Senior Cobol Architect

Version 1; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 168,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day rate €700-€800

Profit sharing

Career progression programs

Flexible/remote working

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Gym discounts

5% Pension matched

Excellence Awards

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking a Senior Architect to lead the migration from 32-bit to 64-bit COBOL and related systems. You’ll provide technical guidance across IT, Application and Enterprise teams, shaping architecture and standards for large-scale environments.

Ideal candidates will have senior-level experience, strong stakeholder briefing skills, and a track record delivering complex strategic changes. Flexible/remote working and a rich benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• Significant senior/expert or architect-level experience in large-scale environments.
• Experience briefing senior stakeholders (Board/CTO/CIO/CISO).
• Experience guiding strategy and architecture in the technical domain.
• Experience delivering complex strategic change initiatives.
• Strong communication with IT teams, partners and users.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis and delivery of migration from 32-bit to 64-bit COBOL and related systems.
• Provide technical coordination between Technical, Application and Enterprise teams.
• Guide development and enterprise teams on design options and standards.
• Define alignment of Enterprise and Application components.
• Create and maintain software application standards.
• Support teams in building reliable applications with appropriate technologies.
• Identify gaps, opportunities and inefficiencies in architecture and lifecycle.
• Implement process improvements and promote component reuse.

Skills

COBOL

C

Tuxedo

UNIX

SQL

Relational Databases

Unit testing

Integration testing

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!.

Job Description

• Lead the analysis and delivery of the organisation’s migration from 32-bit to 64-bit COBOL and associated systems.
• Provide technical co-ordination between Technical, Application and Enterprise teams.
• Provide Development, Technical and Enterprise teams with technical guidance on application design options.
• Define how Enterprise and Application components align appropriately.
• Create and maintain software application standards.
• Support teams in building reliable applications using appropriate technologies, languages, tools and methodologies.
• Identify technical gaps, opportunities and inefficiencies within the organisation’s architecture and the overall application development lifecycle.
• Implement process improvements and provide alternative approaches where appropriate.
• Reduce customisation of applications and promote reuse of existing components within ongoing and proposed projects.
• Contribute to the future direction of ICT within the organisation.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience at senior expert or architect level within large-scale environments of comparable complexity and delivery scope.
• Experience briefing senior stakeholders, including Board, CIO, CTO or CISO level audiences.
• Experience supporting senior management in reviewing and defining strategies and architectures within the relevant technical domain.
• Significant technical experience across all aspects of the relevant technical domain.
• Experience planning and delivering complex strategic change initiatives.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work with IT teams, external partners and business users to understand requirements and issues.
• Experience transferring knowledge and supporting capability development within technical teams.
• Ability to provide technical support and guidance on complex analysis and incident response matters.
• Experience managing standards compliance activities and engaging with ISO, internal audit, NIS2 or similar assurance functions.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working within environments of similar scale, complexity and governance requirements.
• Experience contributing to long-term technology strategy and architecture planning.

Required

Technical Skills

• COBOL
• C
• Tuxedo
• UNIX
• SQL
• Relational Databases (Ingres / VectorWise)
• Unit / Integration Testing

Desirable

• Java
• Web Services
• Salt
• XML
• Mule
• ETL Technologies
• OpenROAD

Additional Technologies

• Angular
• AngularJS
• Spring
• Hibernate
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• WebLogic
• Intalio
• JUnit

Knowledge Requirements

Knowledge of the following development approaches:

Required

• Waterfall

Additional Knowledge

The successful candidate will be expected to develop knowledge of:

• RDM
• Organisation architecture and data sources
• Organisation processes and procedures
• Status reporting and risk/issue management

Additional Information

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Day rate: €700-€800
• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and many more.
• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact [e-mail]. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.