Mainframe Dev & Deployment Tools Engineer

Job Title: Mainframe Dev & Deployment Tools Engineer
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Duration: Long Term Contract

The Role:
We are seeking a skilled Mainframe Dev & Deployment Tools Engineer to design, implement, and support development toolchains and deployment frameworks for IBM z/OS environments. This role focuses on enabling DevOps practices, automating build and deployment pipelines, and ensuring smooth application promotion across development, test, and production environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Development Toolchain & DevOps Enablement
• Design and maintain mainframe development toolchains supporting: COBOL, PL/I, JCL, and related technologies.
• Enable and support: Source control integration, Versioning strategies, Artifact management.
• Promote adoption of DevOps practices for mainframe development.
• Build & Deployment Automation.
• Develop and maintain automated build and deployment processes.
• Implement tools and pipelines for: Code compilation, Packaging, Promotion across environments.
• Automate release management processes to: Reduce manual effort, Increase reliability and consistency, Deployment Frameworks & Tools Support.
• Administer and support enterprise deployment tools such as: Endevor, ChangeMan, ISPW.
• Manage: Package lifecycle (build, test, deploy, rollback); Promotion paths across DEV → QA → UAT → PROD; Environment Management.
• Manage and support: Development, test, and production environments; Ensure consistency and integrity across environments.
• Coordinate deployments with: Application teams, QA, Operations, Automation & Integration.
• Develop automation using: REXX, CLIST, JCL, scripting tools.
• Integrate mainframe toolchains with: Enterprise CI/CD pipelines, Distributed DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, etc. – when applicable).

Required Qualifications:

• 5–10 years of mainframe experience.
• 3–5 years in Dev & Deployment / SCM / Release Engineering.
• Strong experience with: IBM z/OS environment.
• Hands-on experience with: Endevor / ChangeMan / ISPW.
• Solid understanding of: Mainframe SDLC processes, Build and release management
• Experience with: JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF. Source control and promotion processes
• Knowledge of: DevOps concepts applied to mainframe; Ability to build custom application written in assembler; Very strong Cobol, Assembler and REXX knowledge and experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with: DB2, IMS, CICS integration in deployments
• Experience with: CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git integration), Automation frameworks (REXX, Python).
• Exposure to: Mainframe modernization initiatives.
• Experience with: Enterprise-scale DevOps transformations, Automation of build/release pipelines.