Mainframe Architect

NAVA Software solutions is looking for a Mainframe ArchitectDetails:Mainframe ArchitectLocation: Berkeley Heights, NJ or Alpharetta, GA - HybridDuration: 12 monthsRole :Provide hands on leadership to technical staff analyzing company's business processes, applications, architecture and infrastructure to identify pain points and make recommendations.Analyze Systems across Business Processes, Use Cases, Application, Database, and Infrastructure. Document current state and build future state architectural roadmaps across all tiersIdentify opportunities to improve performance, stability, capacity, and resiliency of the applications, architecture, databases, processes, and infrastructure and identify associated costs and risksSpearhead the development of work plan, process flows and diagrams necessary to assist the business case requirements gathering and successfully lead program-level business system analysis projects.Provide detailed weekly statusProvide monthly executive summaryLead in-depth technical discussions with clients and analyze architecture diagrams, documentation, code, and data.Must be confident and comfortable with application, database, and infrastructure discussions including working knowledge of physical, virtual, and cloud deployment strategiesDevelop artifacts representing current and future state system architecture, visualization, database, and application layersRequired Skills:Experience with architecture frameworks and view based architecture (4+1 view models)Strong software engineering background in IBM mainframe (Z-Series) technologies and COBOLExperience with JCL, IMS, CICS, MQ, large complex batch operations, and integrations with distributed Linux and Windows systemsDB2 database experienceWorking knowledge of physical, virtual, and cloud deployment strategiesKnowledge and experience with N-Tiered architectures including middleware layers ESB's, Web Services, and Messaging constructsKnowledge of design pattern concepts and ability to apply design patternsExperience with Agile/Scrum development and capable of providing technical leadership to an agile team.Knowledge of DevOps concepts - ability to articulate, advocated and implements automation concepts for CI/CD and associated configuration management, automated deployment, and validation.Experience working in heterogeneous environments (Windows .Net, Linux/Unix, As400, Mainframe)Experience with capacity and performance analysis of complex systemsKnowledge of cloud based architectures, SaaS, PaaS including cloud migrationStrong communication skills - capable of working in client facing position and interacting directly with client technical staff. Must be able to independently produce technical documentation including architecture diagrams, detailed technical design, and associated presentation materials.Desired:Hands-on experience with IBM I-series/System I/AS400 and/or Mainframe experienceFinancial Services backgroundData Warehouse - both traditional and Big Data paradigmsMaster Data Management