Mainframe Engineer / Administrator

Vidha It Solutions Llc; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Job summary

Vidha IT Solutions LLC in the United States is hiring a Senior Mainframe Engineer / Administrator to manage IBM z/OS systems, automation, and production operations. The role combines on-site and remote work from Merrifield, VA, with a 12+ month engagement.

You will administer SA z/OS, NetView, REXX, and z/OS subsystems, drive automation, monitor performance, handle incidents, and mentor teammates while enabling high availability across CICS, Db2, IMS, and MQ.

Qualifications

• Expert-level SA z/OS administration, including policy development and resource automation.
• Strong z/OS operations, system configuration, monitoring, and production support.
• Hands-on z/OS administration with IPL, startup/shutdown, and health monitoring.
• Advanced REXX programming for enterprise automation and tools.
• Experience with IBM NetView: automation tables, message handling, and policy-driven automation.
• Experience designing automation across z/OS subsystems and middleware (CICS, Db2, IMS, MQ, JES).
• Knowledge of Parallel Sysplex, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS ops.
• Experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/TWS/ZWS).
• Incident management, root cause analysis, and service restoration expertise.
• Automation integration with monitoring/event tools (OMEGAMON, ServiceNow, Moogsoft).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and on-call rotation readiness.

Responsibilities

• Administer and automate IBM z/OS mainframe environments for stability and performance.
• Manage SA z/OS and NetView configurations and policy development.
• Develop REXX routines and automation scripts for enterprise operations.
• Support high-availability across z/OS subsystems (CICS, Db2, IMS, JES2/JES3, MQ).
• Monitor performance, capacity, and health; respond to incidents and outages.
• Collaborate with teams and mentor junior staff on best practices.

Skills

SA z/OS

z/OS Admin

REXX scripting

NetView

Automation

CICS

Db2

JES2/JES3

IBM Workload Scheduler

OS uptime & HA

Tools

IBM System Automation for z/OS

OMEGAMON

ServiceNow

Moogsoft

SMP/E

Job description

Hiring: Mainframe Engineer / Administrator

Location: Merrifield, VA / Remote Duration: 12+ Months

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Engineer / Administrator with strong expertise in IBM z/OS system administration, enterprise automation, and production operations. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with IBM System Automation for z/OS, NetView, REXX programming, mainframe subsystem administration, and high‑availability automation solutions.

The candidate will be responsible for administering, maintaining, monitoring, troubleshooting, and automating mainframe environments to ensure system stability, availability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Expert‑level experience with IBM System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS), including administration, configuration, policy development, managed resource automation, automation definitions, resource dependency models, and SA policy database maintenance.
• Strong experience in Mainframe Administration, including z/OS system operations, system configuration, subsystem management, system monitoring, performance analysis, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Hands‑on experience with IBM z/OS system administration, including IPL support, system startup and shutdown, system parameter management, operational procedures, and system health monitoring.
• Advanced REXX programming experience developing enterprise automation solutions, command processors, automation routines, operational tools, and automation scripts.
• Strong experience with IBM NetView, including automation tables, message automation, command lists, PIPEs, event processing, and policy-driven automation components.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting automation across z/OS subsystems and middleware platforms, including CICS, Db2, IMS, JES2/JES3, MQ, and TCP/IP.
• Experience developing automation for CICS availability, recovery, startup, shutdown, restart, and health monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of Parallel Sysplex environments, cross‑system automation, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS operations.
• Experience with IBM Workload Scheduler, including IWS, TWS, ZWS, and enterprise workload automation processes.
• Experience administering and supporting mainframe production environments, including incident management, problem determination, root cause analysis, and service restoration.
• Knowledge of mainframe performance monitoring, capacity management, resource utilization, and system tuning.
• Familiarity with z/OS UNIX System Services (USS/OMVS), including UNIX process management, shell scripting, and automation.
• Experience with mainframe security administration concepts, RACF, user access management, permissions, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with mainframe software installation, maintenance, and configuration management, including SMP/E and z/OS system programming concepts.
• Strong ability to investigate operational, technical, and business problems, analyze requirements, and recommend reliable administration and automation solutions.
• Ability to communicate complex system and automation information clearly to technical teams, business partners, and senior management.
• Strong time management, prioritization, research, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to participate in an on‑call rotation and support critical production systems as required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, guide, and mentor team members while promoting technical best practices, process improvement, and operational efficiency.
• Experience integrating automation with monitoring and event management tools such as IBM OMEGAMON, ServiceNow, and Moogsoft.
• Experience managing, monitoring, and supporting mainframe and distributed systems, business applications, and infrastructure platforms.
• Experience identifying and implementing automation opportunities across IBM z/Series, UNIX, and Windows operating systems.
• Experience supporting high‑availability, disaster recovery, recovery, restart, and self‑healing automation solutions.
• Proven ability to reduce manual intervention, improve operational reliability, and deliver scalable automation solutions that support critical business services.

Desired / Preferred Qualifications

• Current awareness of industry standards, emerging technologies, and mainframe administration best practices.
• Experience with OMEGAMON situation development, alerting, monitoring customization, and performance analysis.
• Experience with GDPS, Parallel Sysplex, disaster recovery planning, and recovery automation.
• Experience with SMP/E maintenance, software upgrades, system configuration, and z/OS system programming concepts.
• Familiarity with Ansible, REST APIs, scripting, and mainframe modernization technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise production environments with high availability and stringent service‑level requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

About Vidha IT Solutions LLC

Vidha IT Solutions LLC is a dynamic technology services company dedicated to delivering innovative IT and data solutions to clients across industries. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges with modern technology, and we take pride in fostering a collaborative and growth‑oriented workplace. At Vidha IT Solutions, employees are empowered to make an impact and grow their careers alongside a passionate, forward‑thinking team.

This is a remote position.