Java Mainframe Architect

Primary Responsibility 

Collaborate with our current COE in Italy and US to understand LIBER M product offerings, solutions and delivery execution to build a COE in India. The COE will compliment Italy and US product development and project delivery 

Need to be able to recruit, coach and guide the team for a timely development of COE in India 

Flexibility to travel to client locations and our other COE centers as needed 

Expect return to office work arrangement managing day-to-day operations of the team 

Architecture Design:

Leading the product roadmap development, release cycle developments, design, implementation of LiberM product suite

Technical Leadership:

The ability to be customer front and have executive communication skills while being able to get hands-on as needed. Guiding development teams at Pune on best practices, code quality, and technical decision-making, acting as a subject matter expert for Java technologies. 

Complex Problem Solving:

Independently analyzing and resolving intricate technical challenges related to Java application development and optimization. 

Code Review and Mentoring:

Reviewing code for quality, maintainability, and adherence to standards, providing mentorship and guidance to junior developers. 

Performance Optimization:

Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in Java applications, optimizing database queries, and implementing caching strategies. 

Required Skills and Experience:

Mainframe Migration Expertise:

Has to have experience with at least one full end to end mainframe migration project. Must have a deep understanding for assessment for mainframe migration projects 

Core Java Expertise:

Deep understanding of core Java/J2EE programming concepts like OOP, concurrency, collections, multithreading, and exception handling. Willing to guide and coach mid and junior level Java developers located onsite and remotely. 

Working knowledge with Bitbucket, Eclipse.

Java Frameworks:

Experience in JSP Servlets, Eclipse UI, Microservices, JSF 2.0, Spring/Spring Boot, Maven, Hibernate, Junit. 

JBOSS Application server, Transaction server

Mainframe Skills.

Deep understanding of all Vanilla Mainframe ZOS concepts and technologies (COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, Assembler). Understanding or experience with Microfocus or Unikix products is a plus 

Experience in other mainframe products typically installed for operational support 

Database Management:

Expertise in working with relational databases like DB2, MySQL, PostgresSQL and proficiency in SQL query optimization. 

Expertise in handling projects involving database performance optimization 

Cloud Computing:

Certifications or at least 2 years of project experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP and experience with cloud-native development practices. 

Design Patterns:

Ability to apply appropriate design patterns to create maintainable and scalable code. 

Testing and Debugging:

Strong knowledge/experience in leading Mainframe migration testing (Approach, methodology and execution)

Strong experience in unit testing (JUnit), integration testing, and debugging of migrated Java applications. 

Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD):

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools for automated testing and deployment

Nice to have 

Linux Shell Scripting knowledge preferred 

C/C++ language knowledge preferred

Extensive experience in building and consuming RESTful APIs using technologies like Jersey, Spring REST, or similar. 

People and Stakeholders Management: 

Motivating the team 

• Ensuring team members feel empowered and supported by his presence 
• Ensuring technical team members at Pune know the roles work accordingly 
• Oversee that technical performance and ensuring general discipline is maintained by Punes technical team in line with Organizational policies. 

Collaborating closely with Indian and Global stakeholders

• Ensuring everyone is updated on the project's progress (team/management)
• Regularly reporting to senior management (Global/India) on technical, project and people issues
• Addressing concerns from the team at Pune
• Delivering messages to the appropriate stakeholders using the appropriate tools at the right time
• Understanding and interpreting communication from Global & India Management 
• Collaborate closely with the Executive Director in India and the India-support team (administration, finance, HR, IT)

Essential soft skills: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, Hindi and local language Marathi.
• Executive communication skills is a must
• Consulting background and customer front experience 
• Overall project management experience with different methodologies like AGILE, Waterfall etc. 
• Ability to manage and drive project meetings, client meetings and be able to drive steering committee