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Purple Drive LLC

MAINFRAME ARCHITECT

Purple Drive LLC, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

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Conduct detailed discovery and assessment of existing mainframe workloads including

COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS, and CICS . Define and recommend modernization approaches such as

Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, or Replace . Develop end-to-end migration roadmaps, including

risk mitigation strategies and rollback plans . Design target-state architectures for rehosted or modernized applications on

cloud or distributed platforms . Ensure architectures meet

security, performance, high availability, and disaster recovery

standards. Create detailed architectural blueprints covering migration patterns and system integrations. Data Migration

Design and oversee

ETL processes

for migrating mainframe data (Datacom) to

SQL Server . Ensure

data integrity, consistency, and minimal downtime

during migration activities. Act as a

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

for mainframe modernization initiatives. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering and migration teams. Communicate architectural vision, risks, and progress effectively to

stakeholders and executive leadership . Operational & Migration Support

Participate in code migration and data transformation activities during rehosting. Collaborate closely with architects and cloud teams supporting

Google Cloud Platform-based modernization

efforts. Support batch job execution, console monitoring, and production control activities. Provide critical inputs and guidance to migration teams throughout the project lifecycle. Maintain strong understanding of interfacing systems and concurrent modernization initiatives. Required Skills & Experience

Strong experience in legacy mainframe application development using technologies such as: COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, IDEAL/Datacom, RPG, ASM, MQ

(experience in some or most is acceptable). Proven experience in

mainframe modernization, migration planning, and execution . Strong architectural, analytical, and problem‑solving skills. Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

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