Lead Mainframe CICS/MQ Site Reliability Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in leading the architecture, design, and implementation of mainframe solutions that support client’s business goals and technology strategy.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to mainframe development, operations, and modernization teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, application developers, and infrastructure teams to identify requirements and deliver innovative, cost-effective mainframe solutions.
• Help establish a new Mainframe in-take and change processes that consider new workloads and provide required mainframe performance tuning of CIC/MQ & z/OS Connect instances to support the workloads.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies to drive continuous improvement and modernization of mainframe platforms.
• Establish and enforce best practices, standards, and architectural governance for mainframe environments.
• Develop and maintain architectural documentation, roadmaps, and blueprints for mainframe systems.
• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of mainframe applications and infrastructure by constantly reviewing relevant CICS/MQ and z/OS Connect performance telemetry data and traces with application stakeholders.
• Participate in ITSM processes such as Release/Change approvals, Incident/Problem resolution.
• Proven experience resolving CICS/MQ related incidents during troubleshooting.
• Persistently partner with enterprise architects and other technology leaders to define and implement enterprise-wide technology strategies.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills

• Required Skills:
• - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related field experience.
• - 8+ years of experience in mainframe engineering, with at least 3 to 5+ years in a lead service delivery, development or architect role.
• - Expertise in IBM z/OS, COBOL, CICS, MQ and z/OS Connect and related mainframe technologies.
• - Demonstrated experience with mainframe modernization, integration, and migration projects.
• - Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• - Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• - Analytical, strategic thinker with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Preferred:
• - Experience with cloud integration, DevOps, zLinux, OpenShift and automation in mainframe environments. (RedHat Ansible for IBM Z Collections, Ansible, Python)
• - Knowledge of hybrid IT architectures and emerging technology trends.
• - Relevant certifications (e.g., IBM Certified System Architect, TOGAF).
• - Experience in the insurance or financial services industry.