Senior Mainframe DB2 Migration Data Engineer (8-10 Years Experience) Job Title

Senior Mainframe DB2 Migration Data Engineer

Experience

8-10 Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Mainframe DB2 Migration Data Engineer with 8-10 years of expertise in mainframe data engineering, legacy modernization, and cloud data platforms. The ideal candidate will play a key role in a large-scale enterprise modernization initiative, migrating legacy applications and data from COBOL, EasyTreive, JCL, DFSORT, DB2, VSAM, and GDG environments to a up-to-date Databricks platform.

The role requires deep expertise in analyzing mainframe data structures, designing scalable data pipelines, performing EBCDIC data conversion, implementing business-rule transformations, and ensuring seamless migration with minimal business disruption. The successful candidate will collaborate with architects, application teams, business analysts, and QA teams to deliver high-quality migration outcomes through structured delivery waves.

Project Overview

The modernization program includes:




- Three IM application areas running on COBOL / DB2 / VSAM / GDG
- Source data consisting of:
- GDG files
- Fixed-width flat files
- DB2 databases
- Migration of:
- COBOL logic
- EasyTrieve
- JCL orchestration
- Copybook schemas
- Business rules
- Validation processes
- Execution through structured migration waves.

Success will be measured by:
- Output parity with legacy systems
- SLA compliance
- Accurate mainframe data conversion
- Validated business-rule equivalence
- High-performance and reliable data pipelines on Databricks

Key Responsibilities Mainframe Data Migration
- Analyze COBOL programs, DB2 databases, VSAM datasets, GDG files, JCL workflows, and copybook definitions to understand legacy processing and data dependencies.
- Design and implement migration strategies for mainframe data assets into modern cloud-based data platforms.
- Develop automated ingestion processes for GDG, VSAM, DB2, and fi

📌 Senior Mainframe (Bengaluru)
🏢 Visionet Systems
📍 Bengaluru