Remote Senior z/OS System Engineer – Mainframe & Automation

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance and disability coverage

401k plan with tax-preferred savings

Vacation 10 days + 10 sick days per yr

Paid holidays

Potential pension plan eligibility

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior zOS System Programmer to support and advance enterprise mainframe infrastructure in a regulated financial environment. Remote work enables collaboration with teams across locations while maintaining strong security and reliability standards.

The role focuses on designing, optimizing, and maintaining z/OS platforms to ensure high availability, robust performance, and secure operations, with opportunities to guide junior engineers and shape infrastructure strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware
• Experience with z/OS, SMP/e, and IBM mainframe maintenance and operations
• Familiarity with security protocols such as RACF, IPSec, and SSH

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise infrastructure technology platforms across cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware domains
• Apply automation and optimization techniques to improve high availability and performance
• Manage infrastructure engineering projects in alignment with organizational policies and standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new technologies
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues affecting infrastructure
• Ensure compliance with technology strategies and regulatory requirements
• Provide technical guidance to junior team members

Skills

z/OS

SMP/e

IBM mainframe

RACF

IPSec

SSH

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Senior zOS System Programmer to support and advance enterprise mainframe infrastructure in a regulated financial environment. Remote work enables collaboration with teams across locations while maintaining strong security and reliability standards.

The role focuses on designing, optimizing, and maintaining z/OS platforms to ensure high availability, robust performance, and secure operations, with opportunities to guide junior engineers and shape infrastructure strategy.