Mainframe Migration Technical Lead - Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Title: Mainframe Technical Lead

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid) 3 times a week.

Two rounds of Interview

W2 Contract

Job Description:

• This is for a US-based Mainframe Technical Lead supporting a Unisys-led modernization program for Globe Life.
• The most important requirement is direct experience with VSE-to-z/OS migration.
• This is a niche profile, and that specific background is the priority.

The candidate should be able to support the following:

• Strong IBM mainframe background with VSE and z/OS experience
• Experience with legacy application modernization and migration
• Familiarity with Easytrieve, JCL, legacy COBOL, RPG, and assembler
• Ability to act as the technical liaison between the client, Unisys, and the delivery partner
• Experience providing status updates, coordinating technical discussions, and helping manage migration progress

A few additional details:

• This is not a cloud or distributed replatforming effort
• The migration is from VSE 6.2 to z/OS 3.2
• Infrastructure is in the client data center
• Access would be through the client’s Citrix VDI environment
• The role is US-based and client-facing, with some travel expected to the Dallas/McKinney area

They are looking for the following:

• A Client delivery resource or partner who can provide a senior US-based engineer to help migrate applications off a legacy mainframe to x86/open systems
• Own the dev/testing/integration workstream (application-level migration)

Regards

Rajesh

Arrowminds Inc