Belgian health mutual fund modernizing legacy mainframe infrastructure with cloud data platforms
Solidaris is a health mutual fund (1.9M members across Flanders) built on decades-old IBM mainframe architecture—CICS, DB2, MQ, z/OS—but actively migrating toward cloud analytics infrastructure (Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric). The tech stack shift, combined with active projects around enterprise data modeling and lakehouse setup, signals a multi-year digital transformation away from mainframe dependency. Engineering and data hiring remain lean but focused.
Solidaris (formed in 2022 from a merger of three regional health mutuals) manages healthcare coverage and benefits for 1.9 million members in Flanders, Belgium. The organization operates as a nonprofit with 1,001–5,000 employees and provides accessible, affordable healthcare services across Flanders. Operationally, Solidaris is in transition: it maintains a production environment on IBM mainframes while laying groundwork for modern data infrastructure (data pipelines, lakehouse architecture, enterprise data modeling). Current priorities include technology upgrades, service portfolio development, and operational resilience planning.
A Belgian health mutual fund covering 1.9 million members in Flanders. Founded as a nonprofit in 1913, it merged three regional mutuals into Solidaris in 2022. It provides accessible healthcare coverage and benefits services.
Solidaris runs IBM mainframes (z/OS, CICS, DB2, MQ) for core systems and is adopting cloud platforms: Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric for data infrastructure. Also uses Python, PySpark, and SQL for analytics.
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