Remote AI-Led Mainframe Modernization Principal

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Vernon Hills (IL); Remote; USD 165,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Parental leave

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Consulting Principal, AI-Led Mainframe Modernization to lead complex engagements and drive AI-enabled modernization from discovery through cloud migration and stabilization.

You will collaborate with client executives, architects, and AI/ML teams to shape modernization strategies, architecture, and solution delivery for large-scale legacy transformations across industries.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on mainframe experience incl. COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, IMS.
• Proven end-to-end mainframe modernization experience including code conversion and cloud migration.
• Hands-on with generative AI and LLM-enabled modernization.
• Knowledge of mainframe modernization, cloud and engineering platforms.
• Strong consulting and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end mainframe modernization engagements.
• Define modernization strategies and roadmaps across rehost, replatform, refactor, re-architect, and replace.
• Apply generative AI to accelerate code comprehension, conversion, documentation, testing, and estimation.
• Provide architecture and governance throughout the transformation lifecycle.
• Develop reusable accelerators and mentor teams.

Skills

Mainframe modernization

Generative AI

Architectural governance

Client-facing

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud platforms

AI-enabled engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Consulting Principal, AI-Led Mainframe Modernization to lead complex engagements and drive AI-enabled modernization from discovery through cloud migration and stabilization.

You will collaborate with client executives, architects, and AI/ML teams to shape modernization strategies, architecture, and solution delivery for large-scale legacy transformations across industries.