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Job Title: Mainframe z/OS Systems Engineer Lead
Job Location: Reston, VA
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
We are looking for Mainframe z/OS Systems Engineer Lead for our client in Reston, VA
Job Title: Mainframe z/OS Systems Engineer Lead
Job Location: Reston, VA
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
- The Mainframe z/OS Systems Engineer Lead will lead and support enterprise mainframe system engineering activities, ensuring high availability, resiliency, and performance of the z/OS platform.
- This role involves close collaboration with managed service providers and internal teams to optimize services, resolve incidents, and enhance system scalability.
- Lead and participate in the analysis, design, development, and implementation of mainframe system engineering activities.
- Collaborate with the existing mainframe managed service provider to improve service quality, resiliency, and availability.
- Analyze applications and systems on the Z platform and recommend improvements to scalability and resiliency.
- Provide hands-on technical support for incident assessment and service restoration.
- Support problem management and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to diverse engineering teams.
- 8 10 years of experience supporting IBM z/OS systems in a SYSPLEX environment.
- RACF Security Administration experience.
- z/OS Systems Programming experience.
- CICS TS Systems Programming experience.
- MQ Systems Programming experience.
- DB2 experience (systems programming level not required).
- ISV production installation experience.
- Experience with IBM System Automation.
- Experience with batch scheduling tools such as Control-M.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and technical guidance capabilities.
- Ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Experience with SYSPLEX and ICF configuration and tuning.
- Experience decoupling SYSPLEX environments.
- Experience with middleware interfaces such as AIX, WebSphere, LDAP, and networking components.
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP network communication protocols.
- Knowledge of IBM z16 hardware infrastructure and Dell/EMC storage subsystems.
- Experience with pervasive encryption on z/OS.
- Experience designing ransomware protection solutions for mainframe environments.
- Knowledge of Java/J2EE and DB2/UDB.
- Minimum of 8 10 years of hands-on experience in mainframe z/OS system engineering roles.
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.