IT Sr Manager, Applications Engineering - Legacy Systems

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise integration strategy spanning legacy and modern platforms
• Establish integration patterns (APIs, messaging, ETL, event-driven) and standards
• Partner with Data & Analytics leadership to align integrations with data lake and reporting initiatives
• Lead the team supporting mainframe/legacy integrations and interfaces
• Ensure stability, performance, and reliability of existing integrations
• Document and rationalize current-state integrations and dependencies
• Develop a roadmap for coexistence, simplification, and eventual decommissioning of legacy systems
• Transition into leadership of a .NET-based integrations and development team
• Oversee development of APIs, services, and integration components (.NET, C#, Web APIs)
• Drive modernization toward reusable, scalable integration services
• Align development efforts with enterprise architecture and cloud platform (Azure preferred)
• Enable integration with enterprise data platforms (data lake, Azure SQL, etc.)
• Support ingestion pipelines for analytics and reporting use cases
• Collaborate with Power BI and analytics teams to deliver reliable, governed data flows
• Improve data quality, consistency, and governance across systems
• Oversee APIs, middleware, ETL pipelines, and system interfaces
• Manage integration lifecycle (design, build, deploy, monitor, optimize)
• Ensure performance, scalability, and observability of integrations
• Support SQL Server and data integration performance tuning
• Lead a Hybrid Team Of Legacy/mainframe integration resources (short-term) Modern integration engineers and .NET developers (long-term)
• Drive transition planning from legacy skillsets to modern integration capabilities
• Manage Agile delivery, backlog prioritization, and capacity planning
• Establish integration governance, standards, and documentation practices
• Ensure secure data movement and adherence to enterprise policies
• Implement monitoring, logging, and auditing for integrations
• Partner With Enterprise Applications Data & Analytics teams
• Business stakeholders
• External vendors/partners
• Act as the primary IT leader for integration-related initiatives and decisions

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT with strong experience in systems integration and application development
• Experience supporting legacy/mainframe systems and integrations
• Experience with modern integration technologies (APIs, ETL, middleware)
• Strong background in .NET development (C#, ASP.NET, Web APIs)
• Strong experience with SQL Server, ETL and data integration concepts
• Experience leading technical teams across both legacy and modern environments
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating ERP platforms (SAP, D365, etc.)
• Experience supporting data lake or analytics ecosystems
• Experience with Power BI or enterprise reporting platforms
• Experience with integration platform tools (iPaaS, messaging frameworks)