Senior .NET Architect - Minneapolis, MN | TCS Job

Senior .NET Reporting & Migration Architect

Roles & Responsibilities

Role : “Senior .NET Reporting & Migration Architect (WebFOCUS to ActiveReports.NET / FastReports.NET)”. 

We are seeking a Senior .NET Reporting & Migration Specialist to lead the migration of enterprise reporting capabilities from WebFOCUS to a modern .NET Core–based reporting engine leveraging FastReports.NET / ActiveReports.NET.

This role will be responsible for designing scalable, secure, and maintainable reporting services, integrating with enterprise systems, and enabling asynchronous and event-driven report processing using Azure Service Bus.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting Platform Migration & Architecture

•Lead the end-to-end modernization of WebFOCUS reports, data logic, and scheduling into a .NET-based reporting framework.

•Analyze legacy WebFOCUS components (FEX procedures, data sources, parameters, access controls).

•Design a target-state reporting architecture using .NET Core, Web APIs, and FastReports.NET.

•Define standards for report templates, metadata, versioning, scheduling, and distribution.

.NET Development & Engineering

•Develop .NET Core / ASP.NET Web API services for report execution and delivery.

•Build and maintain report templates using FastReports.NET.

•Create reusable components for data access, filtering, and report export (PDF, Excel, CSV).

•Ensure performance optimization using EF Core, LINQ, and optimized SQL queries.

Data Integration & Messaging

•Work extensively with SQL Server for data retrieval and transformation.

•Implement Azure Service Bus for: 

oAsynchronous report processing

oLong-running or batch report generation

oEvent-driven report triggers and orchestration

•Integrate reporting services with upstream and downstream enterprise applications.

DevOps, Quality & Governance

•Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

•Ensure adherence to enterprise security, logging, error handling, and monitoring standards.

•Conduct design and code reviews; mentor and guide development teams.

•Produce architectural documentation, migration guidelines, and operational runbooks.

Stakeholder & Business Collaboration

•Partner with business users and data teams to validate report accuracy and behavior.

•Translate functional requirements into scalable reporting solutions.

•Provide technical leadership throughout the migration lifecycle.

Required Technical Skillset

Core Engine ering Skills (Must-Have)

•.NET Core / .NET 6+, C#

•ASP.NET Core Web API

•Microservices architecture

•Entity Framework Core (EF Core) and LINQ

•SQL Server (complex queries, performance tuning)

•Hands-on WebFOCUS Reports experience(report development, procedures, data handling, Fex file conversion )

Reporting Technologies

•FastReports.NET / ActiveReports.NET (preferred; hands-on experience is a strong advantage) 

oReport design and layout

oParameterized reports

oMultiple output formats

•Experience with other enterprise reporting tools is acceptable if FastReports exposure is limited.

Cloud & DevOps

•Azure Cloud & Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Releases)

•Experience deploying .NET services to Azure or cloud environments

•Understanding of application monitoring, diagnostics, and operational support

Messaging & Integration

•Azure Service Bus 

oQueues and topics

oAsynchronous processing

oEvent-driven workflows and decoupled services

Experience Requirements

•8–12+ years of overall software development experience

•5+ years in enterprise-scale .NET development

•3+ years of hands-on WebFOCUS experience

•Proven experience leading or enabling legacy reporting migrations

•Strong architectural and system design experience

Nice-to-Have / Added Advantage

•Direct implementation experience with FastReports.NET / ActiveReports.NET

•Experience modernizing BI or reporting platforms

•Knowledge of access control and report-level security models

•Containerization experience (Docker / Kubernetes)

Soft Skills & Leadership Traits

•Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset

•Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

•Ability to operate independently in ambiguous migration environments

•Mentorship and technical leadership capabilities

Salary Range- $120,000-$130,000 a year

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