Our client, a global technology company, is looking to hire am L4 Mainframe Migration Consultant for a 6-month remote contract. The consultant will be responsible for supporting major migration efforts from Broadcom (CA) to BMC AMI mainframe product suites, specifically managing the end-to-end migration, configuration, and validation from legacy CA tools to target BMC best-in-breed solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Migration Execution: Lead the technical conversion, data mapping, and deployment from Broadcom CA products to the BMC AMI Mainframe ecosystem.
- System Configuration & Tuning: Install, configure, and optimize the target BMC AMI solutions to mirror or improve upon legacy functionality.
- Testing & Validation: Conduct rigorous parallel testing and performance validation to ensure zero business disruption during cutover.
- Documentation & Knowledge Transfer: Document the new environment topologies, migration playbooks, and conduct handoffs to the operational mainframe team.
Technical Scope of Migration:
- Storage & Backup
- CA ASM2 Backup & Restore to BMC AMI Storage FDR
- CA RSVP to BMC AMI Storage
- Security & Auditing
- CA Mainframe Security Suite/CA Top Secret to BMC AMI Security
- DB2 Performance & Administration
- CA Database Analyzer for DB2 to BMC AMI SQL Performance for DB2
- CA Detector for DB2 to BMC AMI Apptune for DB2
- CA Log Analyzer for DB2 to BMC AMI Log Master for DB2
- CA RC/Query & Migrator to BMC Catalog Manager
- DevOps & Debugging
- CA Endeavor to BMC AMI DevX Code Pipeline
- CA InterTest for CICS Plus to BMC AMI DevX Code Debug
- Operations & Capacity
- CA MICS to BMC AMI Capacity Management
- CA OPS/MVS Event Management to BMC AMI Ops Automation for z/OS
- Session Management
- CA TPX Session Manager to Intersession
- Output Management
- CA View to Control-O
Required Skills:
- 7+ years of hands-on Mainframe Systems Programming or Architecture experience, with a proven track record of successful software vendor migrations.
- Strong working knowledge of legacy CA architectures, syntax, and configurations (specifically Endevor, Top Secret, and DB2 tools).
- Demonstrated proficiency installing and administering the BMC AMI DevX suite, AMI Ops, and AMI Storage/Security solutions.
- Exceptional scripting, troubleshooting, and parallel testing methodology skills in a z/OS environment.