment
Ensure all activities adhere to SRE principles:
reliability
observability
automation
zero‑touch operations where possible
Develop automation for assessment data collection and decommission workflows.
5. Stakeholder Management
Drive governance meetings and assessment workshops.
Collaborate with product owners, architects, security teams, and business leads.
Present findings and modernization recommendations to senior leadership.
Skill Requirements
Skills & Experience Required
5- 8 years’ experience in application assessment, modernization, or decommissioning programs.
Strong knowledge of legacy systems, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), microservices, and distributed architectures.
Experience with SRE tools: monitoring, logging, automation scripts, configuration management.
Expertise in dependency mapping, impact analysis, and risk assessments.
Excellent communication and presentation skills."