Mainframe Migration and Modernization Specialist

Google•Austin, TX

1d•$147,000 - $216,000

About The Position

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners. As a Mainframe Migration and Modernization Specialist, you will drive a legacy transformation initiative, helping our customers transition from traditional environments to modern cloud architectures. You will operate as a "player-coach," utilizing a blend of technical expertise in mainframe and midrange systems (such as AS400 and others) and sophisticated Go-To-Market (GTM) execution. In this role, you will build demos, leading in-depth technical workshops, and closing migration agreements. You will work closely with CIOs and CTOs to understand their modernization objectives and issues and influence their perspective of Google and partner solutions. You will advocate Google and partner solutions to de-risk migrations, develop business cases and drive GCP adoption. Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience troubleshooting technical issues for internal/external partners or customers.
5 years of experience in mainframe migrations.
Experience leading and closing migration agreements, managing the full life-cycle from discovery to execution.
Experience with z/OS and AS/400 environments, including COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM, and assembler.
Experience implementing agentic AI frameworks and AI agents to automate software engineering workflows and code transformation.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Applied Science, or a related field.
Experience communicating technical risks and digital transformation roadmaps to C-suite stakeholders (e.g., CTO, CIO, CFO).
Ability to build, configure, and demonstrate technical proof-of-concepts (POCs) and demo environments.

Responsibilities

Own the mainframe migration business pipeline, guiding prospects from initial curiosity to signed agreements. Design and execute repeatable sales plays for migration patterns like Agentic AI-based rewrites, re-hosting, and automated conversion.
Build and deliver technical demos showcasing automated code conversion, data migration, and hybrid-cloud integration. Lead whiteboarding sessions on goals architecture, performance, data consistency, and testing.
Map current mainframe environments to design phased and de-risked transition architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Author technical whitepapers, migration blueprints, and case studies.
Develop and deliver training programs for Global Systems Integrators (GSIs) and internal sales teams.