PROCAL TECHNOLOGIES · 13 hours ago
IBM i Modernization Specialist
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
15+ years expPROCAL TECHNOLOGIES is seeking a very senior IBM i modernization specialist with extensive hands-on experience in LANSA-based enterprise applications. The role involves architect-level understanding of legacy systems and requires skills in safely refactoring or retiring these systems as part of cloud and AI transformation initiatives.
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Hiring Manager
Anwar M.
Responsibilities
Seeking a very senior IBM i modernization specialist with deep, hands-on experience in long-running LANSA-based enterprise applications
This role requires architect-level understanding of how LANSA, RPG, DB2 for i, and JDE-style workloads evolved over decades and how to safely disentangle, refactor, or retire them as part of cloud and AI transformation initiatives
This is not a pure developer role
This role requires someone who understands how LANSA solved problems 20 years ago — and how to safely unwind it today without breaking the business
Direct experience with LANSA modernization or migration, including: Retain vs refactor vs rewrite decisions, Re-platforming off proprietary runtimes, Breaking tight coupling to IBM i objects, Ability to articulate modernization trade-offs to technical and business stakeholders, Experience defining functional disentanglement strategies before infrastructure moves, Comfortable advising on what not to migrate
Qualification
Required
15+ years of hands-on experience in IBM i (AS/400 / iSeries) enterprise environments
Deep hands-on LANSA experience, including RDML-based LANSA codebases, including newer variants (e.g., RDMLX)
LANSA runtime and object model
5250, web-enabled, and API-style LANSA apps
Strong command of DB2 for i, including schema design, physical/logical files, and performance considerations
Demonstrated ability to analyze, trace, and explain complex, poorly documented legacy code
Experience supporting or modernizing business-critical systems order management, pricing, inventory, customer-facing workflows
Proven track record in LANSA and IBM i modernization, including retain / refactor / rewrite decisions
Ability to identify and mitigate tight coupling between LANSA, IBM i objects, and downstream systems
Direct experience with LANSA modernization or migration, including retain vs refactor vs rewrite decisions
Re-platforming off proprietary runtimes
Breaking tight coupling to IBM i objects
Ability to articulate modernization trade-offs to technical and business stakeholders
Experience defining functional disentanglement strategies before infrastructure moves
Comfortable advising on what not to migrate
Preferred
Exposure to JDE (JD Edwards) integrations or customizations
Experience modernizing IBM i workloads toward AWS, Azure, or hybrid
Understanding of API enablement and service boundaries
Prior consulting or advisory experience with enterprise clients
Company
PROCAL TECHNOLOGIES
Procal Technologies is an information technology services and business applications consulting company.
201-500 employees
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