Mainframe Developer

Tekgence Inc; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekgence Inc. in Toronto, ON, is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Expert for a 12-month contract. The role requires translating business needs into technical requirements and ensuring system availability.

You will support mainframe environments, perform technical analysis, and coordinate across teams to deliver robust solutions. Required 10+ years of hands-on mainframe experience with z/OS, JCL, CICS, and DB2. The position is hybrid (4 days work-from-office) in Toronto, offering collaboration with

Qualifications

• Must-have: Mainframe expert with 10 years hands-on experience.
• 5 years on mainframe application support experience.
• Proficient in z/OS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, CICS, COBOL, DB2, VSAM.

Responsibilities

• Assist in translating business needs into technical requirements.
• Assist in interpreting operational results and analyzing usage patterns.
• Maintain reports and reporting tools for traffic management across service centers and partners.
• Interact with other organizations to develop solutions for anticipated technical needs.
• Define and document requirements for data, workflows, hardware and OS environments; interface with other systems.

Skills

Mainframe

DB2

JCL

CICS

IMS DBDC

VSAM

COBOL

ZEKE

File-AID/File-Manager

IDZ

GitHub/Jenkins/UCD

CA7/Control-M

SoapUI

MQ

WAS

XPEDITER

REXX

WinSCP

Tools

CA7

BMC Control-M

SoapUI

XPEDITER

GitHub

Jenkins

UCD

WinSCP

DVM

Job description

Skills: Mainframe DB2 - Application Development

Experience Required: 8-10

Toronto, ON - Hybrid (4 Days WFO)

12 months

Role Descriptions: What will you do Assisting in translating business needs into technical requirements. Performing all required tasks to ensure technical availability.Assisting in interpreting operational results. Analyzing usage patterns and establishing schedules and procedures for maximum utilization of the system.Maintaining reports and reporting tools for traffic management| service centers and enterprise partners.Interacting with other organizations to develop solutions for anticipated technical needs in support of business objectives.Analyze| define and document requirements for data| workflow| logical processes| hardware and operating system environment| interface with other systems| internal and external checks| controls| and outputsProvide cost and time estimates for assigned work packages to support the development of time tables and project plansCoordinate coding| testing | implementation| integration and documentation of solutionAct as a technical solution provider (subject matter expert) to provide solutions that potentially impact other dependent projects and applicationsWhat do you need to succeedMust-haveMainframe expert with 10 years hand-on experience5 years on mainframe application support experience zOS| MVSTSOISPF| JCL| IMS DBDC| CICS| DB2| VSAM| COBOL| ZEKE| File-AID or File-Manager| IDZ| GitHubJenkinsUCDScheduling Mainframe batch jobs through schedulers like CA7 and BMC Control-M.Experience on SoapUINice-to-haveExperience on MQ| WAS| SPUFI| XPEDITER| REXXCLIST| DevOps| OnDemandServer experience with 3 years on Windows serverExperience with DVM| WinSCP