Mainframe Technology Architect
Accenture
Mainframe Technology Architect
Job Description
ARE YOU READY to step up and take your technology expertise to the next level?
There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that’s why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to begin a rewarding career at Accenture Technology. Immersed in a digitally-compassionate and innovation-led environment, here is where you can help top clients shift to the New using leading-edge technologies on the most ground-breaking projects imaginable.
Cloud First - Software Engineering is a high performing team to join! We focus on client adoption of disruptive technologies, technology architecture and providing specialized skills related to integration, custom software engineering, testing, application modernization, agile and more. We help our clients with the most complex projects including working in open web platforms, DevOps platforms as well as intelligent Computing and Architecture enhancement.
The Work:
The Mainframe Technical Architect is responsible for designing and governing how mainframe systems connect with modern platforms, applications, and cloud environments.
Responsibilities:
- They define integration patterns, data flows, and interface structures that enable secure, reliable, and scalable communication between legacy mainframe components (COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL) and distributed or cloud-based systems.
- Leads the architecture of APIs, event streams, MQ messaging, file transfers, and hybrid integration models.
- It ensures that modernization programs can coexist with the mainframe during transition phases while maintaining performance, security, and compliance.
- The architect also creates integration standards, oversees interface development, and provides technical leadership across teams working on batch, online, and service integrations.
- Strong client-facing presence and ability to lead discussions with SMEs, developers, and executives.
- Ability to navigate complex legacy environments and drive consensus.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Comp or related field.
- Over 7 years years working with mainframe environments (COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, MQ).
- Strong understanding of modern integration frameworks, cloud-native APIs, and event-driven designs.
- Experience integrating mainframes with cloud platforms.
- Experience with API lifecycle management, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Strong knowledge of data formats: JSON, XML, COBOL copybooks, VSAM layouts, flat files, delimited files.
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English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders across Canada. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement
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Nice-to-Have
- Experience with Hogan systems (CIS, IDS, CAMS) or other core banking platforms.
- Experience with Rocket Mainframe Express, Micro Focus Enterprise Server / EDz.
- Experience with re-hosting platforms such as Azure Infinite i, AWS Mainframe Modernization.
- Familiarity with GenAI tools
- Experience with event-driven mainframe extraction (Kafka connectors, CDC tooling).
- Familiarity with API governance tools and patterns.
- Ability to design high-availability, low-latency integration flows.
- Experience with hybrid integration architecture spanning legacy and modern systems.
- Strong modeling experience using UML, ArchiMate, BPMN.
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