Senior Mainframe Automation Engineer (Endevor/CI-CD)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer III to join the Corporate Technology team in Columbus. You will apply your expertise across Endevor, automation, and CI/CD pipelines to govern builds, deployments, and auditability.

The role emphasizes secure, auditable, and scalable infrastructure with AI-assisted tooling and cross-cloud capabilities. You will collaborate to design resilient processes, automate end-to-end workflows, and support critical mainframe integrations in a large

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on infrastructure engineering concepts and 3 years applied experience.
• Endevor platform engineering: configure/operate CA-Endevor (inventory models, processors/generates, packages/promotion rules), perform upgrades/maintenance, and ensure stability/DR readiness.
• CI/CD delivery with Jenkins: build pipeline-as-code and shared libraries to automate build/test/promote flows, enforce sequencing, approvals, and environment-specific controls.
• API/CLI custom wrapper enablement: develop and support versioned wrapper interfaces around Endevor APIs/CLI with consistent error handling, logging, and operational supportability.
• REXX & Python automation: create REXX utilities for z/OS-side operational automation and Python services/scripts for orchestration, integrations, evidence/metadata capture, and notifications.
• Security, traceability, and reliability: implement least-privilege access and audit logging (RACF/ACF2/TSS Endevor), ensure end-to-end traceability (commit build package), and lead troubleshooting/RCA across Endevor/Jenkins/wrappers.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support infrastructure engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted recommendations before implementation, escalating when uncertain and ensuring outcomes align to resiliency, security, and auditability expectations.
• Strong knowledge of one or more scripting languages
• Experience with multiple cloud technologies (ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds)

Responsibilities

• Engineer and govern the Endevor inventory model aligned to SDLC and release governance.
• Configure and maintain processors to enable deterministic builds and middleware hooks.
• Build and maintain Endevor automation interfaces with APIs/CLI wrappers.
• Develop Python automation and REXX utilities for Endevor lifecycle actions and data capture.
• Implement and support Jenkins pipelines invoking Endevor via API/CLI wrappers.
• Establish traceability by mapping commit/build IDs to Endevor identifiers and capturing promotion history.
• Troubleshoot toolchain failures and deliver RCA with preventive fixes.
• Define, test, and execute backup/restore and DR procedures for Endevor repositories and wrappers.
• Leverage enterprise AI capabilities to accelerate analysis and validate outputs.
• Identify recurring capacity risks and improve remediation workflows, ensuring resiliency and security compliance.

Skills

Endevor platform engineering

Jenkins CI/CD pipelines

REXX & Python automation

APIs/CLI wrapper development

Security and audit logging

AI-assisted validation

Scripting languages

Cloud technologies

Education

Formal infrastructure engineering certification or training

Tools

CA-Endevor

Jenkins

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer III to join the Corporate Technology team in Columbus. You will apply your expertise across Endevor, automation, and CI/CD pipelines to govern builds, deployments, and auditability.

The role emphasizes secure, auditable, and scalable infrastructure with AI-assisted tooling and cross-cloud capabilities. You will collaborate to design resilient processes, automate end-to-end workflows, and support critical mainframe integrations in a large