Mainframe Architect

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC is looking for a Mainframe Architect in Jersey City, NJ to lead the modernization of legacy systems. This role involves evaluating existing workloads, defining strategies for migration, and ensuring compliance with performance and recovery requirements.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with COBOL, JCL, and CICS, and strong hands-on skills in migration. Remote work options are available, and the company fosters an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background in application development using legacy technologies.
• Understanding of interfacing systems and ongoing projects.
• Hands-on experience in modernization and migration strategies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct discovery and assessment of existing mainframe workloads.
• Define modernization strategies: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, Replace.
• Develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation, and rollback plans.
• Design target-state architecture for rehosted applications.
• Ensure compliance with security and disaster recovery requirements.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

JCL

VSAM

Modernization Strategies

Job description

Job Description

Job Overview

Job Details

• Job ID: J52389
• Job Title: Mainframe Architect
• Location: Jersey City, NJ
• Duration: 14 Months + Extension
• Hourly Rate: Depending on Experience (DOE)
• Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, L2-EAD, GC-EAD
• Client: To Be Discussed Later
• Employment Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

MACHINE LEARNING 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. MACHINE LEARNING 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 MACHINE LEARNING 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.