Senior Business Analyst / Mainframe Modernization Lead - Remote US Position

NTT DATA Services•McKinney, TX

7d•$117,600 - $196,000•Remote

About The Position

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with strong Mainframe modernization experience to lead the assessment, planning, and execution of the XICS transformation program. This role will analyze the current Mainframe-based policy print and correspondence ecosystem, define future-state solutions, develop a modernization roadmap, and ultimately transition into a Program Management role overseeing delivery. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of Mainframe technologies with strong business analysis, stakeholder management, and program leadership skills. A hands-on modernization leader who can understand complex Mainframe environments, engage business and technical stakeholders, assess legacy technologies, define future-state solutions, and lead the program from discovery through implementation. The candidate should be equally comfortable reviewing COBOL programs, facilitating executive workshops, and managing large-scale transformation initiatives.

Requirements

10+ years of Business Analysis, Project Management, or Program Management experience.
Strong Mainframe background with experience in: IBM z/VSE and/or z/OS, COBOL and Assembler, JCL, VSAM, DB2, Batch processing environments
Experience with Mainframe modernization and legacy application transformation initiatives.
Strong requirements gathering, process analysis, and documentation skills.
Proven ability to drive discovery efforts and translate findings into actionable roadmaps.
Excellent executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Mainframe modernization and platform migration programs
OpenLegacy or API enablement solutions
Customer Communications Management (CCM) platforms such as Quadient Inspire or Exstream
Document Management platforms such as OnBase
AWS and cloud-native architectures
Insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated industries
Print, correspondence, billing, and customer communication systems

Responsibilities

Lead assessment of legacy Mainframe document generation and print solutions, including XICS, COBOL, Assembler, VSAM, DB2, batch processing, and related integrations.
Develop a comprehensive inventory of applications, programs, jobs, forms, business rules, interfaces, and dependencies.
Analyze policy print, billing, correspondence, endorsements, notices, and customer communication processes across multiple business units.
Document current-state architecture, process flows, operational risks, and modernization constraints.
Facilitate workshops with business, architecture, application, infrastructure, and operations teams.
Evaluate target-state solutions and replacement options for legacy print and correspondence platforms.
Define business, functional, operational, and technical requirements.
Develop future-state architecture recommendations, migration approaches, and implementation roadmaps.
Support technology evaluations involving CCM platforms, document management, AWS, APIs, and modernization tools.
Build executive-level business cases, funding requests, and governance materials.
Transition into Program Manager role during implementation.
Manage project plans, risks, dependencies, stakeholder communications, and governance activities.
Coordinate business, development, architecture, cloud, infrastructure, vendor, and testing teams.
Support architecture reviews, funding approvals, and executive decision making.