Mainframe Modernization Specialist - Azure Cloud

Job Description:

- Responsible for providing leadership and direction in the planning and execution of the Mainframe to Azure.

- Should be knowledgeable on Mainframe as well as Azure Cloud technologies.

- Should be hands-on in performing analysis, drive decisions, presenting the analysis results, planning the Azure consumption, building target Azure architecture, etc.,

Primary Responsibilities:

- Worked on Mainframe migration to Azure projects (Must).

- Deliver Azure cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the company and assist in modernizing efforts by planning.

- Build Azure cloud with related IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

- Offer guidance in Mainframe application migration from the on-prem data center to Azure Cloud with related Azure cloud services.

- Translate Mainframe application business requirements and use cases into architectural capabilities verified to meet the requirements.

- Design solution-independent architecture models that map business services to cloud application stacks.

- Continuously manage, monitor, and update architecture models as business needs evolve and additional cloud services become available.

- Assist product owners, solution architects, and application architects in designing scalable, highly available, secure, cost-effective solutions that leverage cloud services.

- Define and document cloud solution architecture(s) including technical designs and diagrams.

- Expert level in Infrastructure & Application architecting in Azure Cloud including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

- Has strong experience in migration from Mainframe to Azure Cloud with related cloud services.

- Expert in Azure cloud cost model and services.

- Coordinate and help the Development team in building the migration plans.

- Coordinate and help the Development team in building the cost-benefit analysis document.

- Responding to RFP & RFQ

Secondary Responsibilities:

- Program Management

Required Qualification:

- Total Experience should be more then 20+ years.

- 5+ Yrs. of proven experience as an Azure Cloud Architect.

- 3+ Yrs. of proven experience in Mainframe Migration projects.