Mainframe Architect

Job Function / Position: DXG CS / Practice Architect (Mainframe Modernization Domain) Job Title: Practice Architect (Mainframe Modernization Field)
Employment Type: Full-time (Regular Employee)
Salary: Negotiable Salary

Annual Salary: ¥10,000,000 - ¥15,000,000 (Negotiable)

• Salary Increase: Annually

• Commuting Allowance: Up to ¥20,000 per month

• Family Allowance: ¥10,000 per dependent (spouse, child)

• Housing Allowance: ¥30,000 per month (provided to all employees)

• Bonus: Available (paid twice a year)

• Job Allowance: Includes fixed overtime of 40 hours per month (extra overtime paid

  separately)

  Location:

  108-0073
  Sumitomo Fudosan Tokyo Mita Garden Tower 33rd Floor, 3-5-19 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo

  Holiday:

• Complete two-day weekends (Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays)

• Summer Vacation, Year-End/New Year Holidays

• Paid Leave (10 to 20 days, 80% usage rate)

• Special Leave upon Joining (3 days, to be used within 6 months of joining)

• Annual holidays: 125 days

  Benefit Programs:

• Retirement Benefits

• Bereavement Compensation

• First Call Benefits

• Homecoming Travel Support: ¥80,000/year (provided at the July bonus after the 2nd year of

  joining, even if you don't return home)

• Company Trips

• Youth Organization Activities, Safety and Health Committees

• In-House Events: New Year Party, Cherry Blossom Viewing, Sports Day, Music Festival,

  Parents' Day, Women's Day, Men's Day, Kids' Day, etc.

• Club Activities

  Insurance:

• Welfare Pension, Health Insurance (Kanto IT Software), Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance

Second-Hand Smoke Measures:

• Indoor smoking areas are available.

About this Job:

Our Digital Transformation (DX) department is growing at an incredible pace, and we are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Solution Sales Manager to contribute to this growth..

A - Job Responsibilities:

The Practice Architect is a senior-level solution architect. The main duties include leading and supervising the planning, design, and implementation of technology best practices, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic goals and standards. Focus will also be on driving mainframe modernization, transforming legacy systems into cutting-edge platforms, improving performance and agility.

B - Key Roles:

• Ensure that both company and customer business goals are technically aligned.

• Promote best practices from design to delivery standards and reduce technical debt.

• Implement and integrate cutting-edge technologies, including mainframe modernization, to

  enable innovation.

  C - Primary Responsibilities: Practice Development:

• Design and implement end-to-end practices, including best practices, solutions, tools, and processes for cloud, automation, and mainframe modernization.

• Develop and document reference architectures and modernization roadmaps for legacy mainframe systems.

• Introduce modernization approaches such as re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, and decommissioning legacy systems.

  Pre-sales Support:

• Develop mainframe modernization solutions for customer proposals, including work breakdown and accurate cost estimates.

• Showcase modernization and cloud transformation strategies through proof-of-concept (PoC) projects and product demonstrations to internal and external clients.

• Lead best practices for mainframe modernization during customer engagement. Project Implementation:

• Play a key role in customer projects, supporting project teams in ensuring technological best practices align with the project’s implementation.

D - Desired Background: Knowledge:

• Expertise in mainframe modernization technologies such as COBOL, PL/I, JCL, CICS, DB2.

• Knowledge of modernization approaches such as re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, and hybrid solutions.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms for mainframe migration, such as AWS Mainframe Modernization, Azure, Google Cloud.

Cloud and Automation:

• Proficient in architectural and design patterns: microservices, event-driven systems, serverless architectures, and APIs.

• Skilled in automation and DevOps tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, and cloud-native automation services.

  Security and Compliance:

• Deep understanding of compliance for both legacy and modern systems, including SOC 2 and GDPR.

Emerging Technologies:

• Awareness of trends like edge computing, IoT, and hybrid cloud solutions for legacy transformation.

Experience:

• At least 8 years of experience in mainframe-related projects, including modernization initiatives.

• Proven ability to lead the transition from legacy applications to modern platforms.

• Experience in cloud transformation and DevOps, implementing automated infrastructure and

  CI/CD pipelines for modernized mainframe systems.

