Mainframe Developer – Production Support

Life in Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Pittsburgh Tomorrow is hiring a Mainframe Developer – Production Support in Pittsburgh, PA to maintain and enhance critical legacy systems. You will provide L2/L3 production support for mainframe applications, monitor batch jobs, troubleshoot abends, and implement permanent fixes with COBOL/JCL/DB2/CICS expertise.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in mainframe environments, experience with ISPF/SDSF/VSAM, and familiarity with ITIL incident, problem and change management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mainframe development/production support.
• Strong COBOL, JCL, DB2 & CICS skills are required.
• Experience with batch processing, job monitoring and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 production support for mainframe applications.
• Monitor batch jobs and troubleshoot abends.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.
• Develop enhancements and bug fixes using COBOL, JCL, CICS and DB2.
• Optimize batch jobs and SQL queries.
• Support release and change management activities.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders.
• Participate in rotational on-call support.

Skills

CA7

Control-M

Autosys

COBOL

JCL

DB2

CICS

Mainframe Production Support

ISPF

SDSF

VSAM

File-AID

Xpediter

SPUFI

Batch Processing

Job Monitoring

Root Cause Analysis

Incident Management

DB2 SQL

Performance Tuning

Endevor

Changeman

ITIL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

ISPF

SDSF

Batch Scheduling Tools

Job description

Greetings,

Now Hiring | Mainframe Developer – Production Support

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

W2 position

Experience: 5+ Years

Key Skills Required:

• COBOL, JCL, DB2 & CICS
• Mainframe Production Support (L2/L3)
• ISPF, SDSF, VSAM
• File-AID, Xpediter, SPUFI
• Batch Processing & Job Monitoring
• Incident Management & Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• DB2 SQL & Performance Tuning
• CA7, Control-M or Autosys
• Endevor / Changeman
• ITIL – Incident, Problem & Change Management

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L2/L3 production support for mainframe applications
• Monitor batch jobs and troubleshoot abends
• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes
• Develop enhancements and bug fixes using COBOL, JCL, CICS and DB2
• Optimize batch jobs and SQL queries
• Support release and change management activities
• Collaborate with BNY business and technical stakeholders
• Participate in rotational on-call support

Preferred:

• Banking / Financial Services experience
• Prior BNY experience is a major plus
• Mainframe modernization, APIs & DevOps knowledge
• Agile methodology experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.