Overview
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Unable to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
Mainframe Operations
z/OS System Programming
IBM Z
DB2
IMS
CICS
MQ
SMP/E
PARMLIB
PROCLIB
ISPF
RACF
SDSF
JES2
JES3
OMEGAMON
IBM Z Observability
Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IWS
TWS
IWA
ChangeMan
JCL
REXX
WLM
Performance Tuning
Capacity Planning
Disaster Recovery
Business Continuity
Security Hardening
Audit Compliance
Change Management
Incident Management
Major Incident Leadership
Automation
Python on z/OS
Ansible for z/OS
Root Cause Analysis
Runbooks
Documentation
DevOps
Git
CI/CD (Mainframe)
Leadership
Stakeholder Communication
Job Details
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in Mainframe Operations/System Programming (z/OS, DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ).
- Proven leadership of major incidents, platform upgrades, and audit-compliant change management.
- Expertise in IBM tooling: SMP/E, PARMLIB/PROCLIB, ISPF, RACF, SDSF, JES2/3, OMEGAMON/IBM Z Observability, IWS/TWS/IWA, ChangeMan.
- Solid understanding of performance tuning, workload management (WLM), CAP/DR, and security hardening.
- Strong scripting/automation skills (Rexx, JCL; optional: Python on z/OS, Ansible for z/OS).
- Excellent communication—able to produce executive-level summaries and detailed runbooks/RCAs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with IBM z16 deployments and hardware migrations.
- DB2 V12→V13 and IMS upgrade experience with fallback/ERLY code handling.
- Knowledge of MQ clustering, message routing, DLQ handling, and transmit queue backlogs resolution.
- Exposure to DevOps for mainframe, CI/CD pipelines (ChangeMan integrations), and observability platforms.
- Certifications: IBM z/OS, DB2, CICS, MQ; ITIL, COBIT; ISO/PCI/SOX compliance exposure.
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