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Devoteam Portugal is looking for experienced Mainframe Migration Specialists to join our nearshore team and support a mainframe exit initiative for a major French client. This project involves migrating legacy applications and databases from mainframe to a distributed infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Selected professionals will work closely with technical architects, database specialists, and infrastructure teams to drive a seamless migration while maintaining business continuity and service performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute legacy system migrations from mainframe to distributed infrastructure.
• Ensure security compliance, with a strong focus on RACF security policies.
• Drive DBMS migration, particularly DB2 to PostgreSQL.
• Implement and optimize middleware technologies and automation tools, including OPCon scheduler.
• Define and refine deployment strategies, parallelization (forking), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and validate the technical architecture, including service levels and disaster recovery planning (PRA).
• Support both pilot and execution phases, ensuring a structured migration approach.

🔹 Minimum 4 years of experience in mainframe migration and modernization.
🔹 Strong knowledge of RACF security and legacy system security policies.
🔹 Proven expertise in DBMS migration, especially DB2 to PostgreSQL.
🔹 Hands-on experience with middleware technologies and automation tools (OPCon scheduler is a plus).
🔹 Deep understanding of technical architecture, service level planning, and PRA.
🔹 Advanced knowledge of deployment strategies, parallelization (forking), and CI/CD pipelines.
🔹 Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, delivering results within strict deadlines.

💡 Nice-to-Have:
✔ Experience in mainframe-to-distributed infrastructure migrations.
✔ Cloud migration experience (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
✔ Expertise in modernizing legacy applications.

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