Senior Associate – Mainframe Modernization (COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL)
Experience – 7 to 12 years About the Role
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We are looking for an experienced Senior Associate – Mainframe Modernization with strong hands-on expertise in IBM Mainframe technologies and proven experience leading complex modernization initiatives.
The role will be responsible for providing technical leadership, solution design, modernization strategy, and delivery guidance for large-scale Mainframe applications involving COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and related technologies.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of legacy Mainframe applications and the ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into up-to-date, scalable target solutions. The candidate will work closely with architects, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and client teams to define modernization approaches, resolve technical challenges, and ensure successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead technical delivery and modernization activities for large-scale Mainframe applications and systems.




• Analyze complex Mainframe applications involving COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, IMS, and associated interfaces to understand application architecture, business logic, data flows, dependencies, and integration points.
• Define and recommend appropriate modernization strategies such as rehost, refactor, replatform, rearchitect, or rebuild, based on application complexity, business requirements, cost, risk, and technical feasibility.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership to Mainframe and distributed technology teams throughout the modernization lifecycle.
• Define target-state application architecture and modernization patterns for batch, online/transactional, database, and integration workloads.
• Lead technical analysis and decomposition of large COBOL applications into services, APIs, batch processes, or other modern application components where appropriate.
• Provide technical guidance for

📌 Senior Associate – Mainframe Modernization (Bengaluru)
🏢 Innova ESI
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