Mainframe Solution Architect

Job Description:

An IBM mainframe solution architect job description involves designing, creating, and implementing technical solutions for clients, focusing on IBM z/OS and related technologies like hybrid cloud integration, security, and modernization. Key responsibilities include collaborating with clients and sales teams, defining architectural principles, leading technical workshops, creating proposals, and guiding engineering teams to ensure solutions meet business objectives, budget, and risk requirements

Responsibilities

• Solution design and architecture:
• Architect and design robust, scalable, and secure IBM z/OS solutions that align with enterprise modernization goals.
• Client collaboration:
• Conduct discovery, lead client workshops, and work with sales teams to understand requirements and build solutions that meet business needs.
• Proposal development:
• Create client-facing proposals, including scope, work breakdown structures, labor estimates, and costings.
• Technical leadership:
• Guide engineering teams, mentor junior staff, and promote best practices for technical excellence and innovation.
• IBM Mainframe Expertise:
• Deep knowledge of IBM z/OS and related products.
• Modernization and Integration:
• Experience with mainframe modernization, API enablement, and integration technologies like MQ and CICS web services.
• Hybrid Cloud:
• Strong knowledge of hybrid cloud integration and cloud-native platforms like OpenShift.
• Security:
• Expertise in enterprise security frameworks such as RACF, ACF2, and compliance standards like NIST, SOX, and PCI-DSS.
• Performance and HA:
• Experience with performance tuning, capacity planning, and high-availability/disaster recovery strategies like GDPS and Sysplex.