Mainframe Modernization Architect: Cloud & APIs

International Software Systems, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

International Software Systems, Inc. seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead modernization of large-scale mainframe and COBOL workloads. You will assess portfolios, define roadmaps, and develop phased migration plans using Java, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native patterns.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, design secure API layers, and document data flows, business rules, and transformation strategies for complex legacy systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise application architecture or modernization
• 7+ years with mainframe technologies and COBOL-based apps
• Experience in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices
• Experience integrating mainframe with cloud-native systems
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical strategy for modernizing mainframe and COBOL applications
• Develop current-state and future-state models and roadmaps
• Design solutions transitioning legacy functionality to modern platforms
• Define integration patterns between legacy and modern systems
• Create architecture diagrams, design docs, and data-flow models
• Collaborate with stakeholders across architecture, cloud, security, and program leadership
• Provide guidance to development teams through design, implementation, and production transition

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Mainframe modernization

COBOL

JCL

CICS

DB2

VSAM

z/OS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

International Software Systems, Inc. seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead modernization of large-scale mainframe and COBOL workloads. You will assess portfolios, define roadmaps, and develop phased migration plans using Java, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native patterns.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, design secure API layers, and document data flows, business rules, and transformation strategies for complex legacy systems.