Mainframe DevOps Engineer - 100% Remote

Basic Purpose:

Responsible for the set-up, support, maintenance, and development of software lifecycle processes for mainframe platform. The goal is to modernize the mainframe processes to a modern CI/CD pipeline methodology. Candidate must have development aptitude to write build and deployment scripts and extensive latitude for independent judgment.

Specific Qualifications:

• Experience managing mainframe z/OS and USS systems, and a working understanding of overall mainframe architecture. Emphasis on identifying manual processes that can be automated.

• Experience with software lifecycle management in a mainframe environment, with goal to accomplish setting up DevOps and CI/CD methodologies on the mainframe system.

• Administrator experience with version control, change management and deployment tools such as ChangeMan ZMF and ChangeMan ZMF Client Pack.

• Understanding of CICS, Db2, SQL, SDSF.

• Knowledge of IBM High Level Assembler, IBM Enterprise COBOL, REXX, JCL, ISPF Dialog.

• Experience developing and building mainframe software.

• Proficiency in project analysis, functional areas, interoperability between areas, etc. to architect solutions to improve the processes.

• Ability to understand business problems and determine what aspects of them require optimization.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Agile Software Development Methodology.

• Experience with IBM Dependency Based Build (DBB), IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD), IBM IDz (or other Eclipse-based IDE), RocketGit.

• Coordination of technology decisions with architectural requirements and constraints, including architecting and designing CI/CD pipelines.

• Understanding of Quality Control and Test Automation.

Specific Duties:

• Design, code, troubleshoot and support mainframe build and deployment processes.

• Process modernization of mainframe builds and deployment processes.

• Provide Tier 2 and 3 on-call support for mainframe build and deployment processes.

• Administration of Software lifecycle tools (eg. ChangeMan ZMF).

• Identify and recommend process improvements.

• Document and maintain the mainframe related documentation.

• Support routine internal and external audits.

A DevOps Engineer automates and streamlines processes for building, testing, and deploying software

1. Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git)

2. Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

3. Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python)

4. Knowledge of containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes)