Hiring! Enterprise Applications Architect M&A Carve-Outs & Separations - Remote
Job Title
Enterprise Applications Architect M&A Carve-Outs & Separations
Number of Positions
3 4
Client
Birlasoft
Engagement Type
C2C / Subcontract
Duration
3 4 months (extendable / potential long-term)
Location
US-based candidates only
Preferred time zones: EST / CST
Role Overview
The Enterprise Applications Architect will lead the architecture, design, and execution of enterprise application carve-outs, cloning, and separations in support of M&A transactions. This role requires deep hands-on application architecture expertise combined with strong leadership to deliver Day-1 readiness, support TSA exit, and ensure post-close stabilization under aggressive timelines.
- The environment is fast-paced, deal-driven, and multi-vendor, requiring strong decision-making, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills.Key Responsibilities Application Architecture & M&A Delivery
- Lead application carve-out, cloning, and lift-and-shift strategies across complex enterprise application portfolios
- Define target-state application and data architectures aligned with deal timelines and TSA exit objectives
- Drive architecture decisions balancing speed, risk, cost, and long-term scalability
- Identify and remediate application, data, and integration dependencies impacted by separations
- Integration & Data Architecture
- Design and govern interfaces, middleware, APIs, and batch integrations
- Define data separation, migration, reconciliation, and validation approaches
- Ensure architectural consistency across production and non-production environments
- Program & Vendor Leadership
- Provide architectural oversight to system integrators and software vendors
- Review and approve solution designs, migration approaches, and cutover plans
- Proactively identify execution, integration, and cutover risks and mitigation strategies
- Advise program leadership on technical trade-offs, sequencing, and dependencies
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Execution
- Partner closely with infrastructure, cloud, security, IAM, and network teams
- Translate business separation requirements into actionable technical architectures
- Support end-to-end testing strategies, test case development, and validation
- Lead cutover planning, go-live execution, and hypercare support
- Required Experience & Skills
- 8+ years of overall IT experience
- 5+ years of enterprise applications architecture and delivery experience
- Hands-on experience with COTS application deployment, cloning, and integration
- Strong expertise in application separation, cloning, and lift-and-shift migrations
- Deep understanding of enterprise data and integration architectures
- Experience managing and governing multi-vendor delivery models
- Proven ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, high-pressure M&A environments
- Strong executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
- Preferred Experience
- Direct experience with M&A carve-outs, divestitures, or acquisitions
- Cloud and hybrid architecture experience (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- Exposure to Day-1 readiness, TSA management, and post-close stabilization
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