Assistant Vice President - Mainframe Technical Operations Governance and Modernization

Deutsche Bank; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best in class leave policy

Parental leaves

Childcare reimbursement

Certifications sponsorship

Employee Assistance Program

Hospitalization Insurance

Life Insurance

Health screening

Job summary

Deutsche Bank in Bengaluru, India seeks a Mainframe Technical Operations Governance & Modernization Lead to govern enterprise mainframe platforms, ensuring stability while driving modernization.

You will bridge infrastructure, application teams and vendors, define KPI/SLA, and lead modernization across COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS and DB2, while championing cloud integration and AI-assisted tooling.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in Mainframe Infrastructure or Engineering.
• 8+ years in governance or technical support roles.
• Proven experience managing enterprise-scale z/OS environments.
• Experience driving modernization and cloud transformation programs.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and ensure responsible use of data.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain Mainframe Governance Framework, RACI, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Lead governance forums with infrastructure and vendor teams.
• Establish KPI, KRI, SLA, and operational health reporting.
• Oversee change, release, and problem management processes.
• Develop enterprise mainframe modernization roadmap and drive cloud integration.

Skills

Mainframe z/OS

CICS & DB2

COBOL/JCL/REXX

Cloud integration

AI tooling

Tools

TSO/ISPF

SDSF

MQ

Job description

The Mainframe Technical Operations Governance & Modernization Lead is responsible for the governance, operational stability, modernization strategy, and lifecycle management of enterprise mainframe platforms. The role ensures operational requirements while driving modernization initiatives that transform legacy mainframe environments. The individual acts as the bridge between infrastructure teams, application teams, vendors, and senior management

What we’ll offer you

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Define and maintain Mainframe Governance Framework, RACI, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Lead governance forums with infrastructure and vendor teams.
• Establish KPI, KRI, SLA, and operational health reporting.
• Strong expertise in ITIL-based service management, change management, disaster recovery and efficient mainframe operations
• Track audit findings, remediation plans, and risk register actions.
• Govern vendor service delivery and operational performance.
• Govern availability, capacity, performance, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Oversee change, release, and problem management processes.
• Ensure monitoring of critical platforms and operational tooling.
• Manage operational risk and service resilience.
• Review operational metrics and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop enterprise mainframe modernization roadmap.
• Lead the identification and execution of modernization opportunities across cloud integration, application transformation, platform modernization.
• Drive modernization business cases and investment proposals.
• Lead modernization of legacy COBOL, PL/I, JCL, CICS, IMS, and DB2 applications.
• Introduce CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and automation.
• Integrate mainframe platforms with cloud GCP platforms
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted tooling for code analysis, documentation, testing, and migration.

Your skills and experience

• Mainframe Technologies: IBM z/OS,z15 / z17 Architecture,TSO/ISPF, SDSF , MQ and CICS Databases: DB2 & IMS DB Development Technologies: COBOL, JCL & REXX
• 15+ years in Mainframe Infrastructure or Mainframe Engineering.
• 8+ years in technical support or governance roles.
• Proven experience managing enterprise-scale z/OS environments.
• Experience driving modernization and cloud transformation programs.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information: https://www.db.com/company/company.html We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively. Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group. We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Experience Level Executive Level