Mainframe Developer with AWS

Role: Mainframe Developer with AWS

Location - Malvern, PA

Contract - 12 months with possibility of extension

Required Technical Skills (Must-Haves)

· Mainframe Technologies: COBOL, DB2, SQL

· Job Control: Strong experience with JCL (Job Control Language)

· Mainframe Tools: Control-M, Endevor, BFC, Smart TS

Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Mainframe Migration Engineer to join our team dedicated to the final phase of modernizing client’s legacy applications. The successful candidate will play a critical role in migrating the remaining 10-15% of our core data and COBOL applications from a mainframe environment to the AWS cloud. This is a senior-level position that requires significant hands-on expertise in mainframe technologies and a strong understanding of modern cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

•      Lead the migration of legacy COBOL and DB2 applications to AWS cloud services.

•      Ensure data sets and data structures meet Pitech architecture standards during the migration process.

•      Write and integrate data into the DSVDS (analytic database).

•      Collaborate with the Data Modernization team (Deloitte) who handles data pipelines.

•      Retire legacy system components, including stored procedures, service requests, tables, and batch jobs/files, once migration is complete.

•      Act as a dedicated individual contributor focused on both modernization (approx. 70% initially) and retirement tasks.

Required Technical Skills (Must-Haves)

•      Mainframe Technologies: COBOL, DB2, SQL

•      Job Control: Strong experience with JCL (Job Control Language)

•      Mainframe Tools: Control-M, Endevor, BFC, Smart TS

Nice-to-Have Technical Skills (AWS - Increasing Focus)

Experience with core AWS services, including:

•      S3

•      Lambda

•      Aurora (for DB2 migration)

•      DynamoDB

•      Glue

Qualifications

•      Experience: Requiring 8+ years of relevant experience. Experience in mainframe development and migration are highly preferred due to the seniority required for managing complex migration and retirement tasks.

•      Focus: A background in supporting and developing mainframe applications, with a shift toward data modernization.

Job Responsibilities

 Lead the migration of legacy COBOL and DB2 applications to AWS cloud services.

•      Ensure data sets and data structures meet Pitech architecture standards during the migration process.

•      Write and integrate data into the DSVDS (analytic database).

•      Collaborate with the Data Modernization team (Deloitte) who handles data pipelines.

•      Retire legacy system components, including stored procedures, service requests, tables, and batch jobs/files, once migration is complete.

•      Act as a dedicated individual contributor focused on both modernization (approx. 70% initially) and retirement tasks.