Principal Professional Services Delivery Architect

Principal Professional Services Delivery Architect

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Job Description Summary

Our Enterprise Suite Professional Services Team is looking for a highly skilled Mainframe Modernization Senior Consultant to provide technical support and/or leadership in the creation and delivery of technology solutions designed to support our Customers’ Digital Transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on complex project scope independently, collaborating with Customer and SI representatives to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Contribute to design of specific deliverables and assist in deployment of Rocket Software products.
• Implement new solutions under the direction of Solution Architects.
• Participate in technical forums within the Rocket Software environment and local professional communities.
• Apply subject‑matter knowledge to solve a variety of common technical issues and exercise independent judgment within defined practices.
• Maintain good relationships with team members and customers.

Required Qualifications

• 3‑5 years of relevant technical experience.
• Excellent communication and customer‑service skills.
• Proactive and able to work under pressure.
• Experience in complex IT project implementations, customizations and/or maintenance.
• Analytical mindset to analyze test results and facilitate defect resolution.
• Organized and methodical, capable of handling numerous tasks.
• Fluent in written and verbal English.

Technical Skills

• IBM Enterprise COBOL or PL/I programming experience.
• System‑level experience of IBM CICS, IMS and JCL.
• Relational database experience (IBM DB2/UDB, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
• Windows and Linux/UNIX operating systems.
• Knowledge of major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related technologies such as Cloud Foundry, Docker/Kubernetes.

Desired Project Experience

• Experience with tools and methodologies used to migrate mainframe workloads via hardware/middleware emulation, automated code conversion, and re‑platforming.
• COBOL modernization and porting of application code across platforms.
• Familiarity with agile engineering practices (TDD, CI/CD, DevOps, test data management).
• Experience developing, deploying, and tuning data modernization solutions for mainframe data migration.
• Experience configuring automation pipelines in GitHub, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins or similar tools.

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Familiarity with Rocket Software COBOL products – Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, Enterprise Server, Server Express, Net Express.
• Experience with additional mainframe languages or environments (REXX, Assembler, Natural, Adabas).
• Relevant certifications (AWS Solution Architect Professional, Microsoft Azure Solution Architect, Google Cloud Certification, SAFe).
• Proficiency in another EU language.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Reasonable Accommodation

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 781‑577‑4321 or send an email to We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case‑by‑case basis.

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