What You’ll Do:
- Lead end-to-end architecture for mainframe-to-cloud modernization
- Design migration strategies for COBOL, DB2, VSAM, EBCDIC, Flat Files, and Copybooks
- Architect high-volume CDC, ETL/ELT, batch, and real-time data pipelines
- Design cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Work with Kafka, Spark, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and MongoDB
- Lead technical discovery sessions and cloud migration roadmaps for financial services clients
- Drive data reconciliation, auditability, lineage, security, and governance
- Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to build scalable migration solutions
Required Experience:
- 7+ years in Solution Architecture / Technical Leadership
- Strong hands-on IBM z/OS mainframe experience
- Deep knowledge of VSAM, DB2, EBCDIC, Copybooks, and legacy data structures
- Experience with CDC technologies such as Debezium, Qlik, or IBM InfoSphere
- 5+ years designing enterprise cloud architectures
- Strong experience with microservices, Docker/Kubernetes, and serverless
- Financial services knowledge, including ACID transactions, data security, encryption, SOC2, PCI-DSS, and GDPR
Preferred:
- COBOL-to-Java/Python/Go modernization
- AI-assisted migration or automated code translation
- Fintech / enterprise SaaS / digital transformation consulting
- AWS/Azure architecture certifications or TOGAF
IR35 Status:
Not specified