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Role Description We are seeking a dedicated Migration/Solution Architect (Mainframes) to join our team. In this role, you will be pivotal in designing and leading complex modernization and migration initiatives for enterprise clients, with a strong focus on legacy modernization, mainframe transformation, application replatforming. Location: Canada is desired but we also consider other locations with occasional business trips to Toronto, ON. Engagement type: part-time on pre-sales activities, discovery phase; full-time as more load appears. Contract agreement. What you will be doing: - Lead architecture and discovery phases for IBM mainframe modernization programs, covering application, data, batch, transaction, and infrastructure domains. - Assess existing IBM z/OS environments, including COBOL, JCL, CICS, Db2, IMS, VSAM, GDG, flat files, MQ, and related integrations, to define modernization scope, risks, dependencies, and migration waves. - Design end-to-end modernization strategies for legacy workloads, including replatforming, refactoring, decomposition, phased migration, and coexistence patterns. - Define migration strategies across different modernization paths such as rehost, replatform, refactor, decomposition, and phased transformation. - Lead technical assessments of legacy applications, including static and dynamic analysis, dependency mapping, batch/job flow analysis, transaction boundary analysis, schema conversion strategy, and business logic extraction. - Design migration approaches for Db2 and IMS-backed data landscapes, including schema conversion, data transformation, CDC-based migration, reconciliation, archive/retention strategy, and cutover planning. - Define modernization patterns for transactional systems, batch processing, event-driven architectures, API-led integration, and hybrid environments. - Facilitate workshops and architecture discussions with customer stakeholders, delivery teams, and leadership, translating complex legacy platform constraints into practical modernization roadmaps. - Prepare architecture documents, migration plans, discovery outputs, estimates, proposals, and solution narratives for IBM mainframe transformation engagements. - Provide governance and architectural oversight throughout project delivery, helping teams make sound decisions during implementation, testing, cutover, and hypercare. - Contribute to pre-sales and solutioning activities for mainframe modernization opportunities, including technical qualification, delivery assumptions, risk framing, and modernization roadmap creation. Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, cloud architecture, or technical leadership roles. - Proven track record of designing and delivering complex migration or modernization solutions in enterprise environments. - Strong understanding of IBM mainframe application landscapes, including: COBOL, JCL, CICS, Db2, IMS. - Experience designing architectures for enterprise applications, distributed systems, and data platforms. - Good understanding of legacy modernization challenges, including monolith decomposition, batch processing migration, data migration, and integration with on-premises systems. - Experience working with relational databases and migration strategies, including schema conversion, data validation, CDC-based migration, and cutover planning. - Ability to identify delivery risks, architecture trade-offs, and mitigation strategies early in the project lifecycle. - Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical topics in a structured and business-friendly way. - English - C1/C2. - Possibility to travel to Toronto, Canada if other location. Requirements - Familiarity with modernization and migration tools such as AWS SCT, AWS Transform, AWS Blu Age, CAST Imaging, vFunction, or similar assessment/refactoring platforms. - Experience with modernization of batch workloads, job orchestration, and migration of online transactional systems. - Familiarity with observability and APM platforms such as Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, OpenTelemetry, or similar tools. - Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, insurance, healthcare, or public sector.

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description We are looking for a highly motivated, proactive and positive-thinker IT Talent Sourcer to join our team. If you are truly interested in people and want to grow in TA/HR direction, you might be a perfect match! - Close cooperation with Head of TA and Hiring Managers on effective sourcing strategies for open roles - Active sourcing for open positions using different tools and techniques - Build and maintain candidate pipelines in the company’s ATS system - Neat and accurate database tracking - Support candidate communication and ensure a smooth initial engagement experience - Salary map tracking, other data or analytical reviews that can be helpful in recruitment process - Contributing in employer brand building Qualifications - Proven track record of successful IT talent sourcing experience, ideally 1-2 years - Strong experience with different sourcing channels, techniques and tools (LinkedIn, Djinni, Github, job boards, professional communities, telegram channels, Boolean and X-ray search) - Understanding of different position profiles (DevOps, BA, PM, Software Engineers etc) - Experience working with different markets and locations (Ukraine, Europe, Canada, US) - nice to have - Experience working with ATS (ideally People Force) - Higher education in psychology, management or related fields - English - B2+ Requirements - Excellent communication skills, ability to find an approach to different personalities - High motivation to work with people and sincere interest in them - Attention to details, accuracy - Strong orientation on result, proactiveness - Ability to work in multitasking environments and prioritize tasks - Politeness, honesty and a great sense of humor Benefits - Paid Vacation (16 days), Documented/Undocumented Sick Leave, Leave for Significant Life Events - Quarterly Sports/English bonuses - Compensation for medical insurance (for UA) - Flexible working hours - Holidays according to the local calendar - Exciting events, corporate parties, and pizza parties at the office - Gifts from the company - Friendly environment and a wonderful team