Role: Mainframe Developer

Location: Cincinnati, OH - Hybrid

Contract: Long-term

Experience: 14 years

Description:

Mainframe Assembler expert responsible for designing, developing, testing, configuration, contingency planning, and technical support of mainframe technology.

Manages products lifecycle to assure operational availability; gathers data and analyzes capacity and performance.

Fulfill engineering responsibilities in mainframe languages, software change management solutions, development, and productivity tools.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as mainframe Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Participates in infrastructure planning, providing insight into the future of their area(s) of technology.
• Maintains thorough understanding of current and future infrastructure.
• Responsible for establishing, maintaining, documenting, and publishing the mainframe language and development tools directions and technology roadmaps as well as coordinating cross-departmental projects that involve mainframe application migrations.
• Demonstrates broad technical knowledge of multiple technologies, or an in-depth knowledge of one technology including its impact on other technologies.
• Maintains an industry awareness of new developments in their area of expertise; learns and applies new and emerging concepts very quickly.
• Forms productive networks with internal and external customers, the vendor community, and peers in the industry.
• Ensures proper documentation of complex technical systems to facilitate effective handover to operations.
• s implementation efforts s the analysis of vendor proposals, evaluates build versus buy, formulates the complete project plan, establishes the critical path, coordinates vendors, builds and conducts tests, and tracks project progress.

Qualifications:

• Technical Degree or related work experience.
• Requires knowledge and experience in multiple disciplines within the mainframe domain as well as strong application design and development skills.
• Expert knowledge of the Mainframe Operating System and Hardware.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Must Have

• DB2
• Mainframe Assembler
• Platform Engineering - Mainframe
• Real-Time Transaction Processing
• TSO
• VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method)