Remote Mainframe Engineer (z/OS)

Highmark Health Company; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

enGen is seeking a Mainframe Engineer to contribute to designing, developing, and maintaining Mainframe z/OS environments and related tooling. You will participate in the full technical lifecycle from idea to deployment and support across multiple teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration, production monitoring, and delivering robust, scalable solutions with modern practices. Remote work is available with potential for on-site collaboration as needed.

Qualifications

• CANDIDATE MUST BE US Citizen (due to contractual/access requirements)
• 3 years of experience in analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects
• 3 years of technical problem solving, solution implementation, team/project collaboration experience
• 3 years of basic computer science concepts and principles, common operating systems, development languages/scripting

Responsibilities

• Responsible for one or many of the following tasks: analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production monitoring and support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects
• Collaborate with stakeholders across IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements and provide technical solutions that meet organizational needs
• Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to leadership on a regular basis
• Document technical processes and procedures, and participate in technical reviews and knowledge sharing sessions
• Collaborate on the design and implementation of with architecture to ensure solution alignment to enterprise goals and standards
• Perform technical analysis and provide insights to support decision-making across various departments
• Stay up-to-date with the latest relevant technologies and industry best practices
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Mainframe

z/OS

SMPE

COUPLING FACILITY

Technical analysis

Collaboration

Production monitoring

Problem solving

Adaptability

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

enGen is seeking a Mainframe Engineer to contribute to designing, developing, and maintaining Mainframe z/OS environments and related tooling. You will participate in the full technical lifecycle from idea to deployment and support across multiple teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration, production monitoring, and delivering robust, scalable solutions with modern practices. Remote work is available with potential for on-site collaboration as needed.