We are seeking a dedicated Migration/Solution Architect (Mainframes) to join our team. In this role, you will be pivotal in designing and leading complex modernization and migration initiatives for enterprise clients, with a strong focus on legacy modernization, mainframe transformation, application replatforming. Location: Canada is desired but we also consider other locations with occasional business trips to Toronto, ON.Engagement type: part-time on pre-sales activities, discovery phase; full-time as more load appears.

Contract agreement.What you will be doing: – Lead architecture and discovery phases for IBM mainframe modernization programs, covering application, data, batch, transaction, and infrastructure domains.- Assess existing IBM z/OS environments, including COBOL, JCL, CICS, Db2, IMS, VSAM, GDG, flat files, MQ, and related integrations, to define modernization scope, risks, dependencies, and migration waves.- Design end-to-end modernization strategies for legacy workloads, including replatforming, refactoring, decomposition, phased migration, and coexistence patterns.- Define migration strategies across different modernization paths such as rehost, replatform, refactor, decomposition, and phased transformation.- Lead technical assessments of legacy applications, including static and dynamic analysis, dependency mapping, batch/job flow analysis, transaction boundary analysis, schema conversion strategy, and business logic extraction.- Design migration approaches for Db2 and IMS-backed data landscapes, including schema conversion, data transformation, CDC-based migration, reconciliation, archive/retention strategy, and cutover planning.- Define modernization patterns for transactional systems, batch processing, event-driven architectures, API-led integration, and hybrid environments.- Facilitate workshops and architecture discussions with customer stakeholders, delivery teams, and leadership, translating complex legacy platform constraints into practical modernization roadmaps.- Prepare architecture documents, migration plans, discovery outputs, estimates, proposals, and solution narratives for IBM mainframe transformation engagements.- Provide governance and architectural oversight throughout project delivery, helping teams make sound decisions during implementation, testing, cutover, and hypercare.- Contribute to pre-sales and solutioning activities for mainframe modernization opportunities, including technical qualification, delivery assumptions, risk framing, and modernization roadmap creation.A successful candidate will have: – 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, cloud architecture, or technical leadership roles.- Proven track record of designing and delivering complex migration or modernization solutions in enterprise environments.- Strong understanding of IBM mainframe application landscapes, including: COBOL, JCL, CICS, Db2, IMS. – Experience designi