What are the responsibilities and job description for the z/OS Connect API Engineer position at ITTConnect?
Job Description
ITTConnect is seeking a z/OS Connect API Engineer to work on site for a client in the Columbus, OH area. This is a contract position with a client that is a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services with over 300,000 team members in nearly 50 countries. The end client is in the Utilities sector.
Job location: Columbus, OH (on site work)
The z/OS Connect API Engineer is responsible for modernizing mainframe services through API enablement using IBM z/OS Connect. This role bridges traditional CICS/COBOL systems with modern API and cloud-native architectures while enabling secure, scalable, and reusable integration capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements
ITTConnect is seeking a z/OS Connect API Engineer to work on site for a client in the Columbus, OH area. This is a contract position with a client that is a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services with over 300,000 team members in nearly 50 countries. The end client is in the Utilities sector.
Job location: Columbus, OH (on site work)
The z/OS Connect API Engineer is responsible for modernizing mainframe services through API enablement using IBM z/OS Connect. This role bridges traditional CICS/COBOL systems with modern API and cloud-native architectures while enabling secure, scalable, and reusable integration capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop REST APIs using IBM z/OS Connect.
- Expose CICS and DB2 transactions through modern APIcontracts.
- Build and maintain API service definitions, mappings,and YAML configurations.
- Develop OpenAPI specifications aligned with enterprisestandards.
- Configure and support JWT, OAuth2, OIDC, RACF, andcertificate-based authentication.
- Implement CI/CD deployment pipelines using GitHubActions and Gradle.
- Support integration with APIM as the enterprise APIgateway.
- Troubleshoot performance, security, and connectivityissues.
- Develop onboarding templates and reusable APIaccelerators.
- Participate in mainframe modernization initiatives andShadow Service migration efforts.
Requirements
- IBMz/OS Connect
- REST APIs
- OpenAPI
- JSON/XML
- CICS
- COBOL
- DB2
- RACF
- GitHub
- CI/CD
- APIM
- Java
- Spring Boot
- OAuth2/OIDC
- Mainframe modernization programs