Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Software Resources is a trusted staffing partner specializing in Technology, Finance, and Accounting placements. They are seeking a Senior Legacy Modernization Technical Architect / Solution Assurance Consultant to support a legacy modernization initiative involving mainframe applications and PowerBuilder-based systems, providing technical analysis and architectural assessments.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate proposed modernization and migration architectures for technical feasibility, scalability, maintainability, and business alignment
• Assess vendor claims and technical assumptions regarding application compatibility, data access, and platform migration strategies
• Analyze PowerBuilder application dependencies, data access methods, and interactions with mainframe-hosted data and services
• Review COBOL and mainframe architectures to determine impacts associated with data migration, platform modernization, or application refactoring
• Validate whether existing PowerBuilder applications can effectively operate against non-mainframe data stores and identify remediation requirements where necessary
• Conduct independent technical assessments of vendor-provided code solutions, design artifacts, and implementation approaches
• Review technical deliverables, statements of work, architecture documents, and project work products for completeness and compliance with contractual requirements
• Identify technical risks, gaps, assumptions, and potential implementation challenges
• Develop findings, recommendations, and executive-level technical assessments to support project governance and stakeholder decision-making
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical workshops, and vendor discussions as a subject matter expert

Skills

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise application architecture, systems integration, or modernization initiatives
• Strong experience with PowerBuilder application architecture, development, and database connectivity
• Deep understanding of IBM mainframe environments, including COBOL-based applications and associated data platforms
• Experience evaluating legacy modernization, replatforming, or migration solutions
• Ability to analyze application-to-data-layer dependencies and assess impacts of database migration strategies
• Experience reviewing source code, technical designs, and vendor implementation approaches
• Strong technical writing and documentation review skills
• Ability to communicate complex technical findings to both technical and executive audiences
• Experience with mainframe-to-distributed platform migrations
• Familiarity with database modernization and data migration strategies
• Experience supporting government or regulated-industry technology programs
• Knowledge of software architecture governance, quality assurance, and compliance review processes
• Experience serving as an independent verification and validation (IV&V), technical assurance, or solution oversight resource

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A 401(k) with company match
• Short-term disability
• Life insurance with AD&D

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