Natural Adabas Architect

DEPT: ADM Architect (Legacy Modernization CoE)

Key Skills Primary - (Must Have) : Natural, ADABAS, Oracle

Other Skills (Must Have) : Architecture Skills, Automation Skills, Solution Skills, Team Leadership Skills, Knowledge of Cloud Platforms,

Modernization Skills (Nice to Have) : Microfocus, HeirLoom,TmaxSoft etc.,

Primary skills

Hands On Skills

o To Be Hands-On in One or More of the Key Skills Mentioned above

Architecture Skills

o To have working knowledge on Conducting Assessment & Develop the Deliverables

o To be strong in analysis of AS-IS Legacy system irrespective of type of legacy technologies modules involved.

o Should be able to use various internal/external tools to baseline the legacy inventory

o Should be able to visualize and suggest to-be solutions for each legacy technology

o Should be able to depict different types of architecture current State, target State, integration architecture

o Should be able to arrive at estimation for ASIS legacy Solutions like Rewrite, Rehost, Retire, Replace Etc., & also arrive at Roadmap

o Exposure to Various Cloud platforms

o Candidate to have knowledge/experience in evaluating the products/ecosystem tools as part of the legacy modernization, identify the appropriate target replacement products by doing features/capabilities comparison, work with the concerned vendors for getting the quote, estimation

Technical Delivery Skills

o Should be able to lead and manage the development/modernization team and guide them on Architectural Solutions & If Required be Hands On

o To able to Develop any Prototype/Do any Proof of concept for complex solutions or scenarios as a part of the legacy Modernization Projects

o Should be able to review or prepare any sort legacy modernization artifacts like technical design documents/architecture documents, etc., created by the team members.

Innovation/Automation Skills

o Must be able to do proper requirements gathering for any Tool Initiatives

o Must be able design or develop any required tools to expedite the legacy modernization consulting/execution projects

o Must be able to evaluate & suggest any kind of third party tools related to legacy modernization work

Soft Skills

o Good communication, analytical and presentation skills, problem solving skills and learning attitude.

o Should have Good Client Handling Skills

Secondary skills

Analysis & Hands On Knowledge on COBOL, CICS, Assembler, JCL, VSAM

Knowledge of various Cloud platforms & their technical aspects

Working Knowledge of modernization tools Microfocus, HeirLoom, TmaxSoft rehosting platforms.

Able to troubleshoot the technical issues, and use the debugging tools like Xpediter, dump analysis

Good to have certifications of cloud platforms at solution architect level.

Roles and responsibilities:

Associate will be part of the Legacy Modernization team.

Associate is also responsible for the deliverables for those consulting projects which will include the technical assessment of the application, Tools development, Application data analysis.

There would be requirement for customization in the framework for different system applications based on the technology they are using, and associate shall be able to understand the requirement and will modify the framework accordingly.

Associate will also be involved during the actual implementation phase of the project to provide better guidance and best practices to improve the overall quality of Cognizant s deliverable to the client in projects.

It would be an added advantage if associate has prior experience on Modernization Projects / has Partner solution experience with Microfocus, Heirloom, Tmaxsoft

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