Mainframe Architect

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC is seeking a senior specialist to lead modernization of mainframe workloads (COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, Datacom) with migration to cloud or distributed platforms. You will define roadmaps, architecture, and risk plans while guiding engineering teams through rehost, replatform, or refactor efforts.

The role requires strong SME-level expertise in legacy tech, systems interfacing, and modern data migrations to SQL Server and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Strong background in legacy mainframe technologies (COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Datacom, RPG, ASM, MQ) and modern migration approaches.
• Experience with interfacing systems and ongoing modernization projects.
• Hands-on experience in modernization and migration strategies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct discovery and assessment of existing mainframe workloads and define modernization strategies (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, Replace).
• Develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation, and rollback plans.
• Design target-state architecture for rehosted applications on cloud or distributed platforms.
• Ensure security, performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements are met.
• Create blueprints for migration patterns and integration with modern systems.
• Design ETL processes for migrating mainframe data (Datacom) to SQL Server.
• Provide technical leadership and act as SME for modernization initiatives.
• Communicate architecture and strategy to stakeholders and executives.
• Collaborate with architects and cloud teams to support GCP-based modernization.
• Support batch job execution, console monitoring, and production control.

Skills

Mainframe modernization

COBOL

CICS

JCL

VSAM

Datacom

Migration strategies

Technical leadership

Tools

SQL Server

ETL

GCP

Job description

• Conduct discovery and assessment of existing mainframe workloads (COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS, CICS).
• Define modernization strategies: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, Replace.
• Develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation, and rollback plans.
• Design target-state architecture for rehosted applications on cloud or distributed platforms.
• Ensure compliance with security, performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements.
• Create detailed blueprints for migration patterns and integration with modern systems.
• Design ETL processes for migrating mainframe data (Datacom) to SQL Server.
• Act as SME for modernization initiatives and provide technical leadership to engineering teams.
• Communicate architecture and strategy to stakeholders and executives.
• Participate in code migration and data transformation efforts as part of rehosting.
• Collaborate with architects and cloud teams to support GCP-based modernization.
• Support batch job execution, console monitoring, and production control.
• Provide critical inputs and guidance during migration.

Required Experience

• Strong background in application development using legacy technologies such as COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, IDEALDatacom, RPG, ASM, MQ (experience in some or all of these technologies).
• Understanding of interfacing systems and ongoing projects.
• Hands-on experience in modernization and migration strategies.

CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract

Equal Opportunity Employer

CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract

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