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MAINFRAME SYSTEM ENGINEER III | COLUMBUS, OH (ONSITE)

Columbus Technology Solutions
Columbus, OH Contractor
POSTED ON 6/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/10/2026

JOB TITLE: MAINFRAME SYSTEM ENGINEER III

JOB DURATION: 6 MONTHS


JOB LOCATION: COLUMBUS, OH (ONSITE)

EXPERIENCE: 8-10 YEARS

Managerial Responsibilities:

This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates.

  • Managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.
  • Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Creates an inclusive team where members are treated fairly and respectfully.
  • Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates and expects process knowledge, data-driven decisions, simplicity and continuous improvement.
  • Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Delivers clear and concise messages that motivate, convey the "why" and connects contributions to business results.
  • Risk Manager: Leads and encourages the identification, escalation and resolution of potential risks.
  • People Manager & Coach: Knows and develops team members through coaching and feedback.
  • Financial Steward: Manages expenses and demonstrates an owner's mindset.
  • Enterprise Talent Leader: Recruits, on-boards and develops talent, and supports talent mobility for career growth.
  • Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results through effective team management, structure, and routines to ensure highly available, secure connectivity solutions and compatibility between systems.
  • Write and maintain system documentation.
  • Responsible for matching current technology with the needs of the company.
  • Strong TCP/IP and SNA/APPN problem-solving and protocol skills, and a thorough understanding of Mainframe communication concepts and the ability to support mainframe connectivity design considerations.
  • Knowledge of IBM zEnterprise server hardware
  • 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.
  • 10-15 years 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.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in mainframe engineering
  • 8-10 years of solid experience in z/OS engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Mainview installation, maintenance and customization.
  • z/OS and zSeries hardware networking configuration.
  • Performance and capacity reporting with zPCA and/or SAS/MXG and/or Intellimagic.
  • zOSMF product installation and deployment.
  • Experience with TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting.
  • Experience with storage management.
  • Performance management with WLM.
  • Reporting and planning with zPCA and/or SAS/MXG
  • Independent Software Vendor installation and maintenance
  • z/OS installation, customization and maintenance.
  • Coupling Facility updates.
  • ChangeMan Administration.
  • Managing multiple tasks and delivering on committed target dates.
  • Coordinates with application programmers and users to determine symptoms and ensure accurate problem resolution.
  • Knowledge of banking industry business processes a plus.
  • Good written and oral communication skills are required as the individual must interface with application developers, support teams, software vendors and management staff

Salary : $45 - $50

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