Mainframe Architect

Provide technical leadership to a team of developers ensuring adherence to coding standards quality and best practices
Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into robust mainframe solutions
Optimize existing code and database access for performance and efficiency
Integrate mainframe systems with distributed or cloud platforms using tools such as IBM MQ or APIs
Perform code reviews performance tuning and ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards
Mentor junior developers and contribute to technical knowledge sharing across teams

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
7 years of hands on experience in COBOL JCL CICS DB2 VSAM IMS DBDC and IBM MQ
Experience working with enterprise schedulers such as CA7 or ControlM
Solid understanding of SDLC including Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Proven ability to lead mainframe modernization efforts or integrations with external systems
Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
Strong communication skills and experience interacting with business and IT leadership

**About Virtusa**

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.

Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.

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