Remote Mainframe Engineer

Overview

A large financial organization is seeking a Mainframe Engineer for a contract opportunity through the end of the year. This individual will be responsible for ensuring the stability, scalability, and performance of mainframe systems through expert-level engineering and support. They’ll help lead efforts in system design, development, and optimization while collaborating across teams to drive modernization and efficiency.

• Design & Development
• Develop and maintain COBOL and other mainframe-based applications.
• Create and optimize JCL scripts for batch processing and job scheduling.
• Build and maintain automation scripts for deployment and system monitoring.
• System Configuration & Support
• Configure and support z/OS environments, including subsystems like CICS, IMS, DB2, and MQ.
• Provide Tier 3 support for incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Implement and maintain disaster recovery and contingency plans.
• Performance & Capacity Management
• Monitor system performance using SMF, RMF, and other diagnostic tools.
• Analyze trends and forecast capacity needs to ensure optimal resource utilization.
• Tune applications and system parameters to improve throughput and reduce latency.
• Infrastructure Planning & Road mapping
• Participate in strategic planning for mainframe modernization and cloud integration.
• Document and publish technology roadmaps and standards for development tools.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving application migrations and upgrades.
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing
• Serve as a technical advisor to development and operations teams.
• Build relationships with vendors and industry peers to stay current on emerging technologies.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for systems, processes, and configurations.

• 5+ years of DB2 Mainframe platform engineering
• z/OS DB2
• Cobol programming
• Fiserv PEP
• JCL (job control language) - banking/fintech
• CICS
• IBM MQ

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Skills and Requirements

• 5+ years of DB2 Mainframe platform engineering
• zOS DB2
• Cobol programming
• Fiserv PEP
• JCL (job control language) - banking/fintech
• CICS
• IBM MQ