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Mainframe Modernization SME

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IBM

Washington, DC (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 03/26/2026 (Updated 1 week ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/21/2026

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Job Description

  • Introduction
  • A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide.
You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
  • Your role and responsibilities
  • As an Application Architect specializing in Application Modernization, you will design and guide the transformation of legacy mainframe systems into modern, scalable, and cloud-native architectures.
You will combine deep technical expertise with strategic vision to ensure that applications are restructured, replatformed, or refactored to align with current business needs and future growth.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
    Lead End-to-End Architecture:
    Design and guide the transformation of legacy systems into modern, scalable, and cloud-native architectures across cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud.
      Design Microservices and APIs:
      Create microservices, APIs, data models, and integration patterns that support modular, scalable, and maintainable applications.
      • Define modernization strategies: Develop modernization strategy based on client pain points and outcomes
      Guide AI Adoption:
      Collaborate with development teams to integrate generative AI technologies, such as Watson and Azure OpenAI, into modernized applications.
        Ensure Testing Governance:
        Develop and implement robust testing governance and performance optimization throughout the modernization lifecycle.
        • Required technical and professional expertise
        • Deep Expertise in
        Cloud-Native Architecture:
        Experience with designing and guiding the transformation of legacy systems into modern, scalable, and cloud-native architectures across cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud.
          Microservices and API Design Expertise:
          Experience with creating microservices, APIs, data models, and integration patterns that support modular, scalable, and maintainable applications.
            Containerization Strategy Development:
            Experience with developing containerization and orchestration strategies using Docker and Kubernetes to ensure secure, resilient, and compliant systems.
              Generative AI Technology Integration:
              Experience with integrating generative AI technologies, such as Watson and Azure OpenAI, into modernized applications.
                Testing Governance and Performance Optimization:
                Experience with developing and implementing robust testing governance and performance optimization throughout the modernization lifecycle.
                • Must possess and have the ability to maintain DoD Secret clearance.
                • Preferred technical and professional experience
                • Familiarity with
                Mainframe Z:
                Knowledge of legacy system integration, including Mainframe Z, is beneficial for hybrid cloud deployments and data migration.
                • Exposure to
                ICA Tools:
                Experience with IBM Cloud Automation (ICA) tools can aid in developing modernization roadmaps and streamlining the application modernization process.
                  Understanding of AMM Methodology:
                  Familiarity with the Application Modernization Method (AMM) can facilitate the creation of effective modernization roadmaps and strategies.

                  IBM 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, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.