Senior Java & Mainframe Operations Lead

Wipro; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Wipro in St. Louis, MO seeks an experienced IT operations leader to oversee application support and production services across multi‑tier teams. You will drive team formation, implement mature processes, and collaborate across Mainframe and Open Systems to deliver reliable services.

The role requires managing senior client relationships in regulated industries and hands-on knowledge transfer to scale expertise across large portfolios. Competitive compensation and full benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT application support/production ops in managed services or outsourcing.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role overseeing L1/L2/L3 teams.
• Proven experience building new teams, establishing processes, and driving maturity.
• Hands-on with Mainframe (CA7, Autosys, JCL, COBOL) and Open Systems (Java, middleware).
• Strong track record managing senior customer relationships in financial services.
• Experience driving left-shift / knowledge transfer across large portfolios.

Responsibilities

• 10+ years in IT application support/production operations in a managed services or outsourcing environment.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership or managerial role overseeing multi-tier support teams (L1/L2/L3).
• Proven experience in standing up new teams, building processes from the ground up, and driving operational maturity.
• Hands-on experience with both Mainframe (CA7, Autosys, JCL, COBOL ecosystem) and Open Systems (Java, middleware, distributed platforms).
• Strong track record of managing customer relationships at a senior level in financial services or similarly regulated industries.
• Experience driving left-shift / knowledge transfer programs across large application portfolios.

Skills

IT support

Production ops

Leadership

Multi-tier support

Mainframe

COBOL

JCL

CA7

Autosys

Java

Middleware

Customer relationships

Financial services

Knowledge transfer

Tools

CA7

Autosys

Control-M

JCL

CICS

DB2

MQ

Kafka

Linux

Unix

SQL

ServiceNow

Splunk

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Nagios

Python

Shell

PowerShell

Job description

Wipro in St. Louis, MO seeks an experienced IT operations leader to oversee application support and production services across multi‑tier teams. You will drive team formation, implement mature processes, and collaborate across Mainframe and Open Systems to deliver reliable services.

The role requires managing senior client relationships in regulated industries and hands-on knowledge transfer to scale expertise across large portfolios. Competitive compensation and full benefits are offered.