Mainframe Engineer

Location: Vienna, VA | Type: Long Term W-2 Contract | Work Model: Hybrid – onsite and remote | Hours: 40 hrs a week | Security Clearance: None but full background check to include criminal, credit and fingerprinting

Responsibilities

• Investigate operational, technical, and business problems related to mainframe systems, analyzing requirements and recommending automation solutions.
• Communicate complex system and automation information clearly to technical teams, business partners, and upper management.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, as required, to support operational reliability.
• Lead, guide, and mentor team members while promoting best practices, process improvements, and operational efficiency.
• Administer, configure, and develop policies for IBM System Automation for z/OS, including resource automation, policy development, and SA policy database maintenance.
• Develop enterprise automation solutions using REXX, command processors, routines, and scripts.
• Manage and support automation across z/OS subsystems such as CICS, Db2, IMS, JES2/JES3, MQ, and TCP/IP.
• Design and implement automation for CICS availability, recovery, startup, shutdown, restart, and health monitoring.
• Apply knowledge of Parallel Sysplex, cross-system automation, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS operations for automation tasks.
• Utilize IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS, TWS, ZWS) for workload automation processes.
• Integrate automation with monitoring tools like IBM OMEGAMON, ServiceNow, and Moogsoft.
• Support mainframe and distributed systems, identifying automation opportunities and enhancing operational reliability.
• Support high-availability, recovery, restart, and self-healing automation solutions.

Requirements

• Strong ability to investigate operational, technical, and business problems; analyze requirements; and recommend automation solutions.
• Excellent communication skills to convey complex automation concepts clearly.
• Experience with IBM System Automation for z/OS, including administration, configuration, and policy development.
• Advanced REXX programming skills for automation routines and scripts.
• Experience with IBM NetView, including automation tables, message automation, and event processing.
• Proficiency in designing and supporting automation across z/OS subsystems such as CICS, Db2, IMS, JES2/JES3, MQ, TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of Parallel Sysplex, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS operations.
• Experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS, TWS, ZWS).
• Familiarity with z/OS UNIX System Services, shell scripting, and UNIX processes.
• Experience integrating automation with monitoring tools like IBM OMEGAMON, ServiceNow, and Moogsoft.
• Supporting high-availability, recovery, and self-healing automation solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Current awareness of industry standards, innovations, and best practices.
• Experience with GDPS, SMP/E maintenance, and z/OS system programming concepts.
• Familiarity with Ansible, REST APIs, and mainframe modernization technologies.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, and vision.
• Spending accounts.
• Life insurance and voluntary plans.
• Participation in a 401(k) plan.