IBM Mainframe Connectivity and Session Management SME

Kestrel Eight; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Remote work Australia-wide for right候候

Job summary

Kestrel Eight is seeking an IBM Mainframe Connectivity and Session Management SME to lead a large-scale modernization for a major Australian Government client. Canberra-based, hybrid work with Australia-wide remote options.

You will lead the migration of the client’s MFT and session tooling to a modern IBM platform. The role focuses on requirements validation, design, migration execution, testing support, and training of the client operations team, with emphasis on z/OS tooling and tool

Qualifications

• Experience with mainframe file transfer tooling and MFT platforms.
• Experience with terminal session management or access tools.
• Proven track record migrating or converting tooling, not just administration.
• Current NV1 security clearance and Australian citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Validate technical requirements for file transfer and session management.
• Design and build the migration and deployment approach.
• Execute migration and deployment.
• Support test planning and execution.
• Train client operations staff on the new tooling.

Skills

Mainframe MFT tooling

Terminal session management

Tool migration / conversion

Australian citizenship

Australian security clearance NV1

Tools

CA/Broadcom tools

Job description

Location

Canberra

Australia-wide

Work Site

Hybrid

Employment Type

12+ Month Contract

Permanent Considered

Closing Date

16 Oct, 2026

IBM Mainframe Connectivity and Session Management SME

Kestrel Eight has partnered with a global enterprise technology vendor to deliver a large-scale mainframe tooling modernisation program for a major Australian Government client. We are looking for a connectivity and session management specialist to lead this stream of the program.

The opportunity

You will lead the migration of the client’s mainframe file transfer and terminal session management tooling to a modern IBM enterprise platform, covering requirements validation, design, migration execution, test input and training delivery to the client’s operations team.

This is a focused stream with a clear scope, well suited to a practitioner who knows managed file transfer and session management on z/OS and has taken that tooling through a conversion rather than only running it.

What you will do

• Validate technical requirements for file transfer and session management.
• Design and build the migration and deployment approach.
• Execute migration and deployment.
• Support test planning and execution.
• Train client operations staff on the new tooling.

What you will bring

• Experience with mainframe file transfer tooling, including managed file transfer platforms or equivalent CA/Broadcom tools.
• Experience with terminal session management or access tools.
• A track record of a tool migration or conversion, not just administration.
• Current NV1 (or above) security clearance and Australian citizenship.

Well Regarded

• Mainframe network monitoring exposure.

Contract Details

Detail Value Rate Negotiable — market rates, open to candidate expectations Term 12+ Months (indicative). Contract or permanent engagement — both considered Location Canberra (ACT) preferred, hybrid. Remote considered Australia-wide for the right candidate Start October 2026 Clearance Current NV1 (or above) security clearance and Australian citizenship