Remote Mainframe Automation Engineer (OPSMVS & NetView)

Optum; Oregon (WI); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a senior z/OS automation engineer for a 100% remote role in the United States. You will design and implement automation for OPSMVS, Netview/SA, and GDPS to support disaster recovery, monitoring, and IT service workflows.

You must have hands-on TSO/ISPF/SDSF experience and a track record of delivering automation within SLAs, including on-call rotations, with strong collaboration across global teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with TSO, ISPF and SDSF.
• 10+ years with zOS operations commands.
• 10+ years with the zOS operating system, including JES2, RACF, and other base systems.
• 5+ years of experience with OPSMVS REXX and rules coding and with Netview/SA REXX and rules coding, specifically as it relates to GDPS.
• 5+ years of experience in providing automation solutions via the OPSMVS and Netview/SA products.
• 5+ years of experience with GDPS installation and script coding for purposes of Disaster Recovery and Rapid recovery scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Generating OPSMVS and Netview/SA rules and scripts that replace manual operator commands.
• Creating system monitoring rules and scripts to monitor system messages and conditions to allow appropriate responses by Operations and support teams.
• Designing code to generate automatic Service Now tickets.
• Successfully implementing requests within SLA timeframes.
• Assisting in GDPS software installation and GDPS script coding and maintenance in support of the current and future Rapid Recovery/Disaster Recovery processes.
• Serving in an "on call" rotation, which could include weekend commitments.

Skills

TSO

ISPF

SDSF

z/OS

JES2 RACF

OPSMVS REXX

NetView/SA REXX

GDPS

Automation

ServiceNow API

Tools

OPSMVS

NetView/SA

GDPS

Job description

Optum is seeking a senior z/OS automation engineer for a 100% remote role in the United States. You will design and implement automation for OPSMVS, Netview/SA, and GDPS to support disaster recovery, monitoring, and IT service workflows.

You must have hands-on TSO/ISPF/SDSF experience and a track record of delivering automation within SLAs, including on-call rotations, with strong collaboration across global teams.