Mainframe Systems Engineer III

About the role

The Mainframe Systems Engineer III candidate must have experience in one or more of the following disciplines: z/OS installation and customization, storage management, hardware configuration, networking, performance management and capacity planning, or ISV installation and customization in a Parallel Sysplex environment.

Responsibilities

The candidate will be filling an experienced systems mainframe engineer position, with responsibilities including:

• Advanced or expert level SMP/E experience
• Debugging and tuning experience
• Creation of detailed documentation of procedures and practices
• Change control in a regulated environment
• Develop, document, and deliver pre- and post-implementation impacts of zSeries hardware and software
• Recognize areas of improvement leading to elimination of reoccurring issues and reduce mean time to recovery
• Provide technical direction and education to programmers, analysts and technical support associates
• Provides 24x7 on call support within a team rotation
• Infrastructure tool/service designs within technical domains in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies
• Facilitating deployment of tools/services by leading others in solution development, maintenance of templates, playbooks and automation used during implementation
• Confirming that application and business requirements have been translated into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks to guide development and integration of technology solutions
• Contributing to the creation/selection of functional and non-functional product evaluation requirements within and across domains
• Reviewing and developing software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
• Mentoring and assisting Infrastructure resources on infrastructure service along with application integration validation methods and tools
• Promoting an inclusive and healthy working environment and helping to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
• Providing problem determination and resolution for z/OS and z/VM network connectivity, encryption and transmission issues
• Writing and maintaining system documentation
• Matching current technology with the needs of the company

Requirements

The candidate must have:

• 10-15 years of experience in design, development, coordination and implementation of Mainframe network engineering activities within z/OS and z/VM
• Strong knowledge of encryption technologies and Certificate management
• Experience supporting z/OS session layer encryption technologies, including development and implementation of Network Configuration Assistant AT-TLS and IPsec policies
• Strong TCP/IP and SNA/APPN problem solving and protocol skills, and thorough understanding of Mainframe communication concepts
• In-depth working knowledge of TCP, UDP, ICMP communications and routing protocols
• Packet trace execution and analysis
• z/OS Communication Server Policy Based Networking, and z/VM SSL Server configuration and support

Qualifications

The candidate should have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in mainframe engineering
• 5-10 years of solid experience in z/OS engineering
• Preferred qualifications include Mainview installation, maintenance and customization, z/OS and zSeries hardware networking configuration, and performance and capacity reporting with zPCA and/or SAS/MXG and/or Intellimagic

Skills

The candidate should possess:

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Adaptability
• Architecture
• Innovative Thinking
• Project Management
• Technical Strategy Development

Benefits

Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including:

• Health insurance coverage
• Wellness program
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid leave programs
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO)

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $70,000.00 - $140,000.00 USD Annual.

Schedule

This position may require 24x7 on call support within a team rotation.