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Modernization Architect

Slalom

Phoenix, Arizona

Job description

Overview

In this Senior Principal role, you guide clients through large-scale technology transformation by turning legacy mainframe code into modern, cloud-native systems. You'll combine deep z/OS know-how with cloud, DevOps, and AI-assisted engineering to re-architect mission-critical workloads for hyperscaler platforms. Expect cross-domain collaboration to extract business logic, automate refactoring, and prototype modernization accelerators. You drive meaningful impact by shaping future-ready architectures in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team.

Compensation / Benefits
  • meaningful time off and paid holidays
  • parential leave
  • 401(k) with match
  • subsidized health, dental, vision
  • adoption and fertility assistance
  • short/long-term disability
Responsibilities
  • Understand and document business logic from mainframe apps
  • Modernize and refactor legacy code with automated tools and AI agents
  • Convert monoliths to cloud-native microservices and event-driven designs
  • Build, containerize, and deploy workloads to cloud platforms (AWS or other)
  • Prototype modernization accelerators and POCs using LLMs and code analysis tools
  • Collaborate with architects, operators, and data engineers to ensure secure modernization patterns
Key requirements
  • Hands-on experience with IBM mainframes (z/OS)
  • Proficiency in mainframe languages (COBOL, PL/I, HLASM, JCL)
  • Knowledge of z/OS components (CICS, DB2, VSAM, batch scheduling)
  • Experience deploying workloads to a major cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Experience leveraging LLMs and coding agents in development workflows
  • Strong prototyping/POC capabilities in dynamic environments
  • Thrives in fast-moving, collaborative, entrepreneurial teams
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Entrepreneurial spirit
  • Strong communication and stakeholder alignment
  • z/OS fundamentals (CICS, DB2, VSAM)
  • Mainframe languages: COBOL, PL/I, HLASM, JCL
  • Cloud deployment (AWS/Azure/GCP)

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