Senior Mainframe Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Mainframe Infrastructure Engineer

6 Months Contract- Extension

Location : Onsite Mclean, VA Mon Fri

Job Description:

Your Impact:

• Identifies technical risks to planned system upgrades and works toward identifying and implementing mitigations to those risks.
• Reviews completion and implementation of system upgrades and/or enhancements and makes recommendations to management on opportunities for improvement.
• Identifies, analyses, and resolves system problems.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands on experience in mainframe infrastructure engineering
• Knowledge of z/OS architectures and z/OS internals
• Knowledge of the zSecure tool and its is own language, Carla, for customization a plus
• Knowledge of mainframe security related to pervasive encryption a plus
• Knowledge of mainframe security related to supporting audits & findings in reference to BSCs, key managements a plus
• Knowledge of IBM Mainframe System - JCL, CICS, SQL, z/OS, DB2, IMS, VSAM, XML, TSO/ISPF

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Proactive and ability to think creatively and execute in a manner that respects and meets appropriate internal controls.
• Very strong attention to detail, ability to execute process, and follow through on tasks, with significant organizational, project and program management skills.
• Excellent communications skills, including comfort interacting with internal management and external stakeholders.
• The client has an exciting opportunity for a mainframe engineering infrastructure senior to add to our existing mainframe infrastructure team. The team is accountable for managing work efforts for the z/os infrastructure, hardware, software, monitoring and coordinating across business, application teams, and the managed services vendor.