Sr Mainframe Architect

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Sr Mainframe Architect
Sr Mainframe Architect

12
\- 15 yrs
₹25L - ₹55L / yr
Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Skills
Infrastructure
Mainframe
decommisioning
dismantling
Experience / Education
– 12–15 years in mainframe infrastructure/architecture roles, including decommissioning and dismantling projects.
– Proven record of leading IT service transitions across geographies.
– Bachelor’s/master’s in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
– Certifications: ITIL Expert, IBM z/OS, or cloud/hybrid architecture certifications highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
1\. Platform Ownership & Optimization
– Own the design, optimization, and lifecycle management of the mainframe infrastructure.
– Evaluate and optimize mainframe capacity (MSU) and LPAR workloads, ensuring balance between performance and cost.
– Oversee datacenter operations, monitoring strategies, middleware (MQ, File Transfer like CFT), firewall/security clearance, and release management.
– Ensure full documentation of designs, optimizations, and lifecycle activities for audit and compliance.
2\. Cross-Stakeholder Collaboration
– Work closely with stakeholders across locations and India, aligning infrastructure with business and IT objectives.
– Collaborate with application owners, operations teams, and project leaders to provide ongoing technical support.
– Act as the primary liaison with Vendors, IBM and other solution providers, driving technical synergies.
– Lead joint technical discussions with Vendors, ensuring solution alignment with transformation and exit strategies.
3\. Technical Transformation & Insourcing
– Lead the transition of mainframe responsibilities from other locations to India, ensuring smooth handover and knowledge transfer.
– Build and mentor an India-based managed services team, progressively taking over steady-state operations.
– Develop a structured roadmap for insourcing and governance alignment, balancing compliance, cost, and performance.
– Provide regular technical assistance to project teams, ensuring infrastructure readiness and support.
4\. KPI Ownership & Reporting
– Define, monitor, and report technical KPIs (capacity, performance, availability, incident management, and cost optimization).
– Deliver regular KPI dashboards and reports to senior management.
– Enforce KPI adherence across both internal teams and external vendors, driving corrective actions where required.
5\. Decommissioning & Dismantling
– Lead the end-to-end decommissioning of mainframe components across software, middleware, and hardware.
– Manage license offboarding and termination (e.g., IDMS, CA/Broadcom), ensuring no residual dependencies remain.
– Oversee datacenter hardware dismantling and disposal, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
– Collaborate with security and governance teams to revoke access, certificates, and data securely.
– Create detailed decommissioning playbooks, closure documentation, and audit-ready reports.
6\. Housekeeping & Lifecycle Management
– Own and manage all housekeeping activities end-to-end (storage cleanup, archival, job scheduling, patching, log retention, etc.).
– Standardize housekeeping routines into clear runbooks, automating where possible.
– Ensure lifecycle management of mainframe systems, from capacity planning to decommissioning.
– Report housekeeping outcomes and ensure alignment with compliance and audit needs.
7\. Knowledge Continuity & Documentation
– Take full ownership of knowledge transfer from existing responsible teams, leaving no knowledge gaps.
– Establish a structured knowledge base capturing infrastructure, decommissioning, and housekeeping processes.
– Regularly update documentation to reflect system changes, exit milestones, and best practices.
Skills & Competencies
– Deep expertise in mainframe optimization (MSU, LPAR), datacenter operations, and middleware integration.
– Hands-on experience in mainframe decommissioning, dismantling, and license termination.
– Strong understanding of housekeeping routines and lifecycle management in mainframe environments.
– Proven ability to lead cross-country transitions (Other locations to India) and multi-vendor ecosystems.
– Strong vendor and partner collaboration skills.
– Strategic mindset to balance stability, compliance, cost optimization, and modernization.
– Excellent communication, documentation, and executive reporting capabilities.
– Leadership in building, mentoring, and scaling technical teams in a managed services model.
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2011
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