Senior Mainframe Architect & Modernization Lead

KellyMitchell Group; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 84,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

ESOP

401K

Job summary

KellyMitchell is seeking a Senior Mainframe Developer for a leading financial and life insurance provider in Cincinnati, OH. This is a direct-hire, onsite W-2 role focused on modernizing large-scale mainframe applications.

The position requires 15+ years in software engineering, 10+ years in technical leadership with executive stakeholder communication, and extensive COBOL/mainframe modernization experience. You will guide a 15–20 person team and drive architectural direction.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering and change management experience.
• 10+ years in technical leadership with executive stakeholder communication.
• Experience modernizing large-scale mainframe applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural direction for major mainframe modernization efforts.
• Lead a 15–20 person engineering team delivering complex changes.
• Ensure design patterns, security practices, and coding standards are followed.
• Drive modernization roadmap toward real-time, API-enabled capabilities.

Skills

Senior leadership

Mainframe expertise

COBOL mainframe

Web technologies

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Technical architecture

Tools

JIRA

Git

Maven

Jenkins

Docker

Angular

Java

Spring

DB2

zOS Connect

Job description

KellyMitchell is seeking a Senior Mainframe Developer for a leading financial and life insurance provider in Cincinnati, OH. This is a direct-hire, onsite W-2 role focused on modernizing large-scale mainframe applications.

The position requires 15+ years in software engineering, 10+ years in technical leadership with executive stakeholder communication, and extensive COBOL/mainframe modernization experience. You will guide a 15–20 person team and drive architectural direction.