About the Role

We are looking for an experienced AWS Mainframe Modernization Engineer to lead and execute the transformation of legacy mainframe applications into modern, scalable cloud applications using AWS Mainframe Modernization services and tools.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience assessing legacy mainframe environments, analyzing COBOL-based applications, applying automated code transformation and refactoring techniques, and migrating business-critical workloads to AWS.

You will work with enterprise technology teams to modernize complex legacy applications, preserve critical business functionality, and enable cloud-native architectures.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead technical assessment and modernization of legacy mainframe applications using AWS Mainframe Modernization services.
- Leverage AWS Transform and associated AWS modernization tooling to analyze, transform, refactor, and migrate mainframe workloads.
- Analyze existing COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM and related mainframe components.
- Execute automated code conversion and refactoring from legacy mainframe technologies to modern application architectures.
- Design and implement cloud-native applications using AWS services and modern programming frameworks.
- Modernize application data layers, including DB2, VSAM and relational databases, to cloud-compatible database platforms.




- Develop migration strategies covering application dependencies, business logic, data conversion, testing, and cutover.
- Ensure functional equivalence and business continuity through comprehensive testing and validation.
- Optimize modernized applications for scalability, performance, security, resiliency, and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with enterprise architects, business analysts, and customer engineering teams throughout the modernization lifecycle.

Required Technical Skills

- Hands-on experience with AWS Mainframe Modernization services and AWS Transform capabilities.
- Robust knowledge of Java, SpringBoot and mainframe technologies, particularly COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM.
- Experience with automated mainframe code transformation, refactoring, and migration.
- Strong programming experience in Java, Python, or other modern application development languages.
- Experience designing and deploying applications on AWS.
- Knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, ECS/EKS and CloudWatch.
- Experience with application architecture, APIs, microservices, database modernization, and integration patterns.
- Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps practices.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex legacy application dependencies and translate business logic into modern application implementations.

📌 AWS Mainframe Modernization Engineer (India)
🏢 NextAmp
📍 India