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$ 126319 - 157898
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Job Description Summary:
Our Enterprise Suite Professional Services Team are looking for a highly skilled Mainframe Modernization Senior Consultant to provide technical support and/or leadership in the creation and delivery of technology solutions designed to support our Customers Digital Transformation.Rocket Solutions forCOBOLmainframe application deliveryandhost accessoffer a comprehensive proven solution across the three pillars of mainframe modernization application process and infrastructure to achieve unprecedented speed to market competitive advantage and operational efficiency.
Job Description
Our Enterprise Suite Professional Services Team are looking for a highly skilled Mainframe Modernization Senior Consultant to provide technical support and/or leadership in the creation and delivery of technology solutions designed to support our Customers Digital Transformation .
The ideal candidate will possess deep technical skill and relevant project experience in at least one of the following focus areas:
- Infrastructure modernization projects
- Application modernization projects
- Process modernization projects
The candidate will also be able to deploy fit for purpose workload in a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure evolve from monolithic application to Cloud-Native API Microservices and embrace an enterprise-wide DevOps discipline to deliver application faster.
Main Responsibilities:
- Works on complex project scope with minimal direction from the technical lead and with Customer/SI nominated representatives to accomplish assigned tasks.
- Contributes to design for specific deliverables and assists in the deployment of Micro Focus products
- Contribute to implement new solutions under the direction of a Solution Architects
- Create proof of concept / proof of value technology analysis and pilots.
- Conduct external and internal technical presentations/trainings to peer groups.
- Uses and contributes to technical forums within the Micro Focus environment and local professional communities and technical user groups.
- Applies own subject matter knowledge to solve a variety of common technical issues.
- Exercises independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action
- Participates as part of a team and maintains good relationships with team members and customers.
Expected Qualification and Soft Skills:
- 3-5 years of relevant technical experience
- Excellent communication / customer service skills / confident telephone manner
- Proactive and able to work under pressure
- Experience in complex IT project implementations customizations and or maintenance
- Must have an analytical mind set to analyse test result and facilitate defect resolution
- Organized and methodical dealing with numerous tasks.
- Fluent in written and verbal English.
Technical skills:
Technical skills to include two or more of the following:
- IBM Enterprise COBOL or PLI programming experience
- System level experience of IBM CICS; IMS and JCL
- Relational databases such as IBM DB2/UDB Oracle Microsoft SQL Server; PostgreSQL;
- Windows operating system
- Linux/UNIX operating system
- Knowledge of major Cloud Provider infrastructure and technologies such as AWS Azure GCP Cloud Foundry Docker / Kubernetes
Desired Project Experience:
A practical experience in any mainframe application modernization project is highly desirable. For example:
- 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.
- Familiarity with agile engineering practices like Test Automation Test-Driven Development (TDD) Continuous Integration (CI) Continuous Delivery (CD) DevOps and Test Data Management etc.
- Experience developing deploying and tuning data modernization solution for mainframe such as IMS/DB IDMS ADABAS and VSAM data migration
- Experience with implementing and operating DevOps and Agile tools/platforms across some part of the development lifecycle
- Experience configuring automation pipelines in GitHub Azure DevOps AWS CodePipeline Jenkins or similar tools.
Other Preferred Skills:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
- Micro Focus COBOL based products Enterprise Developer Visual COBOL Enterprise Server Server Express Net Express
- Any additional mainframe language or environment such as REXX; Assembler; Natural; Adabas;
- Relevant Business and IT Architecture Certifications such as AWS Solution Architect Professional Microsoft AZURE Solution Architect Google Cloud Certification; Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) etc.
- Proficient in another EU language
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The base salary range for this role is $126319.00 - $157898.50 /year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills experience and location..What Rocket Software can offer you in USA:
Unlimited Vacation Time as well as paid holidays and sick time
Health and Wellness coverage options for Rocketeers and dependents
Life and disability coverage
Fidelity 401(k) and Roth Retirement Savings with matching contributions
Monthly student debt benefit program
Tuition Reimbursement and Certificate Reimbursement Program opportunities
Leadership and skills training opportunities
EOE M/F/Vet/Disability. Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment please call: or send an email to We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
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If you like wild growth and working with happy enthusiastic over-achievers youll enjoy your career with us!
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
