Remote Mainframe Engineer — Lead & Innovate

Eliassen Group; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Our client, Eliassen Group, is seeking a skilled Mainframe Engineer to design, develop, test, configure, and support mainframe systems. The role involves managing product lifecycles for operational availability, gathering data, and analyzing capacity and performance.

The candidate will act as a mainframe SME, publish roadmaps, coordinate migrations, and support agile delivery while applying software development best practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with mainframe technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or comparable experience.
• Expert knowledge of mainframe operating systems and hardware.
• Strong knowledge of TSO and mainframe technology.
• Experience with COBOL, CICS, SAS, and MQ.
• Background in Wealth and Asset Management.
• Knowledge of software design and development best practices.
• Experience with Git and GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Serve as mainframe subject matter expert.
• Participate in infrastructure planning and provide insight into future technology directions.
• Maintain understanding of current and future infrastructure.
• Publish mainframe language and development tool roadmaps.
• Coordinate cross-department projects involving mainframe migrations.
• Demonstrate broad technical knowledge across multiple technologies.
• Maintain awareness of industry developments and apply new concepts.
• Build networks with internal/external stakeholders.
• Document complex technical systems for operational handover.
• Lead implementation efforts, evaluate proposals, plan projects and tests.

Skills

Mainframe expertise

Agile delivery

Strong communication

Git/GitHub knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

COBOL

CICS

SAS

MQ

Job description

Our client, Eliassen Group, is seeking a skilled Mainframe Engineer to design, develop, test, configure, and support mainframe systems. The role involves managing product lifecycles for operational availability, gathering data, and analyzing capacity and performance.

The candidate will act as a mainframe SME, publish roadmaps, coordinate migrations, and support agile delivery while applying software development best practices.