• Cross-department collaboration experience to ensure alignment of mainframe modernization

  projects with business goals.

• Mentoring experience, introducing new tools and methodologies for legacy transformation.

  Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking: Aligning cloud, automation, AI, and data solutions with organizational goals and long-term strategy.

• Analytical Skills: Solving complex automation and data challenges while ensuring efficiency and scalability.

• Leadership and Influence: Leading cross-disciplinary teams and influencing stakeholders to implement automation and AI initiatives.

• Agility and Adaptability: Navigating dynamic technological environments and quickly adapting to new trends in cloud, automation, AI, and data.

• Execution Excellence: Proven ability to deliver reliable and scalable cloud-based automation systems and AI solutions on time and within budget.

  Personal Qualities:

• Vision: A forward-thinking approach, envisioning how automation, AI, and data can transform business processes and drive innovation.

• Cooperation: Ability to build relationships across teams and deliver integrated, impactful automation solutions.

• Attention to Detail: Focus on ensuring the quality, reliability, and security of automation, AI, and data systems.

• Ethical Standards: Commitment to the responsible use of AI and automation, ensuring compliance with ethical standards and regulations.

• Continuous Learning: Passionate about exploring advancements in AI, data, and automation technologies and applying them to real-world challenges.

• Resilience: Ability to tackle challenges with perseverance and deliver results, even in high- pressure environments.

  Language Requirements:

• Japanese: Native or fluent (JLPT N1 level).

• English: Business-level proficiency.

  Company Name: FPT Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.
  Headquarters:
  3-5-19 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Sumitomo Fudosan Tokyo Mita Garden Tower 33rd Floor, 108- 0073, Japan

  Other Locations:

  • Tokyo
  • Yokohama • Osaka
  • Aichi
  • Okinawa
  • Fukuoka
  • Hokkaido • Hiroshima • Tochigi
  • Shizuoka

  Established: November 2005
  CEO: Do Van Khac
  Employees: Consolidated 3,800 members

  Website: FPT Software Japan
  Recruitment Landing Page: FPT Recruitment LinkedIn: FPT Japan Holdings

Job Function / Position: DXG CS / Practice Architect (Mainframe Modernization Domain) Job Title: Practice Architect (Mainframe Modernization Field)
Employment Type: Full-time (Regular Employee)
Salary: Negotiable Salary

Annual Salary: ¥10,000,000 - ¥15,000,000 (Negotiable)

• Salary Increase: Annually

• Commuting Allowance: Up to ¥20,000 per month

• Family Allowance: ¥10,000 per dependent (spouse, child)

• Housing Allowance: ¥30,000 per month (provided to all employees)

• Bonus: Available (paid twice a year)

• Job Allowance: Includes fixed overtime of 40 hours per month (extra overtime paid

  separately)

  Location:

  108-0073
  Sumitomo Fudosan Tokyo Mita Garden Tower 33rd Floor, 3-5-19 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo

  Holiday:

• Complete two-day weekends (Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays)

• Summer Vacation, Year-End/New Year Holidays

• Paid Leave (10 to 20 days, 80% usage rate)

• Special Leave upon Joining (3 days, to be used within 6 months of joining)

• Annual holidays: 125 days

  Benefit Programs:

• Retirement Benefits

• Bereavement Compensation

• First Call Benefits

• Homecoming Travel Support: ¥80,000/year (provided at the July bonus after the 2nd year of

  joining, even if you don't return home)

• Company Trips

• Youth Organization Activities, Safety and Health Committees

• In-House Events: New Year Party, Cherry Blossom Viewing, Sports Day, Music Festival,

  Parents' Day, Women's Day, Men's Day, Kids' Day, etc.

• Club Activities

  Insurance:

• Welfare Pension, Health Insurance (Kanto IT Software), Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance

Second-Hand Smoke Measures:

• Indoor smoking areas are available.

About this Job:

Our Digital Transformation (DX) department is growing at an incredible pace, and we are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Solution Sales Manager to contribute to this growth..

A - Job Responsibilities:

The Practice Architect is a senior-level solution architect. The main duties include leading and supervising the planning, design, and implementation of technology best practices, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic goals and standards. Focus will also be on driving mainframe modernization, transforming legacy systems into cutting-edge platforms, improving performance and agility.

