Mainframe Solution Architect - Hybrid

HCL Technologies Limited; São Paulo; Presencial; BRL 180 000 - 280 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

HCLTech is seeking a Senior Mainframe Architect to provide end-to-end technical leadership on mainframe platforms, translating requirements into scalable architectures and guiding cross-functional teams through modernization and operational readiness.

You will own architecture for complex COBOL/CICS/DB2 systems, define standards, and drive secure, observable solutions with strong emphasis on performance and reliability across on-premises and cloud integrations.

Qualificações

• Experience designing COBOL/CICS/DB2 batch and online components.
• Strong mainframe architecture and API enablement.
• Experience with data design, SQL tuning, and DB2/VSAM.

Responsabilidades

• Own high-level and detailed architecture for complex mainframe applications, APIs, integrations and modernization initiatives.
• Convert functional and non-functional requirements into blueprints, component designs, interface contracts and implementation guidance.
• Select appropriate architecture patterns and assess trade-offs across scalability, performance, security, cost and maintainability.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, approved platforms, reusable patterns and target-state roadmaps.
• Give hands-on architectural direction to development, QA, DevOps, security and support teams.
• Set coding, API, integration, logging, configuration, testing and deployment standards.
• Run architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, technical risk assessments and PoC evaluations.
• Embed secure-by-design across identity, authorization, secrets, data protection and interface security.
• Define resiliency patterns — retry, timeout, failover, HA and DR — plus performance and capacity targets.
• Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting.
• Design, develop and support COBOL/CICS/DB2 batch and online components within agreed standards.
• Optimize batch windows, DB2 access paths and resource consumption to protect service levels.
• Support mainframe modernization, API exposure and integration with distributed and cloud platforms.

Conhecimentos

COBOL

JCL

CICS

VSAM

DB2

z/OS

Batch processing

APIs

Performance tuning

Descrição da oferta de emprego

HCLTech is a global technology company, spread across 60 countries, delivering industry‑leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. We re powered by our people a global, diverse, multi‑generational talent - representing 161 nationalities whose unique spark, perspective and boundless passion drive our culture of proactive value creation and problem‑solving.

Role Purpose

Provide end‑to‑end technical leadership for enterprise solutions on the mainframe platform: translating business and non-functional requirements into scalable, secure and resilient architectures, and guiding engineering teams through implementation, modernization and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own high‑level and detailed architecture for complex mainframe applications, APIs, integrations and modernization initiatives.
• Convert functional and non-functional requirements into blueprints, component designs, interface contracts and implementation guidance.
• Select appropriate architecture patterns and assess trade-offs across scalability, performance, security, cost and maintainability.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, approved platforms, reusable patterns and target‑state roadmaps.
• Technical Leadership & Governance
• Give hands‑on architectural direction to development, QA, DevOps, security and support teams.
• Set coding, API, integration, logging, configuration, testing and deployment standards.
• Run architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, technical risk assessments and PoC evaluations. Security, Reliability & Performance
• Embed secure‑by‑design across identity, authorization, secrets, data protection and interface security.
• Define resiliency patterns — retry, timeout, failover, HA and DR — plus performance and capacity targets.
• Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting.
• Design, develop and support COBOL/CICS/DB2 batch and online components within agreed standards.
• Optimize batch windows, DB2 access paths and resource consumption to protect service levels.
• Support mainframe modernization, API exposure and integration with distributed and cloud platforms.

Required Technical Competencies

• COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 and z/OS utilities; batch and online program design and optimization.
• Mainframe application architecture, modularization, API enablement and modernization/coexistence patterns.
• Data & Integration DB2 and VSAM data design, SQL tuning, file handling, data conversion, integrity and reconciliation.
• Platform & DevOps z/OS operations, scheduling, change management, environment promotion and mainframe‑to‑distributed integration.
• Quality & Operations Unit and regression testing, batch cycle validation, performance and MIPS optimization, defect RCA.