Remote Mainframe Engineer - Technical Lead

Ensono; Providence (RI); Remote; USD 97,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Health plan options

401k with company match

Fertility coverage

Education Reimbursement

Sabbatical leave

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Ensono is hiring a Mainframe Engineer to support, maintain, and enhance critical mainframe applications. The role requires a developer with expert knowledge in COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, and VSAM, plus experience with ticketing systems and both waterfall and Agile projects.

You will guide junior team members and contribute to performance tuning and documentation. The position offers remote work within the United States with competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Extensive mainframe development, support and maintenance experience.
• Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 and VSAM; SDLC and basic tooling.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and communication skills.
• US Citizen or US Green Card Holder.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Mainframe applications (COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM).
• Work with ticketing workflows (ServiceNow, Service Manager).
• Balance incidents, service requests and changes across projects.
• Provide troubleshooting and performance tuning for mainframe apps and queries.
• Document technical processes and SOPs for teams.
• Understand requirements and propose implementation options.

Skills

Mainframe COBOL

CICS

JCL

DB2

VSAM

SDLC

Version control

ServiceNow

Service Manager

Agile

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Tools

ServiceNow

Service Manager

Git

Jira

Job description

Ensono is hiring a Mainframe Engineer to support, maintain, and enhance critical mainframe applications. The role requires a developer with expert knowledge in COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, and VSAM, plus experience with ticketing systems and both waterfall and Agile projects.

You will guide junior team members and contribute to performance tuning and documentation. The position offers remote work within the United States with competitive pay and benefits.