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Domain Architect

AT Wipro
Wipro

Domain Architect

Pune, India

Primary Role & Responsibilities

Role- Mainframe System Architect

Description of role and key responsibilities:

This is a technical, team lead, and hands on role, with a primary focus on design and implementation

of Mainframe Infrastructure changes; although you will be expected to support the Mainframe

Infrastructure Engineering and operations team with complex troubleshooting of issues as required.

You will have experience of working in a high impact, mission critical environments, where service

matters, and exceeding expectations is the norm. You have lead critical projects, thrive in critical

problem solving, and enjoy leading a team working on projects

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Key responsibilities
  • The Mainframe System Architect's primary areas of responsibility include ensuring there are
defined standards in place, manage the technical lifecycle of products and services, deliver

change/transformation against created designs; always ensuring a smooth

transition/handover to Mainframe technology Operations with adjunct supported to the

Operations as needed
  • Perform and upgrade of a major product in a production like environment, evaluating any
risks and taking actions to mitigate/ minimize these risks via proven back-out plan and

knowledge of what could wrong including effective testing.
  • Defining and documenting Mainframe Infrastructure Architecture Standards and best
practices
  • Creation of Low Level Design documents to meet requirements outlined in the High Level
Design
  • Creation of detailed Implementation Plans for all Mainframe Infrastructure Engineering
related activity
  • Procurement activities relating to build and delivery of new services (Project)
  • Ensuring the smooth Transition/Handover to Production Support Operations in line with
agreed Operational Acceptance Process
  • Supporting Architecture in creation and upkeep of a Mainframe Infra Delivery Roadmap
  • Supporting the Architecture in scoping activities required to produce the High Level Desig
  • Supporting Architecture in undertaking Proof of Concept activities
  • Ensuring skillsets are relevant and up to date in order to deliver change and provide a high
level of support
  • Providing escalation support with complex troubleshooting of Major Incidents as required
Core Skills & Experience:

A mainframe architect's responsibilities include technical design of mainframe infrastructure

projects and ensuring that hardware and software work together. They may also be responsible

for:NTAC:3NS-20
  • A minimum 12+ years of hands on experience as Mainframe System Architect within a
global enterprise scale organization
  • Considerable first-hand experience of design engineering and building resilient and scalable
solutions, ideally within finance or investment banking.
  • The concepts of risk and compliance and how to translate these into effective security
solutions.
  • Appreciation of automation and orchestration and will have experience of scripting with
Native Mainframe and modern technology stacks
  • Strong understanding of IBM Mainframe technologies
  • Familiar with a variety of testing tools and techniques to accurately troubleshoot and resolve
complex technical problems associated with the service, application and Mainframe

hardware and software.

Technical Skills & Experience:

You will have expert knowledge and experience in several of the following areas:

- zOS System Programming

- Mainframe System administrator activities

- Modernization and migration: Analyzing, designing, and implementing code and database

changes to move mainframe applications to the cloud or a modern cloud-connected

mainframe

- Performance tuning, CoD Provisioning architecture, System Upgrades, Troubleshooting

- Technical hands-on experience on ACF2, SMP/E, VTAM, HMC

- Good to have knowledge on JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS, OPS-MVS

- Scripting language - REXX, CLIST, Python, UNIX Shell, VSAM

- System Management Support with SMP/E, SMF, RMF

- Knowledge on System Services support (storage management, job management, work load

management, data sets, and data set management)

- Awareness on ISV products, install products and services, perform upgrades, IPL, DR/SR

activities

- Knowledge on zOS System libraries, zOS Components and Mainframe system hardware

architecture

- Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters

- Mentorship: Applying programming techniques to mentor developers and review code

- Product roadmaps: Maintaining product roadmaps that include modernization, cloud

solutions, and technical debt

- Security and compliance: Ensuring compliance with industry standards for security and audit

- Problem determination and resolution: Identifying and resolving system level problems

- Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters

- Mentorship: Applying programming techniques to mentor developers and review codeNTAC:3NS-20
  • Modernization and migration: Analyzing, designing, and implementing code and
database changes to move mainframe applications to the cloud or a modern cloud-

connected mainframe
  • Client support: Providing strong client support and transformations
  • Hardware and software: Configuring hardware, installing software products, and
upgrading and migrating hardware and software
  • Security and compliance: Ensuring compliance with industry standards for security and
audit
  • Problem determination and resolution: Identifying and resolving system level problems
  • Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters
  • Mentorship: Applying programming techniques to mentor developers and review code
  • Product roadmaps: Maintaining product roadmaps that include modernization, cloud
solutions, and technical debt

Role- Mainframe System Architect

Should have hands on experience in - MF Infrastructure experience as a Tec lead - L3

Scripting - REXX, Python, Shell script
  • zOS System Programming
  • Good to have knowledge on JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS, OPS-MVS,VSAM
  • Scripting language - REXX, CLIST, Python, UNIX Shell
  • System Management Support with SMP/E, SMF, RMF
  • Knowledge on System Services support (storage management, job management, work load management, data sets, and data set management)
  • Disaster planning and recovery: Planning for and recovering from disasters - App,Support,Operations
  • Cloud migration and mainframe modernization
Qualifications (must haves):

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT related field, and/or equivalent work experience

Excellent verbal and written skills are required

Mainframe Admin

Client-provided location(s): Pune, Maharashtra, India
Job ID: Wipro-3114530
Employment Type: Full Time