Mainframe Automation Engineer
AIDA projektai, MB
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Job summary
AIDA projektai, MB is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Automation Engineer to support enterprise-scale IBM Z environments in Austin. You will design, implement, and maintain automation across z/OS, focusing on reliability, availability, and efficient operations.
Work with Broadcom OPS/MVS, System State Manager, and REXX scripting to create scalable workflows, troubleshoot incidents, and contribute to DR and high-availability strategies in a distributed, global context.
Qualifications
- Proven experience with IBM Z mainframe environments in enterprise settings.
- Strong knowledge of z/OS and automation concepts.
- Hands-on with Broadcom OPS/MVS, System State Manager, or similar platforms.
- Advanced REXX scripting expertise and mainframe programming basics (COBOL, CICS, JCL).
- Experience supporting production environments, DR planning, and incident response.
- Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field; professional English communication.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automation workflows for mainframe environments.
- Build scalable automation using Broadcom OPS/MVS and System State Manager.
- Develop and optimize REXX scripts for automation, monitoring, and operations.
- Configure failover and DR capabilities across multi-site environments.
- Collaborate with infra and mainframe teams to translate requirements into automation designs.
- Troubleshoot production incidents, batch processing, and system issues.
- Follow change management and version control practices (Git).
- Create and maintain runbooks, docs, and operational procedures.
- Support knowledge sharing and team enablement initiatives.
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Job description
We are looking for an experienced Mainframe Automation Engineer to join our client team and support enterprise-scale IBM Z environments. In this role, you will focus on designing, implementing, and maintaining automation solutions across complex z/OS infrastructures, helping ensure system stability, resiliency, and seamless operations in high-availability environments.
You will collaborate closely with infrastructure and mainframe engineering teams to build scalable automation workflows, improve operational efficiency, and support mission-critical business systems.
- Design, develop, and maintain automation workflows using Broadcom OPS/MVS and System State Manager
- Develop and optimize REXX scripts for automation, monitoring, and operational processes
- Configure and support automation failover capabilities across multi-site environments
- Collaborate with infrastructure and mainframe teams to design and implement automation solutions
- Gather business and technical requirements and translate them into scalable automation designs
- Troubleshoot production incidents, batch processing failures, and system issues
- Analyze system behavior and identify opportunities to improve reliability, resiliency, and automation coverage
- Follow change management processes, including code reviews and version control using Git
- Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures
- Support knowledge sharing, training, and team enablement initiatives
- Proven experience working with Mainframe / IBM Z environments in enterprise organizations
- Strong knowledge of z/OS operating systems and automation concepts
- Hands-on experience with Broadcom OPS/MVS, System State Manager, or similar automation platforms
- Advanced expertise in REXX scripting
- Practical experience with COBOL, CICS, DB2 or IMS, and JCL
- Experience supporting production environments, including batch processing, incident management, and operational reliability
- Experience working with mainframe engineering and infrastructure teams in complex environments
- Understanding of high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-site architectures
- Experience with Git and code review practices
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Professional English communication skills
- Experience with active-active or disaster recovery (DR) environments
- Experience driving automation improvements and operational excellence initiatives
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
- Work with large-scale enterprise IBM Z environments
- Contribute to highly available, mission-critical systems
- Collaborate with experienced mainframe and infrastructure professionals
- Drive automation initiatives that have a direct impact on operational stability and efficiency
- Opportunity to work on complex technical challenges in a distributed global environment
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