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Job Title: Mainframe Architect
City: Marlborough
State/Province: Massachusetts
Posting Start Date: 6/29/26
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.
Job Description:
Job Description
Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to create exceptional architectural solution design and thought leadership and enable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction.
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Do
1.Develop architectural solutions for the new deals/ major change requests in existing deals
Creates an enterprise-wide architecture that ensures systems are scalable, reliable, and manageable.
Provide solutioning of RFPâÂÂs received from clients and ensure overall design assurance
Develop a direction to manage the portfolio of to-be-solutions including systems, shared infrastructure services, applications in order to better match business outcome objectives
Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, client requirements to set a collaboration solution design framework/ architecture
Provide technical leadership to the design, development and implementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of modern technology
Define and understand current state solutions and identify improvements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions
Clearly articulate, document and sell architectural targets, recommendations and reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps
Evaluate and recommend solutions to integrate with overall technology ecosystem
Works closely with various IT groups to transition tasks, ensure performance and manage issues through to resolution
Perform detailed documentation (App view, multiple sections & views) of the architectural design and solution mentioning all the artefacts in detail
Validate the solution/ prototype from technology, cost structure and customer differentiation point of view
Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis of architectural design and solutions and provide relevant solutions to the problem
Collaborating with sales, program/project, consulting teams to reconcile solutions to architecture
Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planning current and future IT needs
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Provides technical and strategic input during the project planning phase in the form of technical architectural designs and recommendation
Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review the objectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance with the Enterprise Architecture
Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts
2.Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal delivery solutions/ frameworks
Build and maintain relationships with executives, technical leaders, product owners, peer architects and other stakeholders to become a trusted advisor
Develops and establishes relevant technical, business process and overall support metrics (KPI/SLA) to drive results
Manages multiple projects and accurately reports the status of all major assignments while adhering to all project management standards
Identify technical, process, structural risks and prepare a risk mitigation plan for all the projects
Ensure quality assurance of all the architecture or design decisions and provides technical mitigation support to the delivery teams
Recommend tools for reuse, automation for improved productivity and reduced cycle times
Leads the development and maintenance of enterprise framework and related artefacts
Develops trust and builds effective working relationships through respectful, collaborative engagement across individual product teams
Ensures architecture principles and standards are consistently applied to all the projects
Ensure optimal Client Engagement
Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire solution design and its principles to the client
Negotiate, manage and coordinate with the client teams to ensure all requirements are met and create an impact of solution proposed
Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability in front of the client to win the confidence and act as a trusted advisor
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3.Competency Building and Branding
Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications
Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs),case studies, demos etc. for new growth areas based on market and customer research
Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on solution design and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc.
Attain market referencability and recognition through highest analyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits
Be the voice of WiproâÂÂs Thought Leadership by speaking in forums (internal and external)
Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in the project for their further career development and enhancement
Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selection interviews etc
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4.Team Management
Resourcing
Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industry trends or client requirements
Hire adequate and right resources for the team
Talent Management
Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progression within the organization
Manage team attrition
Drive diversity in leadership positions
Performance Management
Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to own direct reports
Ensure that the Performance Nxt is followed for the entire team
Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
Mandatory Skills: Mainframe .
Experience: 8-10 Years .
The expected compensation for this role ranges from $80,000 to $158,000 .
Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.
Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.
Wipro provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Applications from veterans and people with disabilities are explicitly welcome.
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