Mainframe Engineer with DevOps

Arbor Tek Systems; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 234,000; Part time

Job summary

Arbor Tek Systems is seeking a Mainframe Engineer with DevOps to support remote, 18-month contract work on Endevor migrations and modern CI/CD pipelines for z/OS environments.

You will architect pipelines using Git, DBB, IDD, and Wazi Deploy, troubleshoot deployment issues, and train customers on workflows. Collaboration with IBM teams and stakeholders is essential to ensure modernization success.

Qualifications

• Experience with Endevor to Git/DBB migrations.
• Proficient in Git workflows: branching, reviews, releases.
• Experience with Groovy/Jenkins pipelines and YAML for CI/CD.
• Hands-on IBM DBB including build scripts and maps.
• Experience with IDD and Wazi Deploy for deployment automation.
• Strong debugging of pipelines, builds, and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead Endevor→Git/DBB migrations across z/OS environments.
• Architect and implement DevOps pipelines (Git, DBB, IDD, Wazi).
• Install/configure and troubleshoot DBB/IDD/Wazi on z/OS and USS.
• Analyze Endevor apps, processors, metadata, and dependencies.
• Debug pipeline/build failures and dependency issues.
• Deliver training sessions for Git/DBB/IDD/Wazi workflows.
• Collaborate with IBM teams and stakeholders on modernization.
• Document migration processes and runbooks for repeatable delivery.

Skills

Endevor → Git/DBB migrations

Git branching/repo mgmt

Groovy & Jenkins pipelines

YAML for CI/CD

IBM DBB build/maps/dep analysis

IDD & Wazi Deploy

Debugging pipelines & builds

z/OS & USS deployment

Tools

Git

DBB

IDD

Wazi Deploy

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Job description

Job Title: Mainframe Engineer with DevOps

Location : Remote

Role Type: Contract

Project Duration : 18 Months

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and support Endevor (and other SCM) → Git/DBB/IDD migration projects across enterprise z/OS environments.
• Architect and implement DevOps pipelines using Git, DBB, IDD, Wazi Deploy, and modern CI/CD platforms.
• Perform installation, configuration, and problem determination for DBB, Git, IDD, and Wazi on z/OS and USS.
• Analyze, convert, validate, and troubleshoot Endevor applications, processors, metadata, and dependency structures.
• Debug pipeline failures, compiler/link edit errors, dependency issues, repository sync problems, and build map inconsistencies.
• Deliver customer training sessions, hands on workshops, and enablement for Git/DBB/IDD/Wazi workflows.
• Collaborate with IBM teams, architects, and client stakeholders to ensure successful modernization outcomes.
• Document migration processes, best practices, runbooks, and technical resolutions for repeatable delivery.

Core Technical Skills

• Hands on experience performing Endevor → Git/DBB migrations.
• Strong proficiency with Git, branching strategies, repository management, and code review workflows.
• Experience authoring Groovy (Jenkins pipelines) and YAML (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab).
• Hands on experience with IBM DBB, including build scripts, build maps, dependency analysis, and automated compilation.
• Experience with IDD and/or IBM Wazi Deploy for deployment automation.
• Strong ability to debug pipeline/build failures, compiler/link edit errors, dependency issues, and conversion mismatches.
• Experience performing installation, configuration, and problem determination for DBB/IDD/Wazi on z/OS and USS.

Mainframe Background

• Strong z/OS and USS experience.
• Application development or system programmer background (COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM preferred).
• Experience with SMP/E, PARMLIB, JES2/JES3, and subsystem configuration is a plus.