Micro Focus is one of the world's largest enterprise software providers, delivering the mission-critical software that keeps the digital world running. We combine pragmatism, discipline, and customer-centric innovation to deliver trusted, proven solutions that customers need in order to succeed in today's rapidly evolving marketplace.That's high tech without the drama.
Our solutions forCOBOL,mainframe application deliveryandhost accessoffer a comprehensive, proven solution across the three pillars of modernization - application,processand infrastructure - to achieve unprecedented speedto market, competitive advantage, and operational efficiency.
OurAMC(ApplicationModernization and Connectivity)divisionislooking fora highly skilled MainframeModernizationSolutionArchitect todesign, architect and implement solutions that support our Customers Digital Transformation. In thishands-onrole, you willbe responsible forsolving complex technical issues,establishingpatterns and practices, and setting standards for modernization of mainframe legacy environment.
The ideal candidate willpossessdeep technical skill in at least one of the followingfocusareas:
Infrastructure modernization: Deploy fit for purpose workload in a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure
Application modernization: Evolve frommonolithicapplication to Cloud-NativeAPIMicroservices
Process modernization: Embrace an enterprise-wide DevOpsdiscipline todeliver application faster
The AMC Senior Solution Architect will be responsible for:
Helping Customer and SystemsIntegratorsto designscalable,high availabilityapplication solutionsbuilt on theMicro Focussolution
Working as a technical leader alongside customer business,developmentand infrastructure teams.
Create proof of concept technology analysis and pilots.
Conduct customer presentations and internal presentations/trainings to peer groups.
Enable and align consulting partners with MicroFocus mainframemodernization approach andmethodology.
Providethe architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successfulCustomerengagements worldwide.
Ability and interest in travel to our customers around the world, as needed.
Technical Experience in at least one of these areas:
Infrastructure Modernization
Experience with tools and methodologies used to migrate mainframe workloads via hardware/middlewareemulation, automated code conversion, and re-platforming.
Experience with COBOL modernization and porting application code across platforms.
Hands-on technical experience with mainframe, non-x86 legacy systems and with technologies such as COBOL,JCL,CICS, DB2 for z/OS, Assembler, PL/I,Rexx, flat/sequential files, GDGs, and VSAM.
Must have an analytical mindsettoanalyse test result andfacilitatedefect resolution
Experience design/architecting distributed and Cloud environments (target environments) - including OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Containers
ApplicationModernization
Strong analysis skills with solidconcepts in Architecture and Design.Should havejoined projectsto refactorcomplex business applications
Knowledge of Cloud Computing, Containers,Microservices, andServerlesstechnology.
Experience withBusinessRules-extraction from COBOL/PL1
Experience architecting high availability, resilient, fault tolerant systems thatutilizeload balancing, horizontal/verticalscaling
Knowledge of Webservices, Microservices, APIs and exposing Application components to alternate platforms
ProcessModernization
Complete understanding of software development lifecycleincluding DevOps Toolchain.
Experience configuring automation pipelines in GitHub,Azure DevOps,AWSCodePipeline,Jenkinsor similar tools
Familiaritywith agileengineeringpracticeslikeTest Automation, Test-DrivenDevelopment (TDD),ContinuousIntegration (CI),ContinuousDelivery (CD),DevOps, and Test Data Management, etc.
Experiencewith implementing and operatingDevOpsand Agiletools/platformsacrosssome part of thedevelopmentlifecycle
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