YASH Technologies

Project Manager - Mainframe Technologies Job

YASH Technologies  •  Pune, IN (Hybrid)  •  29 days ago
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Job Description

YASH Technologies is a leading technology integrator specializing in helping clients reimagine operating models, enhance competitiveness, optimize costs, foster exceptional stakeholder experiences, and drive business transformation.

At YASH, we’re a cluster of the brightest stars working with cutting-edge technologies. Our purpose is anchored in a single truth – bringing real positive changes in an increasingly virtual world and it drives us beyond generational gaps and disruptions of the future.

We are looking forward to hire Project Management Professionals in the following areas :

Job Responsibilities

1. Production Support & Operations

  • Own 24x7 production support for mainframe applications ensuring high availability and stability.
  • Lead incident, problem, and change management for mainframe systems.
  • Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and permanent fixes for recurring production issues.
  • Ensure adherence to SLAs, OLAs, and operational KPIs.
  • Oversee batch cycles, online processing, and interfaces with distributed systems.
  • Coordinate with infrastructure teams for system upgrades and maintenance.
  • Ensure robust disaster recovery (DR) planning, testing, and documentation.

2. Application Development & Enhancements

  • Lead mainframe application development and enhancement initiatives
  • Manage full SDLC activities including requirements understanding, design, development, testing, and production deployment.
  • Review and approve technical designs, coding standards, and architectures.
  • Ensure high-quality deliverables through code reviews, testing strategies, and defect management.
  • Support complex initiatives such as regulatory changes, business transformations, and performance improvements.
  • Promote reuse, automation, and standardization across development teams.

3. Technical Oversight

  • Provide technical leadership across mainframe technologies including:
    • COBOL, PL/I, Assembler
    • JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM
    • MQ Series, Batch Scheduling Tools
  • Oversee performance tuning, optimization, and scalability efforts.
  • Ensure secure access management using RACF/ACF2/Top Secret.
  • Guide application modernization, DevOps adoption, and integration with digital platforms.

4. Team Leadership & Resource Management

  • Lead and mentor support and development teams, including onsite/offshore resources.
  • Define role clarity, staffing plans, and skill development roadmaps.
  • Conduct performance reviews and support career growth of team members.
  • Ensure adequate backup and knowledge continuity for critical applications.

5. Stakeholder & Business Engagement

  • Act as the primary interface with business stakeholders, product owners, and IT leadership.
  • Translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions.
  • Provide regular status updates, risk assessments, and delivery metrics.
  • Support audits, compliance reviews, and management reporting.

6. Governance, Risk & Compliance

  • Ensure adherence to regulatory, security, and audit requirements (SOX, PCI‑DSS, etc.).
  • Enforce change governance, documentation standards, and release controls.
  • Participate in internal and external audits and remediate findings.
  • Maintain application documentation, run books, and traceability.

7. Transformation & Continuous Improvement

  • Identify opportunities for automation, cost optimization, and technical debt reduction.
  • Support modernization initiatives such as:
    • DevOps and CI/CD enablement
    • API enablement and hybrid integration
    • Gradual re-platforming or refactoring strategies
  • Drive continuous process improvement within support and development lifecycle.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

  • Strong expertise in IBM Mainframe (z/OS).
  • Proven experience in application support AND development
  • Hands-on knowledge of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ.
  • Experience with batch scheduling tools (Control‑M, CA‑7, etc.).
  • Familiarity with performance tuning, debugging, and capacity planning.

Leadership & Soft Skills

  • Proven experience managing large, distributed teams.
  • Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Ability to balance stability (support) and agility (development).

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 13–15+ years of mainframe experience.
  • 5+ years in a managerial or lead role covering support and development.
  • ITIL, Agile, or IBM Mainframe certifications preferred.

At YASH, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. We leverage career-oriented skilling models and optimize our collective intelligence aided with technology for continuous learning, unlearning, and relearning at a rapid pace and scale.

Our Hyperlearning workplace is grounded upon four principles

  • Flexible work arrangements, Free spirit, and emotional positivity
  • Agile self-determination, trust, transparency, and open collaboration
  • All Support needed for the realization of business goals,
  • Stable employment with a great atmosphere and ethical corporate culture
YASH Technologies

About YASH Technologies

YASH Technologies is a consulting-led transformation partner with a proven track record of helping customers address their current and prospective digital transformation challenges. Recognized as "Large enough to transform and small enough to care," our customer-centricity and robust value systems have helped us earn the trust of our clients globally and enabled us to be the "Digital Partner of choice" of 75+ global F500 companies. We combine battle-tested consulting, technology, advisory, and outsourcing services capabilities "Glocally" with a consultative & value-centric approach to enable clients to achieve unprecedented performance and revenue growth at optimized costs. We are incredibly passionate about our mission - driving customer success, engaging with our associates, and giving back to the communities in which we live. We have fostered an environment that empowers associates and allows them to actualize themselves while enabling them to deliver exceptional experiences to our customers and partners.

We deeply treasure the trust evolve as an organization to bring our business, industry, and technology experience to develop and optimize innovative business-driven technology solutions for our customers. Regarding our vision, mission and values, YASH is focused on building long-term relationships and working with clients as an extended team. As such, YASH has created a culture where people feel empowered to make a difference; where every YASHian is passionate about innovation and collaboration; and where we take care of each other, our clients, our partners, and our communities just because it is the right thing to do.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
East Moline, IL
Year Founded
1996
Website
yash.com
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