Overview:Migration Architect - Mainframe to GCPLocation: Hybrid across multiple locations - Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, NYC, New Jersey, Nashville
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.
Skills:Mainframe,GCP
