Mainframe Modernization Solution Architect

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing Job Description Summary: We are looking for a highly skilled Mainframe Modernization Solution Architect to design, architect, and implement solutions that support our customers’ digital transformation. In this hands‑on role, you will be responsible for solving complex technical issues, establishing patterns and practices, and setting standards for modernization of the mainframe legacy environment. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical skill in at least one of the following focus areas: Infrastructure modernization: Deploy fit‑for‑purpose workloads in a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure Application modernization: Evolve from a monolithic application to Cloud‑Native API Microservices Process modernization: Embrace an enterprise‑wide DevOps discipline to deliver applications faster Key Responsibilities Helping customers and systems integrators design scalable, high‑availability application solutions built on the Rocket Enterprise Portfolio/Enterprise Server solution. Working as a technical leader alongside customer business, development, and infrastructure teams. Create proof of concept technology analysis and pilots. Conduct customer presentations and internal presentations/trainings to peer groups. Enable and align consulting partners with the Rocket Enterprise Portfolio/Enterprise Server mainframe modernization approach and methodology. Provide the architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successful customer engagements worldwide. Technical content composition and delivery: blogs, whitepapers, technical presentations at major conferences. Minimum Qualifications Advanced technical degree in Computer Science or related field At least 4 to 10 years of experience leading customers with mainframe and legacy modernization initiatives. Knowledge of major Cloud provider infrastructure and technologies, such as AWS, Azure, Cloud Foundry, Docker/Kubernetes. Experience with analyzing on‑premises mainframe environment applications and processes to formulate plans for modernizing workloads that achieve customers’ desired business outcomes. Relevant business and IT architecture certifications such as AWS Solution Architect Professional, Microsoft Azure Solution Architect, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), etc. Fluent in written and verbal English. Ability and interest in travel to our customers around the world, as needed. Technical experience in at least one of these areas: Infrastructure Modernization Experience with tools and methodologies used to migrate mainframe workloads via hardware/middleware emulation, automated code conversion, and re‑platforming. Experience with COBOL modernization and porting application code across platforms. Hands‑on technical experience with mainframe, non‑x86 legacy systems and technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 for z/OS, Assembler, PL/I, Rexx, flat/sequential files, GDGs, and VSAM. Must have an analytical mindset to analyze test results and facilitate defect resolution. Experience designing/architecting distributed and Cloud environments (target environments) – including OpenShift, Kubernetes, and containers. Application Modernization Strong analysis skills with solid concepts in architecture and design. Should have joined projects to refactor complex business applications. Knowledge of cloud computing, containers, microservices, and serverless technology. Experience with business rules extraction from COBOL/PL/1. Experience architecting high‑availability, resilient, fault‑tolerant systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal/vertical scaling. Knowledge of web services, microservices, APIs and exposing application components to alternative platforms. Process Modernization Complete understanding of software development lifecycle including DevOps toolchain. Experience configuring automation pipelines in GitHub, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins or similar tools. Familiarity with agile engineering practices such as test automation, test‑driven development (TDD), continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), DevOps, and test data management, etc. Experience with implementing and operating DevOps and agile tools/platforms across a portion of the development lifecycle. Commitment to Rocket Core values of empathy, humanity, trust and love. 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