Job Summary
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ROLE |
BAND |
TECH STACK |
EXPERIENCE |
TYPE |
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Mainframe Solution Architect |
E3.2 |
Mainframe |
13+ Years |
Full-time |
Role Purpose
Provide end-to-end technical leadership for enterprise solutions on the mainframe platform: translating business and non-functional requirements into scalable, secure and resilient architectures, and guiding engineering teams through implementation, modernization and operational readiness.
Key Responsibilities
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Architecture & Design • Own high-level and detailed architecture for complex mainframe applications, APIs, integrations and modernization initiatives. • Convert functional and non-functional requirements into blueprints, component designs, interface contracts and implementation guidance. • Select appropriate architecture patterns and assess trade-offs across scalability, performance, security, cost and maintainability. • Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, approved platforms, reusable patterns and target-state roadmaps. Technical Leadership & Governance • Give hands-on architectural direction to development, QA, DevOps, security and support teams. • Set coding, API, integration, logging, configuration, testing and deployment standards. • Run architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, technical risk assessments and PoC evaluations. |
Security, Reliability & Performance • Embed secure-by-design across identity, authorization, secrets, data protection and interface security. • Define resiliency patterns — retry, timeout, failover, HA and DR — plus performance and capacity targets. • Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting. Stakeholder Engagement • Facilitate technical discovery with business, product, security, infrastructure and vendor stakeholders. • Communicate complex decisions clearly to engineering and leadership audiences. • Maintain architecture artifacts, decision records, risk logs and technical roadmaps. |
Key Responsibilities
Technology Focus — Mainframe
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• Design, develop and support COBOL/CICS/DB2 batch and online components within agreed standards. • Optimize batch windows, DB2 access paths and resource consumption to protect service levels. |
• Support mainframe modernization, API exposure and integration with distributed and cloud platforms. |
Required Technical Competencies
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Core Skills |
COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 and z/OS utilities; batch and online program design and optimization. |
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Design & Architecture |
Mainframe application architecture, modularization, API enablement and modernization/coexistence patterns. |
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Data & Integration |
DB2 and VSAM data design, SQL tuning, file handling, data conversion, integrity and reconciliation. |
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Platform & DevOps |
z/OS operations, scheduling, change management, environment promotion and mainframe-to-distributed integration. |
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Quality & Operations |
Unit and regression testing, batch cycle validation, performance and MIPS optimization, defect RCA. |
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Experience & Qualifications • 13+ years in software engineering, with strong enterprise mainframe design and delivery experience. • Proven track record as solution, application or technical architect on complex programmes. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or IT, or equivalent experience. • Relevant platform, cloud, architecture or DevOps certifications advantageous, not mandatory.
Leadership & Behavioural • Architecture ownership with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset. • Structured problem solving and sound judgement under ambiguity. • Clear communication and influence across technical and business stakeholders. • Coaching mindset and strong stakeholder management. |
Location-Specific Expectations • Work from the Curitiba delivery location with local customer stakeholders and global teams. • Participate in on-site and virtual workshops, design reviews and governance forums. • Effective communication in a multi-country model, with overlap into European and Indian working hours.
Key Deliverables & Success Measures • Approved, traceable, implementation-ready architecture and design artifacts. • Documented decisions, standards, risks, assumptions and mitigations. • Solutions meeting agreed security, performance, reliability and operational readiness. • Reduced technical risk via early validation, reusable patterns and automation. • Timely resolution of blockers; improved engineering consistency and code quality. |