Mainframe Specialists

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a senior mainframe professional to work in technical development and leadership, with emphasis on project analysis, architecture, and mentoring junior/mid-level teams. Key Highlights: 1. Technical leadership and mentoring of development teams. 2. Participation in strategic projects with focus on architecture and solutions. 3. Opportunity to innovate and transform businesses at scale. Job Description**A team driving change** We embrace the power of change to create shared value and success for our clients, employees, shareholders, partners, and communities. We operate the world’s largest network of advanced technology centers and intelligent operations. **Provoking market change** Together across the globe, we strive to make a world of difference. Accenture is a leading global professional services company providing digital, cloud, and security solutions. By combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across 40+ industries, we deliver services in Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Accenture Song. When we work together, change becomes the most dynamic and powerful source of progress available to you. With over 738,000 people across 120+ countries, we are committed to innovating daily and transforming the world into a better place for people. **Join us – Technology** We combine innovation, new technological capabilities, and deep industry knowledge to help clients innovate at scale, transform, and grow their businesses. Come work in a culture that encourages innovative ideas to flourish and make a meaningful impact on our clients’ businesses and communities. Combine the best of technology and human creativity in large-scale IT and business transformation programs for global clients using the latest technologies in cloud, security, data, AI, digital, Industry X, enterprise platforms, and intelligent automation. Advanced proficiency in Job Control Language (JCL). Additional Job Description We seek a senior professional with solid mainframe experience, capable of performing both technical development and leadership/homologation duties, with strong involvement in client/business analysis and participation in project assessments to identify scope, risks, technical solutions, and architecture design. This person will serve as the key contact for the development team and stakeholders — ensuring quality, governance, value delivery, and mentoring junior/mid-level profiles. **Key Responsibilities:** * Lead and participate in project discovery/assessment sessions with clients to gather requirements, evaluate technical feasibility, identify risks and improvement opportunities, and define system architecture; * Provide technical leadership and coordinate a team of developers (junior/mid-level), guiding them, reviewing code, and defining standards and best practices in the mainframe environment; * Develop, maintain, and enhance COBOL programs in the mainframe environment, as well as batch solutions via JCL and integration with DB2 databases; * Manage technical interfaces with databases (DB2), including JCLs, scheduling, job optimization, and performance tuning; * Produce and review technical documentation (specifications, workflows, operational manuals, runbooks), ensuring compliance with governance and quality standards; * Collaborate with business analysts, QA, operations, clients, and vendors to ensure solutions meet requirements, align with business needs, and remain sustainable; * Ensure timely delivery, quality of deliverables, and proactive response to changes in scope or environment. **Minimum Requirements:** * Proven experience, typically **7+ years**, in mainframe development (COBOL, JCL, DB2); * Strong technical expertise in COBOL, JCL, DB2, plus familiarity with CICS, VSAM, or other mainframe components; * Experience in technical analysis, estimation, architecture review, and engagement with clients or business during requirement gathering or definition phases; * Leadership and mentoring skills for technical teams, establishing standards, reviewing code, and driving team performance; * Excellent verbal and written communication skills for interacting with technical teams, business units, clients, and internal/external stakeholders; * Quality-, process-, and continuous improvement-oriented mindset, with autonomy and a technical/strategic perspective; * Degree in IT or related fields, or equivalent experience; * Knowledge of mainframe version control tools such as Changeman; **Preferred Qualifications:** * Experience in modernization of legacy systems (mainframe to modern platforms) or mainframe migration; * Prior experience managing scope or assessment/project phases for IT clients. **Desired Profile and Soft Skills:** * Ability to provide technical and people leadership: guide, develop, and inspire teams; * Strategic and analytical mindset to understand the business, look beyond the code, and propose high-value solutions; * Skill in negotiating priorities and managing trade-offs among speed, quality, and cost; * Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to translate technical jargon for business audiences, listen actively, and align expectations; * Proactivity, autonomy, delivery focus, and commitment to continuous improvement; * Adaptability to change and willingness to support critical production or client situations. **Work Type / Employment Type:** * CLT; * **HYBRID** work model for **RECIFE/PE, Campina Grande/PB, Fortaleza/CE, and other regions in Northeast Brazil.** **Benefits:** * Health Insurance – 100% company-subsidized (for employee and dependents); * Dental Insurance; * Meal or Food Allowance – no payroll deduction; * Life Insurance; * Private Pension Plan; * Gympass; * Option to purchase company stock at a discount; * Pharmacy Discount; * Daycare Assistance; * Language School Partnership; * Extended Maternity and Paternity Leave; * Profit Sharing Program (PPR) **\*As per current policy\*** We seek candidates aligned with our company values, enthusiastic about working in a collaborative and dynamic environment, and committed to excellence in delivery and innovation in their daily work. We value competence regardless of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, creed, or political conviction. The diversity of our people is what makes Accenture exceptional. We recognize that each individual possesses unique and diverse strengths.