Migration Architect (Mainframe to GCP)

Capgemini
Nashville, TN, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$88,544.0 - $207,401.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Data Analysis Computing Platforms Batch Processing BigQuery Customer Information Control System (CICS) Cloud Engineering Cloud Storage COBOL (Programming Language) Continuous Integration IBM DB2 DevOps
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Job Control Language (JCL) Identity and Access Management Information Systems Security Architecture Professional Mainframes Cloud Services Pl/i Virtual Storage Access Methods Z/OS Google Cloud Enterprise Software Applications Cloud Platform System Spring Cloud Enterprise Integration Video Streaming Cloud Migration Data Pipelines

Job description

  • This is a senior enterprise architecture and modernization role focused on leading large-scale mainframe-to-Google Cloud Platform (GCP) migrations.
  • The architect acts as both a strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders and a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, building, migrating, testing, and optimizing modernized cloud solutions
  • Lead enterprise mainframe modernization programs and define target-state cloud architectures.
  • Design scalable, resilient, and secure hybrid/cloud-native platforms integrating mainframe systems with GCP services.
  • Drive application modernization for technologies such as z/OS, COBOL, PL/I, JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2, and VSAM.
  • Architect dual-run/parallel testing solutions to validate migrated workloads, ensuring data consistency, transaction parity, and smooth cutover/rollback.
  • Design event-driven integration using APIs, messaging, and streaming technologies.
  • Build hybrid connectivity between legacy mainframes and cloud-native applications.
  • Implement DevOps, CI/CD, automation, monitoring, and platform engineering best practices.
  • Design data pipelines using Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and GKE for validation, analytics, and telemetry.
  • Define GCP landing zones, security architectures, IAM models, networking, governance, HA/DR, and compliance frameworks.

Requirements

  • 12+ years in enterprise application/platform architecture.
  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in mainframe modernization or legacy transformation programs.
  • Proven experience leading large-scale mainframe-to-cloud migration initiatives.
  • Deep expertise in: Mainframe technologies (z/OS, COBOL, PL/I, JCL), CICS, IMS, batch processing DB2 and VSAM

  • Enterprise integration and cloud migration strategies
  • Strong knowledge of GCP architecture, security, automation, and modernization patterns.
  • Experienced architect who combines mainframe expertise, cloud architecture knowledge, modernization strategy, and hands-on migration execution skills to successfully transform legacy enterprise systems into scalable GCP-based solutions.

Benefits & conditions

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is $88,544 - $207,401.

Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.

The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.

These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.

It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.

In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include:

  • Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
  • Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

Important Notice: Compensation (including bonuses, commissions, or other forms of incentive pay) is not considered earned, vested, or payable until it becomes due under the terms of applicable plans or agreements and is subject to Capgemini’s discretion, consistent with applicable laws. The Company reserves the right to amend or withdraw compensation programs at any time, within the limits of applicable legislation.

About the company

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world., Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.

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