Senior Mainframe Architect — Payments Modernisation (Hybrid)

Vantage; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

One day onsite per week

Hybrid work model

Public sector client project

Job summary

Vantage is seeking an experienced Mainframe Architect to support architecture, modernisation and evolution of payments and mainframe platforms in Dublin. The role involves a hybrid setup with one day onsite per week and collaboration across architecture, development and infrastructure teams.

The successful candidate will lead design and migration efforts for high-volume payment systems, leverage COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL and VSAM expertise, and drive modernisation initiatives across legacy estates.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as Mainframe Architect or equivalent.
• Experience with COBOL and IBM Mainframe environments.
• Knowledge of CICS, DB2, JCL and VSAM.
• Experience in payments/financial services or transaction processing.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver mainframe architecture and technology strategies across critical payments platforms.
• Provide technical leadership for the design, development and modernisation of IBM Mainframe applications and services.
• Analyse existing mainframe estates and identify opportunities for modernisation, optimisation and integration with modern technologies.
• Work closely with development, infrastructure, application support and enterprise architecture teams.
• Support the architecture of high-volume, high-availability payment processing systems.
• Provide architectural direction around application integration, data flows, interfaces and batch processing.
• Assess legacy COBOL applications and contribute to modernisation, migration or transformation initiatives.

Skills

Mainframe architecture

IBM Mainframe environments

COBOL

CICS

DB2

JCL

VSAM

Batch processing

Online transaction processing

Mainframe integration with distributed

Job description

Vantage is seeking an experienced Mainframe Architect to support architecture, modernisation and evolution of payments and mainframe platforms in Dublin. The role involves a hybrid setup with one day onsite per week and collaboration across architecture, development and infrastructure teams.

The successful candidate will lead design and migration efforts for high-volume payment systems, leverage COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL and VSAM expertise, and drive modernisation initiatives across legacy estates.