Z/OS Mainframe Systems Engineer

Overview

Remote
$120,000 - $150,000
Full Time
No Travel Required

Skills

Z/OS Mainframe Systems Engineer.

Job Details

*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full-time role*

*Position is bonus eligible*

Prestigious Enterprise Company is currently seeking a Z/OS Mainframe Systems Engineer. Candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing automated solutions in the z/OS environment, supporting opportunities coming from customer requests or as opportunities that present themselves to the engineer. As a senior engineer, your focus will include saving our customers time, enhancing their daily experience, and improving the overall quality of data captured. Customers include the Mainframe organization, as well as any other Fiserv business unit that performs tasks on the z/OS platform. Candidate will work and deliver on multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities:

  • Utilize REXX, TSO, ISPF, DB2, batch JCL etc. to create interactive utilities and perform batch processing
  • Support existing in-house solutions that the team has implemented over the years.
  • Provide customer support for vendor provided applications, like JCK, Infoman, etc.
  • Perform Proof of Concept exercises for potential vendor provided applications
  • Seek opportunities to help other associates and departments, by finding processes and tasks that can benefit by automation
  • Respond to customer requests as received
  • Work with customers to gain an understanding of their requirements, develop a proposed solution, and build the agreed upon utility or batch process

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience with z/OS, in BMC Mainview Autooperator/CSM, Broadcom's OPS/MVS, TSO, ISPF, Microsoft Office products
  • 5+ years of experience with REXX, TSO commands, ISPF Dialog Tag Language, DB2, JCL, and SAS/WPS
  • 5+ years of experience with CA7, Control-M, Endevor, IDz, ADDI
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, or an equivalent combination of education, military, and work experience

Preferred Skills:

  • Working knowledge of z/VM and IBM z Virtualization, and OMVS segment/z/OS UNIX Shell
  • Visual Studio and Mainframe DevOps tools and concepts
  • Ansible, Linux, CI/CD architecture and methodology, Ansible, Kubernetes, containerization
  • Repository experience using GitLab and Scripting experience with Shell or Python
  • Experience leading project teams, preferably on large scale modernization projects
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