Mainframe Modernization Architect

Artifintech; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC in New Jersey is seeking a senior specialist to lead mainframe modernization. You will assess COBOL/JCL/DB2/VSAM workloads, define rehost/replatform/refactor strategies, and design roadmaps for migration to cloud or distributed platforms.

You will drive risk mitigation, create rollback plans, and ensure security, performance, and disaster recovery readiness while collaborating with architects and cloud teams for GCP-based modernization.

Qualifications

• Strong background in legacy mainframe development and modernization
• Experience with interfacing systems and ongoing projects
• Hands-on modernization and migration strategy experience

Responsibilities

• Conduct discovery and assess mainframe workloads and current environments
• Define modernization strategies: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, Replace
• Develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation, and rollback plans
• Design target-state architecture for rehosted apps on cloud or distributed platforms
• Ensure security, performance, HA, and DR requirements
• Create blueprints for migration patterns and integration with modern systems
• Collaborate with cloud teams to support GCP-based modernization
• Support batch jobs, monitoring, and production control

Skills

COBOL

CICS

JCL

VSAM

Easytrieve

IDEALDatacom

RPG

ASM

MQ

Tools

MQ

Job description

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC in New Jersey is seeking a senior specialist to lead mainframe modernization. You will assess COBOL/JCL/DB2/VSAM workloads, define rehost/replatform/refactor strategies, and design roadmaps for migration to cloud or distributed platforms.

You will drive risk mitigation, create rollback plans, and ensure security, performance, and disaster recovery readiness while collaborating with architects and cloud teams for GCP-based modernization.