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Damco Solutions · 3 weeks ago

Mainframe Architect

Jersey City, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Damco Solutions is seeking a Mainframe Architect with extensive experience in legacy technologies. The role involves conducting assessments of existing mainframe workloads, defining modernization strategies, and providing technical leadership to engineering teams.

Enterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologyInsuranceSoftwareSoftware EngineeringWeb Development

H1B Sponsor Likely

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 GCP-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

Qualification

COBOLCICSJCLVSAMDB2ETL processesCloud architectureLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

Required

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)

Conduct discovery and assessment of existing mainframe workloads (COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS, CICS)

Define modernization strategies: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, Replace

Develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation, and rollback plans

Design target-state architecture for rehosted applications on cloud or distributed platforms

Ensure compliance with security, performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements

Create detailed blueprints for migration patterns and integration with modern systems

Design ETL processes for migrating mainframe data Datacom to SQL Server

Ensure data integrity and minimal downtime during migration

Act as SME for modernization initiatives

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams

Communicate architecture and strategy to stakeholders and executives

Participate in code migration and data transformation efforts as part of rehosting

Collaborate with architects and cloud teams to support GCP-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

Company

Damco Solutions

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Damco Solutions is a provider of IT solutions, services, and products.

Founded in 1996

Plainsboro, New Jersey, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.damcogroup.com/

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