Mainframe Modernization Architect – Cloud & Migration Lead

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 138,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Mainframe Architect to lead modernization of legacy COBOL/CICS environments. You will design rehost/replatform strategies, create roadmaps, and ensure secure, highly available systems across cloud or distributed platforms.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, provide technical guidance, and drive migration of data using Datacom to SQL Server while maintaining production stability.

Qualifications

• Strong background with legacy mainframe technologies (COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, IDEALDatacom, RPG, ASM, MQ).
• Experience in interfacing systems and modernization projects.

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 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.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

JCL

VSAM

Easytrieve

IDEALDatacom

RPG

ASM

MQ

Tools

Datacom

Job description

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Mainframe Architect to lead modernization of legacy COBOL/CICS environments. You will design rehost/replatform strategies, create roadmaps, and ensure secure, highly available systems across cloud or distributed platforms.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, provide technical guidance, and drive migration of data using Datacom to SQL Server while maintaining production stability.