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
Technical Skills
Expert-level kno

📌 Principal Mainframe Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 Unisys
📍 Bengaluru