Primary Role & Responsibilities

Role- Mainframe System Architect
Description of role and key responsibilities:
This is a technical, team lead, and hands on role, with a primary focus on design and implementation
of Mainframe Infrastructure changes; although you will be expected to support the Mainframe
Infrastructure Engineering and operations team with complex troubleshooting of issues as required.
You will have experience of working in a high impact, mission critical environments, where service
matters, and exceeding expectations is the norm. You have lead critical projects, thrive in critical
problem solving, and enjoy leading a team working on projects
Key responsibilities
The Mainframe System Architect’s primary areas of responsibility include ensuring there are
defined standards in place, manage the technical lifecycle of products and services, deliver
change/transformation against created designs; always ensuring a smooth
transition/handover to Mainframe technology Operations with adjunct supported to the
Operations as needed
Perform and upgrade of a major product in a production like environment, evaluating any
risks and taking actions to mitigate/ minimize these risks via proven back-out plan and
knowledge of what could wrong including effective testing.
Defining and documenting Mainframe Infrastructure Architecture Standards and best
practices
Creation of Low Level Design documents to meet requirements outlined in the High Level
Design
Creation of detailed Implementation Plans for all Mainframe Infrastructure Engineering
related activity
Procurement activities relating to build and delivery of new services (Project)
Ensuring the smooth Transition/Handover to Production Support Operations in line with
agreed Operational Acceptance Process
Supporting Architecture in creation and upkeep of a Mainframe Infra Delivery Roadmap
Supporting the Architecture in scoping activities required to produce the High Level Desig
Supporting Architecture in undertaking Proof of Concept activities
Ensuring skillsets are relevant and up to date in order to deliver change and provide a high
level of support
Providing escalation support with complex troubleshooting of Major Incidents as required
Core Skills & Experience:
A mainframe architect’s responsibilities include technical design of mainframe infrastructure
projects and ensuring that hardware and software work together. They may also be responsible
for:NTAC:3NS-20
A minimum 12+ years of hands on experience as Mainframe System Architect within a
global enterprise scale organization
Considerable first-hand experience of design engineering and building resilient and scalable
solutions, ideally within finance or investment banking.
The concepts of risk and compliance and how to translate these into effective security
solutions.
Appreciation of automation and orchestration and will have experience of scripting with
Native Mainframe and modern technology stacks
Strong understanding of IBM Mainframe technologies
Familiar with a variety of testing tools and techniques to accurately troubleshoot and resolve
complex technical problems associated with the service, application and Mainframe
hardware and software.
Technical Skills & Experience:
You will have expert knowledge and experience in several of the following areas:
– zOS System Programming
– Mainframe System administrator activities
– Modernization and migration: Analyzing, designing, and implementing code and database
changes to move mainframe applications to the cloud or a modern cloud-connected
mainframe
– Performance tuning, CoD Provisioning architecture, System Upgrades, Troubleshooting
– Technical hands-on experience on ACF2, SMP/E, VTAM, HMC
– Good to have knowledge on JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS, OPS-MVS
– Scripting language – REXX, CLIST, Python, UNIX Shell, VSAM
– System Management Support with SMP/E, SMF, RMF
– Knowledge on System Services support (storage management, job management, work load
management, data sets, and data set management)
– Awareness on ISV products, install products and services, perform upgrades, IPL, DR/SR
activities
– Knowledge on zOS System libraries, zOS Components and Mainframe system hardware
architecture
– Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters
– Mentorship: Applying programming techniques to mentor developers and review code
– Product roadmaps: Maintaining product roadmaps that include modernization, cloud
solutions, and technical debt
– Security and compliance: Ensuring compliance with industry standards for security and audit
– Problem determination and resolution: Identifying and resolving system level problems
– Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters
– Mentorship: Applying programming techniques to mentor developers and review codeNTAC:3NS-20
Modernization and migration: Analyzing, designing, and implementing code and
database changes to move mainframe applications to the cloud or a modern cloud-
connected mainframe
Client support: Providing strong client support and transformations
Hardware and software: Configuring hardware, installing software products, and
upgrading and migrating hardware and software
Security and compliance: Ensuring compliance with industry standards for security and
audit
Problem determination and resolution: Identifying and resolving system level problems
Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters
Mentorship: Applying programming techniques to mentor developers and review code
Product roadmaps: Maintaining product roadmaps that include modernization, cloud
solutions, and technical debt
Role- Mainframe System Architect
Should have hands on experience in – MF Infrastructure experience as a Tec lead – L3
Scripting – REXX, Python, Shell script
zOS System Programming
Good to have knowledge on JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS, OPS-MVS,VSAM
Scripting language – REXX, CLIST, Python, UNIX Shell
System Management Support with SMP/E, SMF, RMF
Knowledge on System Services support (storage management, job management, work load management, data sets, and data set management)
Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters – App,Support,Operations
Cloud migration and mainframe modernization
Qualifications (must haves):
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT related field, and/or equivalent work experience
Excellent verbal and written skills are required
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