What are the responsibilities and job description for the Microsoft Accelerated Modernization Specialist position at Slalom?
Who You’ll Work With
As a Modernization Solution Architect, you’ll guide clients through complex application and platform modernization on Azure Cloud. You’ll work closely with cloud engineers, architects, modernization delivery leaders, and platform teams to help reshape legacy systems into scalable, cloud-native solutions.
You’ll be a key player in Slalom’s Zero Legacy initiative and Microsoft go-to-market strategy turning legacy into leverage through thoughtful modernization strategy and execution planning.
Slalom is targeting a Senior Principal or Director for this role.
What You’ll Do
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.
What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.
Compensation And Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range is listed below. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.
East Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley
Sr Principal: $229,000-$281,000
Director: $261,000-$320,000
San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Seattle, New Jersey, New York City, Westchester, Boston, Washington DC:
Sr Principal: $210,500-$257,000
Director: $240,000-$293,000
All other locations:
Sr Principal: $193,000-$236,000
Director: $220,000-$269,000
We will accept applicants until the position is filled.
We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.
As a Modernization Solution Architect, you’ll guide clients through complex application and platform modernization on Azure Cloud. You’ll work closely with cloud engineers, architects, modernization delivery leaders, and platform teams to help reshape legacy systems into scalable, cloud-native solutions.
You’ll be a key player in Slalom’s Zero Legacy initiative and Microsoft go-to-market strategy turning legacy into leverage through thoughtful modernization strategy and execution planning.
Slalom is targeting a Senior Principal or Director for this role.
What You’ll Do
- Shape and support enterprise-scale app modernization engagements, advising on decomposition, re-platforming, refactoring, and rearchitecting strategies.
- Guide roadmap development and application portfolio analysis, helping clients prioritize what to modernize, retire, or rebuild.
- Drive conversations around container orchestration, CI/CD modernization, and DevOps alignment.
- Provide technical advisory support in large deals - helping clients envision scalable modernization paths while aligning business and product outcomes.
- Lead early-stage client discussions, workshops, and whiteboarding sessions to develop and position modernization strategies.
- Support pursuits by aligning with partner funding strategies and cross-functional solution architects.
- Collaborate with AI Transformation, Data, and Migration specialists to support phased modernization journeys.
- Contribute to Slalom’s proactive modernization offerings, reference architectures, and reusable technical assets.
- Hands-on experience with application modernization patterns (12-factor apps, monolith decomposition, service extraction).
- Familiarity with DevOps tooling and practices, including IaC, GH Copilot, CI/CD, and cloud-native deployment pipelines.
- Experience with app portfolio analysis tools and legacy-to-microservices transition planning.
- Understanding of, and experience with, container orchestration platforms like Azure Kubernetes Services.
- Awareness of data modernization dependencies (data lake/warehouse, SQL platform migration).
- Comfort influencing product and engineering leaders with practical creativity and long-term thinking.
- Ability to explain not just how to modernize, but why it matters for product velocity, customer experience, and business agility.
- Cloud professional certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solution Architect or equivalent).
- Strong storytelling, solution shaping, and sales pursuit support experience.
- Collaborative mindset with a non-hierarchical approach to client and internal teamwork.
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.
What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.
Compensation And Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range is listed below. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.
East Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley
Sr Principal: $229,000-$281,000
Director: $261,000-$320,000
San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Seattle, New Jersey, New York City, Westchester, Boston, Washington DC:
Sr Principal: $210,500-$257,000
Director: $240,000-$293,000
All other locations:
Sr Principal: $193,000-$236,000
Director: $220,000-$269,000
We will accept applicants until the position is filled.
We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.
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