Mainframe Architect – IBM Z / Mainframe Infrastructure
About The Position
Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced Mainframe Architect with a strong background in Core Mainframe Hardware, IBM Z / zSystems, and Mainframe Infrastructure Architecture. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, supporting, and optimizing enterprise Mainframe environments, with strong knowledge of IBM Z hardware, z/OS, LPAR, HMC, CPC, PR/SM, Sysplex, and related Mainframe infrastructure technologies. A strong understanding of Mainframe application development environments, including COBOL, CICS, DB2, and JCL, is highly desirable. This position is best suited for a senior Mainframe infrastructure or systems architect who also understands the application side of the Mainframe environment.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience working with enterprise Mainframe environments.
- Strong Core Mainframe Hardware / Infrastructure experience.
- Hands-on experience with IBM Z, IBM zSystems, zSeries, or System z platforms.
- Strong knowledge of z/OS architecture and Mainframe systems.
- Hands-on experience with several of the following: LPAR, HMC, CPC, PR/SM, Sysplex / Parallel Sysplex, GDPS, IOCP / HCD, Mainframe capacity planning, Hardware upgrades and migrations, High availability and disaster recovery.
- Strong architecture, systems engineering, troubleshooting, and technical leadership skills.
- Ability to work with both Mainframe infrastructure and application teams.
Nice To Haves
- Strong understanding or prior hands-on experience with COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, IMS, VSAM, or REXX.
- Experience with Mainframe modernization or transformation initiatives.
- Experience integrating Mainframe systems with distributed or cloud environments.
- Banking, financial services, insurance, or other large enterprise experience.
- Experience working in large-scale, highly available production Mainframe environments.
- IBM Z / z/OS certifications are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Provide architecture and technical leadership for enterprise IBM Mainframe environments.
- Design, evaluate, and support IBM Z / zSystems Mainframe infrastructure and hardware environments.
- Work with z/OS, LPAR, HMC, CPC, PR/SM, Sysplex, and Parallel Sysplex environments.
- Participate in Mainframe hardware upgrades, migrations, platform modernization, and infrastructure transformation initiatives.
- Support capacity planning, performance optimization, availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery initiatives.
- Analyze current Mainframe architecture and recommend improvements to scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate with Mainframe application development, infrastructure, operations, security, and enterprise architecture teams.
- Provide technical guidance on Mainframe platform capabilities, architecture standards, and infrastructure best practices.
- Support integration between Mainframe environments and distributed/cloud-based platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex Mainframe infrastructure and platform-level issues and provide appropriate technical solutions.
- Prepare technical documentation, architecture diagrams, standards, and recommendations.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
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