Mainframe Architect

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

mainframe architecture
rehost
migration
cobol
cics

Job Details

Location: Edison NJ or Keene, NH

Role Description: Mainframe Architect
Experience in application development in legacy technologies like COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, IDEALDatacom, RPG, ASM, MQ (at least some of the technologies, if not all)

Assessment & Strategy
o Conduct discovery and assessment of existing mainframe workloads (COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS, CICS).
o Define modernization strategies: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, Replace.
o Develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation, and rollback plans.
Architecture & Design
o Design target-state architecture for rehosted applications on cloud or distributed platforms.
o Ensure compliance with security, performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements.
o Create detailed blueprints for migration patterns and integration with modern systems.
Data Migration
o Design ETL processes for migrating mainframe data Datacom to SQL Server.
o Ensure data integrity and minimal downtime during migration.
Leadership & Collaboration
o Act as SME for modernization initiatives.
o Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
o Communicate architecture and strategy to stakeholders and executives.

Key responsibilities:
Experience in application development in legacy technologies like COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, IDEALDatacom, RPG, ASM, MQ (at least some of the technologies, if not all)
Participate in code migration and data transformation efforts as part of rehosting
Collaborate with architects and cloud teams to support Google Cloud Platform-based modernization
Support batch job execution, console monitoring, and production control
Understanding of interfacing systems, ongoing projects
Provide critical inputs to the migration teams and guidance during the course of migration

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