Mainframe Engineer

Job Details
Position: Mainframe Engineer
Location: Merrifield, VA/REMOTE
Duration: 12+ Months
 
 
Required Skills

• Expert-level experience with IBM System Automation for z/OS, including administration, configuration, policy development, managed resource automation, automation definitions, resource dependency models, and SA policy database maintenance.
• Advanced REXX programming experience developing enterprise automation solutions, command processors, automation routines, operational tooling, and automation scripts.
• Strong experience with IBM NetView, including automation tables, message automation, command lists, PIPEs, event processing, and policy-driven automation components.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting automation across z/OS subsystems and middleware platforms such as CICS, Db2, IMS, JES2/JES3, MQ, and TCP/IP.
• Experience developing automation for CICS availability, recovery, startup, shutdown, restart, and health monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of Parallel Sysplex environments, cross-system automation concepts, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS operations.
• Experience with IBM Workload Scheduler, including IWS, TWS, ZWS, and workload automation processes.
• Familiarity with z/OS UNIX System Services, including USS/OMVS and automation involving UNIX processes and shell scripting.
• Strong ability to investigate operational, technical, and business problems; analyze requirements; and recommend reliable automation solutions.
• Ability to communicate complex system and automation information clearly to technical teams, business partners, and upper management.
• Strong time management, prioritization, research, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation, as required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, guide, and mentor others while promoting technical best practices, process improvement, and operational efficiency.
• Experience integrating automation with monitoring and event management tools such as IBM OMEGAMON, ServiceNow, and Moogsoft.
• Experience managing, monitoring, and supporting mainframe and/or distributed systems, business applications, and infrastructure platforms.
• Experience identifying and implementing automation opportunities across IBM z/Series, UNIX, and Windows operating systems.
• Experience supporting high-availability, recovery, restart, and self-healing automation solutions.
• Proven ability to reduce manual intervention, improve operational reliability, and deliver scalable automation solutions that support business services.
• Possess current awareness of professional standards, innovations and industry best practices is desired
• Experience with OMEGAMON situation development, alerting, and monitoring customization is desired
• Experience with GDPS and disaster recovery automation is desired
• Experience with SMP/E maintenance and z/OS system programming concepts is desired
• Familiarity with Ansible, REST APIs, and mainframe modernization technologies is desired
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent combination of education and experience

If this opportunity aligns with your experience, please reply with your updated resume, availability, and expected rate.


About Us:
Vidha IT Solutions LLC is a dynamic technology services company dedicated to delivering innovative IT and data solutions to clients across industries. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges with modern technology, and we take pride in fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented workplace. At Vidha IT Solutions, employees are empowered to make an impact and grow their careers alongside a passionate, forward-thinking team.

This is a remote position.