Migration Architect Mainframe to GCP

Purple Drive


Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 13 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Your role
Senior technical and strategic role responsible for leading large-scale mainframe modernization and cloud migration initiatives on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Requires deep expertise in both legacy mainframe technologies and modern cloud architectures.
Lead enterprise-scale mainframe modernization and migration programs to GCPAdvise executive stakeholders (VPs steering committees) on cloud transformation strategies and roadmaps

Assess and modernize legacy systems built on:
COBOL PL/I
CICS IMS
DB2 VSAM
JCL batch workloads
Design migration strategies:
Re-host (Lift & Shift)
Re-platform
Re-factor
Architect GCP Dual Run solutions for parallel testing validation and risk-free cutovers
Design event-driven integrations using
Pub/Sub
APIs
BigQuery
Cloud Storage
GKE
Develop end-to-end GCP architecture including:
Applications
Data
Networking
Security
Governance
Disaster Recovery
Define data migration strategies including:
Change Data Capture (CDC)
Reconciliation and rollback
Performance optimization
Drive automation DevOps CI/CD and Agentic AI adoption
Support production cutovers troubleshooting and post-migration stabilization

Your skills and experience
12 years in enterprise application/platform architecture
6 years in mainframe modernization or legacy transformation
Proven experience leading enterprise-scale mainframe-to-cloud migration programs
GCP architecture and services
Cloud migration strategies (re-host re-platform re-factor)
Event-driven and hybrid architectures
Security IAM compliance and governance
DevOps CI/CD and automation
Deep expertise in mainframe systems GCP cloud migration and automation capable of leading end-to-end modernization programs-from strategy and design to production deployment and stabilization-while effectively managing senior stakeholders.

Your roleSenior technical and strategic role responsible for leading large-scale mainframe modernization and cloud migration initiatives on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).Requires deep expertise in both legacy mainframe technologies and modern cloud architectures.Lead enterprise-scale mainframe moderni...