Mainframe Modernization Solution Architect

Rocket Software Development India

Job Location:

Canberra - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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Job Description Summary:

We arelooking fora highly skilled MainframeModernizationSolutionArchitect todesign architect and implement solutions that support our Customers Digital thishands-onrole you willbe responsible forsolving complex technical issuesestablishingpatterns and practices and setting standards for modernization of mainframe legacy environment.

The ideal candidate willpossessdeep technical skill in at least one of the followingfocusareas:

Infrastructure modernization: Deploy fit for purpose workload in a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure

Application modernization: Evolve frommonolithicapplication to Cloud-NativeAPIMicroservices

Process modernization: Embrace an enterprise-wide DevOpsdiscipline todeliver application faster

Key Responsibilities:

Helping Customer and SystemsIntegratorsto designscalablehigh availabilityapplication solutionsbuilt on theRocket Enterprise Portfolio/Enterprise Server solution.
Working as a technical leader alongside customer businessdevelopmentand 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 Rocket Enterprise Portfolio/Enterprise Server mainframemodernization approach andmethodology.
Providethe architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successfulCustomerengagements worldwide.
Technical content composition and delivery: blogs whitepapers technical presentations atmajor 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.
Experience leading customers with mainframe and legacy modernization initiatives.
Knowledgeof majorCloudProvider infrastructureand technologies such asAWSAzure CloudFoundryDocker/Kubernetes.
Experience withanalysingon-premises mainframe environment applications andprocess toformulate plans for modernizing workloads that achieve Customers desired business outcomes.
Relevant Business andITArchitecture Certifications such asAWS Solution ArchitectProfessional MicrosoftAZURE Solution Architect Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) etc.
FluentinwrittenandverbalEnglish.
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/middlewareemulation 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 with technologies such as COBOLJCLCICS DB2 for z/OS Assembler PL/IRexx flat/sequential files GDGs and VSAM.
Must have an analytical mindsettoanalyse test result andfacilitatedefect resolution.
Experience design/architecting distributed and Cloud environments (target environments) including OpenShift Kubernetes and Containers.

ApplicationModernization

Strong analysis skills with solidconcepts in Architecture and havejoined projectsto refactorcomplex business applications.
Knowledge of Cloud Computing ContainersMicroservices andServerlesstechnology.
Experience withBusinessRules-extraction from COBOL/PL1.
Experience architecting high availability resilient fault tolerant systems thatutilizeload balancing horizontal/verticalscaling.
Knowledge of Webservices Microservices APIs and exposing Application components to alternate platforms.

ProcessModernization

Complete understanding of software development lifecycleincluding DevOps Toolchain.
Experience configuring automation pipelines in GitHubAzure DevOpsAWSCodePipelineJenkinsor similar tools.
Familiaritywith agileengineeringpracticeslikeTest Automation Test-DrivenDevelopment (TDD)ContinuousIntegration (CI)ContinuousDelivery (CD)DevOps and Test Data Management etc.
Experiencewith implementing and operatingDevOpsand Agiletools/platformsacrosssome part of thedevelopmentlifecycle.
Commitment to Rocket Core values of empathy humanity trust and love

Information Security:

Information security is everyones responsibility. A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control according to their role.

Diversity Inclusion & Equity:

At Rocket we are committed to an inclusive workplace environment where every Rocketeer can thrive by bringing their full selves to work. Being a Rocketeer means you are part of our movement to continually drive inclusivity diversity and equity in our workforce.

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If you like wild growth and working with happy enthusiastic over-achievers youll enjoy your career with us!

Its fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what theyre doing!Job Description Summary:We arelooking fora highly skilled MainframeModernizationSolutionArchitect todesign architect and implement solutions that support our Customers Digital thishands-onrole you willbe responsible forsol...