Remote Lead Mainframe Engineer – z/OS & DB2 Expert

Highmark Health; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 94,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

enGen seeks a Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer/Lead Mainframe Platform Engineer to guide design, implementation, and maintenance of critical mainframe systems. You will lead projects, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high availability in a global data center environment.

Ideal candidates have deep z/OS, DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ knowledge, with strong collaboration and DR planning skills. Travel and off-hours work are part of the role, and you will drive platform improvements and best practices.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in design, coding, testing or support with minimal defects.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, code, test and implement technical solutions and provide production monitoring.
• Collaborate with IT, product, analytics and business teams to gather requirements.
• Report progress and risks to leadership regularly.

Skills

z/OS Mainframe

Mainframe Design

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Vendor Collaboration

Mentoring

Communication

On-call Readiness

Automation Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/CE

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

SMPE

IBM Systems Automation

DB2

IMS

CICS

Job description

enGen seeks a Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer/Lead Mainframe Platform Engineer to guide design, implementation, and maintenance of critical mainframe systems. You will lead projects, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high availability in a global data center environment.

Ideal candidates have deep z/OS, DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ knowledge, with strong collaboration and DR planning skills. Travel and off-hours work are part of the role, and you will drive platform improvements and best practices.