What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mainframe Application Support Engineer position at Trident Consulting?
Trident Consulting is seeking a "Senior Mainframe Application Support Engineer" for one of our client in Mclean, VA (Onsite). A global leader in business and technology services.
Job title: Senior Mainframe Application Support Engineer
Location: Mclean, VA (Onsite)
Type: Contract (W2 Only)
Experience: 10 Years
Rate: $50-55/hr
Mandatory skills:
- Experience in mainframe systems
- Experience in Application Support
- Strong communication skills
Summary:
- A minimum 10 years of systems analysis/application development experience Background in development in core Mainframe Systems Experience with Cobol, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2.
- Must have good knowledge on Easytrieve, CA-7 and exposure to CICS(would be nice to have), PANVALET, XPEDITOR, PANAPT, FILEAID, Experience with files structures(VSAM, GDG, Fixed Block, Variable Block), ISPS, TSO, FTP etc.
- Exposure to Job control language program execution Exposure to COBOL DB2 program coding, Application development using CICS Exposure to Processing VSAM datasets and Dataset allocation, ISPF/PDF
- Experience with Ezytrive & REXX (GOOD TO HAVE)
- •Experience with Job Scheduling, Incident management, Problem Management
- Able to investigate complex business cases and come up with an explanation by code.
- Previous experience in Banking is compulsory
- Contribute as part of a development & production support team.
- Excellent problem-solving skills to assist in issue resolution.
- Experience in working with documentation and document repositories.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
About Trident:
Trident Consulting is a premier IT staffing firm providing high-impact workforce solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients. Since 2005, we've specialized in sourcing elite technology and engineering talent for contract, direct hire, and managed services roles. Our expertise spans cloud, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and data analytics, supported by a 3M candidate database and a 78% fill ratio. With a highly engaged leadership team and a reputation for delivering hard-to-fill, niche talent, we help organizations build agile, high-performing teams that drive innovation and business success.
Some of our recent awards include:
Trailblazer Women Award 2025 by Consulate General of India in San Francisco
Ranked as the #1 Women Owned Business Enterprise in the large category by ITServe.
Received the TechServe Excellence award.
Consistently ranked in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America
Recognized in the SF Business Times as one of the Largest Bay Area BIPOC/Minority-Owned Businesses in 2022.
Salary : $50 - $55