Description
Location: Chennai or Bangalore

The Opportunity:
We are embarking on a significant strategic initiative to modernize our core legacy systems from the Mainframe platform to a modern Java-based architecture. This transformation is critical to our future success, enabling greater agility, scalability, and innovation. We are seeking experienced and forward-thinking Mainframe Technical Leads to play a pivotal role in this journey.

As a Mainframe Technical Lead, you will be a key technical authority, guiding a team of mainframe developers and collaborating closely with Java architects and development teams. You will leverage your deep mainframe expertise to analyze existing systems, define modernization pathways, ensure stability during transition, and provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership: Lead, mentor, and guide a team of mainframe developers/SMEs involved in the modernization project. Foster a team-oriented and knowledge-sharing environment.

Legacy System Analysis:



Perform in-depth analysis of existing Mainframe applications (COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, etc.) to understand business logic, data structures, system integrations, and dependencies.

Modernization Strategy & Design: Collaborate with architects (Mainframe and Java) to define and refine modernization strategies (e.g., re-platforming, re-hosting, refactoring, strangler patterns). Contribute to technical design decisions for migration, interfacing, or decommissioning of mainframe components.

Bridging Technologies: Act as a key liaison between mainframe SMEs and Java development teams. Translate mainframe concepts and constraints for the Java teams and vice-versa. Facilitate technical discussions on integration points and data migration.

Risk & Impact Assessment: Identify technical risks, challenges, and dependencies associated with migrating specific mainframe applications or functionalities. Propose mitigation strategies.

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📌 Tech Lead (India)
🏢 Photon Group
📍 India