Mainframe Lead BankingFinance Dallas TXAustin TX Hybrid 3 days onsite per week

Vytwo; Prosper (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote options

Job summary

Vytwo in Dallas/Austin is seeking a Mainframe Lead / Automation Engineer for a hybrid role (3 days onsite). The candidate will transform manual operational tasks into automated, auditable workflows within a mainframe-integrated banking environment.

The role requires strong Python, GitHub, and CI/CD expertise, plus experience with Control-M and scheduling. Flexibility for relocation and remote options may be considered for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development/automation engineering experience.
• Experience building production-grade automation, not just scripts.
• Strong Python development skills with testing, logging, and maintainability.
• Strong GitHub expertise including CI/CD practices.
• Experience creating and supporting GitHub Actions workflows for validation, testing, deployment, and promotion.
• Experience with GitHub Copilot and VS Code for coding and troubleshooting.
• Automation architecture mindset to convert manual processes into automated workflows.
• Quick learner of Control-M and related scheduling tools.

Skills

Python development

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Automation architecture

Control-M

Scheduling

Linux/Windows

Mainframe exposure

Tools

GitHub Actions

IaC

JSON

Job description

Hiring: Mainframe Lead - Banking / Finance Location: Dallas, TX / Austin, TX Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week Day One: On-site required Employment: FTE / C2H

Local candidates preferred. Candidates must be willing and ready to relocate to Dallas/Austin if not local.

Position Overview

We’re looking for a Mainframe Lead / Automation Engineer with strong production-grade automation experience, excellent Python skills, and hands-on expertise with GitHub and GitHub Actions. The ideal candidate is someone who can transform manual operational processes into reliable, maintainable, auditable automation workflows and is comfortable working across modern engineering tools and mainframe-integrated environments.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of software development/automation engineering experience.
• Proven experience building production-grade automation, not just scripts.
• Strong Python development skills, including modular code, testing, logging, error handling, and maintainability.
• Strong GitHub expertise, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD practices.
• Hands-on experience creating and supporting GitHub Actions workflows for validation, testing, deployment, and promotion.
• Real-world experience using GitHub Copilot and VS Code for coding, refactoring, troubleshooting, and productivity.
• Strong automation architecture mindset with the ability to convert manual processes into automated and auditable workflows.
• Ability to quickly learn and work with Control-M.
• Prior Control-M experience is preferred, but strong automation engineers with scheduling experience will be considered.

Preferred / Differentiating Skills

• Control-M, particularly Jobs-as-Code.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• JSON-based configuration and pipeline development.
• Linux and Windows platform experience.
• Exposure to mainframe-integrated environments.
• Strong incident ownership, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Candidate Screening

Please advance candidates who can answer YES to at least 5 of the required skill areas.

If you're an experienced automation engineer with strong Python, GitHub, CI/CD, and platform engineering skills-and you're ready to work in a mainframe-integrated banking environment,we'd love to connect!

Flexible work from home options available.