Mainframe AI Automation Engineer

Appiness Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Appiness Inc. in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Mainframe AI Automation Engineer to lead AI-enabled modernization of z/OS vulnerability patching through agent-based automation.

You will design and implement automation frameworks that accelerate remediation and reduce security risk. You will build and deploy agent workflows, integrate AI agents with mainframe systems and APIs, and partner with infrastructure and security teams to prioritize patching initiatives, ensuring reliability, scalability,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in mainframe infrastructure engineering (z/OS, IMS, CICS, DB2) and patch management.
• Hands-on experience developing AI/agent-based automation frameworks and agents.
• Strong Python programming skills in enterprise environments.
• Experience developing and integrating with z/OSMF and z/OS Connect APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of AI-driven automation frameworks for z/OS patching.
• Build and deploy agent-based workflows to orchestrate vulnerability remediation at scale.
• Integrate AI agents with mainframe systems, APIs, and security tooling.
• Partner with infrastructure and security teams to prioritize and execute patching initiatives.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and operational readiness of automation solutions.

Skills

Python

AI automation

z/OSMF

z/OS Connect

Agent-based automation

AIOps

Mainframe patching

Tools

z/OSMF

z/OS Connect

Python

AI frameworks

Job description

Title: Mainframe AI Automation Engineer

Location: Plano, Jersey city, Charlotte.

Senior engineer driving AI-enabled modernization of mainframe z/OS vulnerability patching through development of agent-based automation to accelerate remediation and reduce security risk.

• Lead the design and development of AI-driven automation frameworks for z/OS patching.
• Build and deploy agent-based workflows to orchestrate vulnerability remediation at scale.
• Integrate AI agents with mainframe systems, APIs, and security tooling.
• Partner with infrastructure and security teams to prioritize and execute patching initiatives.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and operational readiness of automation solutions.
• 10 years of experience in mainframe infrastructure engineering, including z/OS, IMS, CICS, and DB2 installation and testing
• Hands‑on experience developing AI/agent-based automation frameworks and agents
• Strong Python programming skills in enterprise environments
• Experience developing and integrating with z/OSMF and z/OS Connect APIs
• Experience operating in large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments
• Experience with agent-based or autonomous system architectures.
• Experience with mainframe tooling supporting end-to-end vulnerability patching.
• Exposure to AIOps or AI applied to mainframe infrastructure operations.

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in mainframe infrastructure engineering, including z/OS, IMS, CICS, and DB2 installation and testing
• Hands‑on experience developing AI/agent-based automation frameworks and agents
• Strong Python programming skills in enterprise environments
• Experience developing and integrating with z/OSMF and z/OS Connect APIs
• Experience operating in large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments

Desired

• Experience with agent-based or autonomous system architectures.
• Experience with mainframe tooling supporting end-to-end vulnerability patching.
• Exposure to AIOps or AI applied to mainframe infrastructure operations.