Mainframe Production Engineer

QUANTEAM - Portugal (RAINBOW PARTNERS Group); Porto; Híbrido; EUR 25 000 - 61 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health Insurance

Extra holiday: Christmas Eve or New%20

New Year’s Eve

Resumo da oferta

Quanteam, founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, is a consulting firm specialized in Banking and Financial Services with 1200+ consultants. Quanteam seeks a Mainframe Production Engineer to provide N2 support, monitor environments, and coordinate batch workflows from Porto, in a hybrid setup.

Key duties include troubleshooting ABENDs, JCL issues and batch failures, while engaging with ITIL processes and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualificações

• Professional experience in IBM z/OS Mainframe production support (mid-level).
• Strong knowledge of JCL and batch processing operations.
• Experience with workload scheduling tools for batch execution and monitoring.
• Good knowledge of ISPF, SDSF and TSO.
• Experience in monitoring and resolving batch incidents, ABENDs and execution errors.
• Ability to analyze system messages, logs, and job outputs.

Responsabilidades

• Provide N2 production support for IBM z/OS Mainframe applications and environments to ensure availability and continuity.
• Monitor and support Mainframe environments, including LPARs, JES, TSO, CICS and DB2 subsystems.
• Plan, execute and monitor batch processing workflows with scheduling tools.
• Analyze and troubleshoot batch failures, system messages and job outputs.
• Perform job reruns and production overrides following validation procedures.
• Investigate incidents related to JCL, dependencies, processing failures and SLA breaches.
• Manage datasets, GDGs, catalogs, JES queues and disk space.
• Monitor and troubleshoot file transfer processes and production flows.
• Participate in deployments, releases and change management activities.
• Maintain operational documentation and incident records.
• Collaborate with Application Support, DevOps and Mainframe teams to improve efficiency.

Conhecimentos

IBM z/OS Mainframe production support

JCL

Batch processing

Workload scheduling

ISPF

SDSF

TSO

DB2 / SPUFI

CICS / IMS / VSAM

MQ Series

File transfer tools (CFT / Connect:DPX

ITIL / Incident management

Agile methodologies

Ferramentas

JES

Connect:Direct

Connect:Express

CFT

MQ Series

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Quanteam, founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, is a consulting firm specialized in Banking and Financial Services. With more than 1200 consultants across 10 countries, we combine business and IT expertise to support leading institutions in transformation projects.

Our core areas:

• Operations & Finance

We are looking for a Mainframe Production Engineer

Main Tasks

• Provide N2 production support for IBM z/OS Mainframe applications and environments, ensuring system availability, stability and operational continuity.
• Monitor and support Mainframe production environments, including LPARs, JES, TSO, CICS and DB2 subsystems.
• Plan, execute and monitor batch processing workflows using workload scheduling tools.
• Analyze and troubleshoot batch failures (ABENDs), system messages, logs and job execution outputs.
• Perform job reruns, temporary parameter changes and production overrides following validation procedures.
• Investigate incidents related to JCL execution, job dependencies, processing failures and SLA breaches.
• Manage and support Mainframe operational activities involving datasets, GDGs, catalogs, JES queues and disk space management.
• Monitor and troubleshoot file transfer processes, including failed or blocked production flows.
• Execute production procedures and operational activities according to defined processes and standards.
• Participate in deployments, production releases and change management activities.
• Support technical teams by providing production analysis and troubleshooting assistance.
• Maintain operational documentation, technical procedures and incident records.
• Register and track incidents and activities through service management tools.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, stability and optimization of batch processing.
• Collaborate with Application Support, DevOps and Mainframe teams to improve operational efficiency.

Main Skills & Requirements

• Professional experience in IBM z/OS Mainframe production support (Mid-level profile).
• Strong knowledge of JCL (Job Control Language) and batch processing operations.
• Experience with workload scheduling tools for batch execution and monitoring.
• Good knowledge of ISPF, SDSF and TSO.
• Experience in monitoring and resolving batch job incidents, ABENDs and execution errors.
• Ability to analyze system messages, logs, job outputs and execution reports.

Knowledge of Mainframe resources, including:

• LPARs
• Catalogs
• GDGs
• Datasets

Experience with DB2, including:

• SQL execution through SPUFI
• SQLCODE analysis
• Identification of SQL issues and locks
• Verification of DB2 job status
• Knowledge of CICS, IMS and VSAM is valued.
• Experience with IBM MQ / MQ Series, including queue monitoring and blocked message analysis.
• Experience with file transfer solutions (CFT / Connect:Direct / Connect:Express) is a plus.
• Knowledge of Service Management tools, ITIL processes and Agile methodologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Ability to work in critical production environments and manage priorities effectively.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to report incidents, risks and operational impacts clearly.
• French knowledge is considered a plus.
• This role offers a gross annual salary between 24.500€ to 60.500€, defined according to the candidate’s experience and competencies.
• Permanent contract (CTI).
• Health Insurance.
• Extra holiday: Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve.
• Access to Quanteam Academy for continuous learning and certifications.
• Elevate Program to support professional development and career growth.
• Ongoing follow-up and technical support provided by a Consultant Expert.

Hybrid position based in Porto