Senior Mainframe Platform Engineer - Remote/Onsite

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. seeks a Senior Mainframe Systems/Platform Engineer to own z/OS, CICS, MQ, and zCEE platforms, ensuring health, security, resiliency, and performance. The role spans engineering, roadmaps, incident response, modernization, and standards across Sysplex environments.

The candidate will mentor staff, develop automation, and collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams. Remote or onsite work options are offered to support business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Seven or more years of professional experience in z/OS or mainframe systems engineering.
• Strong knowledge of IBM Z technologies and related subsystems.
• Experience with SMP/E and mainframe performance tooling.

Responsibilities

• Maintain health, security, resiliency, availability, connectivity, and performance of z/OS, CICS, MQ, and zCEE.
• Engineer, install, configure, and support mainframe subsystems and related products.
• Troubleshoot incidents and diagnose complex platform issues across Sysplex environments.
• Design and support mainframe networking and connectivity (TCP/IP, SNA, LU6.2).
• Lead root-cause analysis for high-priority platform incidents.
• Develop platform roadmaps, blueprints, and implementation playbooks.
• Document procedures, KPIs, capacity plans, and support materials.
• Mentor engineers, programmers, analysts, and technical staff.

Skills

z/OS

CICS for z/OS

MQ for z/OS

zCEE for z/OS

Mainframe networking

Performance management

Capacity planning

SMP/E

DASD storage

Automation scripting

Incident management

Documentation

BMC MainView

IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer

REXX/ISPF

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering or related field

Seven+ years of professional z/OS/mainframe experience

Tools

SMP/E

ISPF

REXX

CICS Interdependency Analyzer

CICS Performance Analyzer

Job description

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. seeks a Senior Mainframe Systems/Platform Engineer to own z/OS, CICS, MQ, and zCEE platforms, ensuring health, security, resiliency, and performance. The role spans engineering, roadmaps, incident response, modernization, and standards across Sysplex environments.

The candidate will mentor staff, develop automation, and collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams. Remote or onsite work options are offered to support business needs.