B - Key Roles:

• Ensure that both company and customer business goals are technically aligned.

• Promote best practices from design to delivery standards and reduce technical debt.

• Implement and integrate cutting-edge technologies, including mainframe modernization, to

  enable innovation.

  C - Primary Responsibilities: Practice Development:

• Design and implement end-to-end practices, including best practices, solutions, tools, and processes for cloud, automation, and mainframe modernization.

• Develop and document reference architectures and modernization roadmaps for legacy mainframe systems.

• Introduce modernization approaches such as re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, and decommissioning legacy systems.

  Pre-sales Support:

• Develop mainframe modernization solutions for customer proposals, including work breakdown and accurate cost estimates.

• Showcase modernization and cloud transformation strategies through proof-of-concept (PoC) projects and product demonstrations to internal and external clients.

• Lead best practices for mainframe modernization during customer engagement. Project Implementation:

• Play a key role in customer projects, supporting project teams in ensuring technological best practices align with the project’s implementation.

D - Desired Background: Knowledge:

• Expertise in mainframe modernization technologies such as COBOL, PL/I, JCL, CICS, DB2.

• Knowledge of modernization approaches such as re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, and hybrid solutions.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms for mainframe migration, such as AWS Mainframe Modernization, Azure, Google Cloud.

Cloud and Automation:

• Proficient in architectural and design patterns: microservices, event-driven systems, serverless architectures, and APIs.

• Skilled in automation and DevOps tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, and cloud-native automation services.

  Security and Compliance:

• Deep understanding of compliance for both legacy and modern systems, including SOC 2 and GDPR.

Emerging Technologies:

• Awareness of trends like edge computing, IoT, and hybrid cloud solutions for legacy transformation.

Experience:

• At least 8 years of experience in mainframe-related projects, including modernization initiatives.

• Proven ability to lead the transition from legacy applications to modern platforms.

• Experience in cloud transformation and DevOps, implementing automated infrastructure and

  CI/CD pipelines for modernized mainframe systems.

• Cross-department collaboration experience to ensure alignment of mainframe modernization

  projects with business goals.

• Mentoring experience, introducing new tools and methodologies for legacy transformation.

  Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking: Aligning cloud, automation, AI, and data solutions with organizational goals and long-term strategy.

• Analytical Skills: Solving complex automation and data challenges while ensuring efficiency and scalability.

• Leadership and Influence: Leading cross-disciplinary teams and influencing stakeholders to implement automation and AI initiatives.

• Agility and Adaptability: Navigating dynamic technological environments and quickly adapting to new trends in cloud, automation, AI, and data.

• Execution Excellence: Proven ability to deliver reliable and scalable cloud-based automation systems and AI solutions on time and within budget.

  Personal Qualities:

• Vision: A forward-thinking approach, envisioning how automation, AI, and data can transform business processes and drive innovation.

• Cooperation: Ability to build relationships across teams and deliver integrated, impactful automation solutions.

• Attention to Detail: Focus on ensuring the quality, reliability, and security of automation, AI, and data systems.

• Ethical Standards: Commitment to the responsible use of AI and automation, ensuring compliance with ethical standards and regulations.

• Continuous Learning: Passionate about exploring advancements in AI, data, and automation technologies and applying them to real-world challenges.

• Resilience: Ability to tackle challenges with perseverance and deliver results, even in high- pressure environments.

  Language Requirements:

• Japanese: Native or fluent (JLPT N1 level).

• English: Business-level proficiency.

  Company Name: FPT Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.
  Headquarters:
  3-5-19 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Sumitomo Fudosan Tokyo Mita Garden Tower 33rd Floor, 108- 0073, Japan

  Other Locations:

  • Tokyo
  • Yokohama • Osaka
  • Aichi
  • Okinawa
  • Fukuoka
  • Hokkaido • Hiroshima • Tochigi
  • Shizuoka

  Established: November 2005
  CEO: Do Van Khac
  Employees: Consolidated 3,800 members

  Website: FPT Software Japan
  Recruitment Landing Page: FPT Recruitment LinkedIn: FPT Japan Holdings