Senior Specialty Developer - Mainframe DevOps

Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance

401k Retirement Fund

Job summary

GTT in Toronto is seeking a Senior Specialty Developer - Mainframe DevOps for a 13-month contract to drive modernization of the mainframe SDLC. The role will design end-to-end deployment workflows, promote code from development to SIT/UAT and production using Endevor and related tools.

Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, embedding security checks, monitoring performance, and documenting workflows for ongoing support and audit compliance.

Qualifications

• 5 years of mainframe DevOps experience.
• Ability to design CI/CD pipelines for mainframe environments.
• Experience with Deploy integrations across SIT, UAT, production.
• UNIX experience and some JavaScript coding.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for mainframe environments.
• Embed security and compliance checks into build and deploy processes.
• Proactively monitor system performance, availability and incidents.
• Document processes and workflows for ongoing support and audit compliance.

Skills

Mainframe z/OS

DevOps on z/OS

UNIX

JavaScript

Z/OS development knowledge

Tools

Endevor

DevOps Deploy

z/OSMF

Job description

Senior Specialty Developer - Mainframe DevOps

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid - Tuesday mandatory and second Friday of every month

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 13 months
• Pay Rate: C$80.00-C$85.00 / Hour (CAD)
• Shift / Schedule: 37.5 hours/week, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday
• Travel Requirements: Not required

Job Summary

This is a Mainframe DevOps contract opportunity supporting a modernization initiative focused on automating the mainframe SDLC. The organization uses Endevor as its source code repository and change management system, and the successful candidate will help design and implement end-to-end deployment workflows to automate code promotion from development to SIT/UAT and production.

Key Responsibilities

• Pipeline Automation: Design, build, and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines.
• Quality and Security: Embed security and compliance checks into the build and deploy processes.
• Monitoring & Support: Proactively monitor system performance, availability, and incident management.
• Documenting processes and workflows for ongoing support and audit compliance.

Required Skills

• Working knowledge of mainframe architecture z/OS and USS
• Strong administrative and operational knowledge of DevOps Deploy on z/OS, including expertise in code packaging, deployments, and overall product management
• Experience with DevOps Deploy integrations with the mainframe SDLC (deployment of versions to SIT, UAT, and production with differing R&R for each environment)
• UNIX experience, including coding of JavaScript

Preferred Skills

• Experience setting up partial Deploy and Rollback process workflows
• Experience setting up DevOps Deploy in a cluster configuration (active-passive) for both application and database components
• z/OS experience, especially coding simple to mid-complexity REXX/JCL
• Experience in z/OS development and operations environments - TSO/E, ISPF, USS, SDSF, z/OSMF
• DevOps Engineering and/or SRE background

Required Experience

• 5 years of experience in a related mainframe DevOps role

Nice-to-Have Experience

• 2 years of experience setting up partial Deploy and Rollback process workflows

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

Important Notes

• Interview process: 1 round, in-person preferred, approximately 1 hour in duration.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-08757 Industry: Software Engineering

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