Senior Mainframe SRE – CICS, z/OS & Modernization Lead

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Cary, NC is looking for a Senior Mainframe Engineer to lead architecture, design and implementation of mainframe solutions. The role involves coordination with business and IT stakeholders, driving modernization, and delivering cost-effective, scalable mainframe services.

The incumbent will provide technical leadership to mainframe development, operations and modernization teams, while guiding intake, change, and performance tuning across CICS, MQ and z/OS

Qualifications

• Experience with IBM z/OS, COBOL, CICS, z/OS Connect and IBM MQ.
• CICS/MQ and z/OS Connect performance tuning, telemetry and trace analysis.
• Mainframe intake, change, release, incident and problem management.
• Cloud integration, zLinux, OpenShift, DevOps and automation using Red Hat Ansible for IBM Z, Ansible and Python.
• High availability, security, scalability and hybrid architecture.
• Lead the architecture, design and implementation of mainframe solutions aligned to business and technology strategy.
• Provide technical leadership to mainframe development, operations and modernization teams.
• Partner with business, application and infrastructure stakeholders to define requirements and deliver cost-effective solutions.
• Establish mainframe intake and change processes for new workloads and tune CICS, MQ and z/OS Connect services.
• Review CICS/MQ and z/OS Connect telemetry and traces to improve availability, security and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve CICS/MQ incidents; participate in release, change, incident and problem-management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design and implementation of mainframe solutions aligned to business and technology strategy.
• Provide technical leadership to mainframe development, operations and modernization teams.
• Partner with business, application and infrastructure stakeholders to define requirements and deliver cost-effective solutions.
• Establish mainframe intake and change processes for new workloads and tune CICS, MQ and z/OS Connect services.
• Review CICS/MQ and z/OS Connect telemetry and traces to improve availability, security and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve CICS/MQ incidents; participate in release, change, incident and problem-management processes.
• Create and maintain architecture standards, roadmaps, blueprints and governance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive continuous improvement and modernization.
• Lead cross-functional teams and multiple complex initiatives.

Skills

Mainframe

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Cary, NC is looking for a Senior Mainframe Engineer to lead architecture, design and implementation of mainframe solutions. The role involves coordination with business and IT stakeholders, driving modernization, and delivering cost-effective, scalable mainframe services.

The incumbent will provide technical leadership to mainframe development, operations and modernization teams, while guiding intake, change, and performance tuning across CICS, MQ and z/OS