What success looks like in this role:

The Principal Mainframe Architect is a senior technical leadership role responsible for defining the strategic direction, architecture standards, and long-term roadmap of the enterprise mainframe ecosystem. This role blends deep mainframe expertise with enterprise architecture thinking to modernize mission-critical platforms while ensuring high levels of reliability, performance, security, and compliance. The role acts as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and plays a key role in large-scale transformation initiatives.

Principal Responsibilities
- Own and drive the enterprise mainframe architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business goals
- Lead and govern large-scale application modernization initiatives including re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, and re-architecting.
- Act as the highest-level technical authority for IBM z/OS and mainframe-centered solutions
- Lead and govern mainframe modernization and transformation initiatives, including hybrid cloud integration, API enablement, and DevOps adoption




- Define and enforce architecture standards, reference architectures, and best practices across mainframe platforms
- Provide architectural oversight for capacity planning, performance, scalability, resilience, and cost optimization
- Partner with CIO/CTO, Enterprise Architecture, and senior stakeholders to influence technology and investment decisions
- Ensure architecture compliance with security, regulatory, audit, and risk management requirements
- Evaluate and recommend tools, platforms, and vendor solutions to improve efficiency and innovation
- Serve as an escalation authority for critical production and systemic issues, ensuring long-term architectural fixes
- Provide technical leadership, design reviews, and risk mitigation guidance across delivery programs.
- Mentor architects and senior engineers, setting standards for engineering excellence and technical governance

Critical Skills
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📌 Principal Mainframe Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 Unisys
📍 Bengaluru