What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mainframe Support Analyst position at Russell Tobin?
Position: Mainframe Support Analyst
Duration: 12 Months Contract to Hire
Location: South Jordan, UT (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite in a Week)
Summary:
Seeking a Mainframe Support Analyst to join the Reliability & Production Engineering (RPE) team, responsible for maintaining critical production systems, ensuring operational reliability, and driving process improvements across global technology platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and manage mainframe and distributed systems to ensure stable operations and rapid incident resolution.
- Handle production issues across COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, and UNIX/Linux environments.
- Lead incident calls, coordinate with global teams, and provide real-time recovery updates to management.
- Manage ServiceNow tickets, job failures, and implement automation or workflow improvements.
- Participate in global “follow-the-sun” support and on-call rotations (including weekends).
Qualifications:
- 1–5 years of production support experience with COBOL, JCL, DB2, UNIX/Linux, and scripting (Shell, Python, Perl, JavaScript).
- Strong debugging, analytical, and communication skills; experience with incident management tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred; financial services background a plus.
- Knowledge of SRE concepts, ITIL, SDLC, Agile, and exposure to Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, or Cloud technologies desirable.
Ideal Candidate: A proactive problem-solver who excels under pressure, collaborates globally, and is committed to operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Russell Tobin offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Salary : $45 - $60