Mainframe Engineer

Eliassen Group; United States; Remote; USD 62,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Engineer to design, develop, test, and support mainframe systems. You will publish roadmaps for language and tools, and coordinate migrations across departments, supporting agile delivery.

Applicants should be experienced with COBOL, CICS, SAS, MQ, and mainframe hardware, and be prepared to work on a W2 basis with benefits. Remote options may apply depending on client requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of AmTrust accounting system experience.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or comparable experience with extensive professional experience.
• Expert knowledge of mainframe operating systems and hardware.
• Strong knowledge of TSO and mainframe technology.
• Experience with COBOL, CICS, SAS, and MQ.
• Background in Wealth and Asset Management.
• Knowledge of functional software design and development best practices.
• Experience with Git and GitHub.
• Understanding of software development methodologies.
• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as mainframe subject matter expert.
• Coordinate cross-department mainframe migrations.
• Develop and implement features while improving product quality.
• Lead agile ceremonies as part of squad.
• Document complex systems for handover.
• Drive architecture across multiple services.
• Automate processes and write maintainable, testable code.
• Partner with operations to drive service improvements.

Skills

Mainframe SME

Agile collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

CS/IS degree

Tools

COBOL

CICS

SAS

MQ

Git/GitHub

Job description

Description:

Remote

Our client seeks a Mainframe Engineer responsible for designing, developing, testing, configuring, contingency planning, and providing technical support for mainframe technology. The role manages product lifecycles to assure operational availability, gathers data, and analyzes capacity and performance. The engineer will act as a mainframe SME, establish and publish language and development tool roadmaps, coordinate cross-department mainframe application migrations, and support agile delivery while modeling software development best practices.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $65.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Serve as mainframe subject matter expert.


• Participate in infrastructure planning and provide insight into future technology directions.


• Maintain thorough understanding of current and future infrastructure.


• Establish, document, and publish mainframe language and development tool directions and roadmaps.


• Coordinate cross-department projects involving mainframe application migrations.


• Demonstrate broad technical knowledge across multiple technologies or deep expertise in one technology and its impacts.


• Maintain awareness of industry developments and quickly apply new concepts.


• Build productive networks with internal and external customers, vendors, and industry peers.


• Ensure proper documentation of complex technical systems for effective operational handover.


• Lead implementation efforts, analyze vendor proposals, evaluate build versus buy, plan projects, establish critical paths, coordinate vendors, build and conduct tests, and track progress.


• Design and implement new features while improving product and application quality.


• Create and execute long‑term vision of technical products and applications.


• Act as a technical expert and developer on an agile squad and participate in agile ceremonies.


• Drive architecture of solutions across multiple services and applications.


• Develop software that meets code quality standards and metrics and practice test‑driven development.


• Guide communities of practice by mentoring developers, creating and enforcing standards, reviewing code, and sharing knowledge.


• Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code.


• Partner with operations and engineering teams to drive service improvement.


• Remain current on IT trends for the practice area and assist with problem resolution for end users and customers.


• Create and update operations procedures for routine management processes and maintain controls and documentation for audit compliance.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience with AmTrust accounting system.


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or comparable experience with 20+ years of experience.


• Expert knowledge of mainframe operating systems and hardware.


• Strong knowledge of TSO and mainframe technology.


• Experience with COBOL, CICS, SAS, and MQ.


• Background in Wealth and Asset Management.


• Knowledge of functional software design and development best practices.


• Experience with Git and GitHub.


• Understanding of software development methodologies.


• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or comparable experience.