Lead Mainframe Platform Engineer – Remote

Highmark Health; Bismarck (ND); Remote; USD 94,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

enGen is seeking a Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer/Lead Mainframe Platform Engineer to direct design, implementation, and maintenance of critical mainframe systems. You will drive high availability, performance, and adherence to best practices across a geographically dispersed data center environment.

Ideal candidates have deep z/OS, DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ experience, plus automation and disaster recovery skills. Strong leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in analysis, design, coding, testing and implementation of technical solutions with production support.
• Expert level z/OS mainframe systems knowledge (SMPE, DB2, IMS, CICS).

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of critical mainframe systems.
• Collaborate with IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Monitor progress against schedules and budgets, report issues to leadership.
• Document processes and participate in reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise goals and standards through architecture collaboration.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team development.
• Stay current with technologies and best practices in a highly available environment.
• Provide technical analysis to support decision-making across departments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

z/OS Mainframe

DB2

IMS

CICS

MQ

Mainframe Automation

Disaster Recovery

Team Leadership

Mentoring

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SMPE

IBM Systems Automation

Diagnostic Tools

Disaster Recovery tooling

Job description

enGen is seeking a Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer/Lead Mainframe Platform Engineer to direct design, implementation, and maintenance of critical mainframe systems. You will drive high availability, performance, and adherence to best practices across a geographically dispersed data center environment.

Ideal candidates have deep z/OS, DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ experience, plus automation and disaster recovery skills. Strong leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities are essential.