Migration Architect - Mainframe to GCP
Lorven Technologies Inc
Jersey City, United States of America
yesterday
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
$ 180KJob location
Jersey City, United States of America
Tech stack
API
Google BigQuery
Customer Information Control System (CICS)
Cloud Storage
COBOL
Continuous Integration
IBM DB2
DevOps
Job Control Language (JCL)
Identity and Access Management
Mainframes
Pl/i
Virtual Storage Access Methods
Google Cloud Platform
Enterprise Software Applications
Change Data Capture
Information Technology
Cloud Migration
Virtual Agents
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer science or equivalent, with minimum 14+ Years of relevant experience
- Must have a 12+ years in enterprise application/platform architecture
- You should have a 6+ years in mainframe modernization or legacy transformation
- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale mainframe-to-cloud migration programs and GCP architecture and services
- Cloud migration strategies (re-host, re-platform, re-factor)
- Event-driven and hybrid architectures Security, IAM, compliance, and governance and DevOps, CI/CD, and automation
- Deep expertise in mainframe systems, GCP, cloud migration, and automation, capable of leading end-to-end modernization programs-from strategy and design to production deployment and stabilization-while effectively managing senior stakeholders.
- Senior technical and strategic role responsible for leading large-scale mainframe modernization and cloud migration initiatives on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Requires deep expertise in both legacy mainframe technologies and modern cloud architectures.
- Lead enterprise-scale mainframe modernization and migration programs to GCP Advise executive stakeholders (VPs, steering committees) on cloud transformation strategies and roadmaps
- Assess and modernize legacy systems built on: COBOL, PL/I , CICS, IMS DB2, VSAM JCL, batch workloads
- Design migration strategies: Re-host (Lift & Shift) Re-platform and Re-factor
- Architect GCP Dual Run solutions for parallel testing, validation, and risk-free cutovers
- Design event-driven integrations using: Pub/Sub, APIs, BigQuery, Cloud Storage and GKE
- Develop end-to-end GCP architecture including: Change Data Capture (CDC)
- Drive automation, DevOps, CI/CD, and Agentic AI adoption
- Support production cutovers, troubleshooting, and post-migration stabilization
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
- Ability to use strong industry knowledge to relate to customer needs and dissolve customer concerns and high level of focus and attention to detail.