Senior Remote Mainframe Engineer (Contract)

Eliassen Group

Jackson (MS)

Remote

USD 89,544,000 - 103,320,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Engineer to design, develop, test, configure, and support mainframe environments. You will lead cross-functional efforts, publish roadmaps, and coordinate migrations while sustaining agile delivery.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, code quality, and collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in mainframe tech, COBOL/CICS/SAS/MQ expertise, and a strong background in wealth and asset management.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or comparable experience.
10+ years of experience with AmTrust accounting system.
Expert knowledge of mainframe operating systems and hardware.
Strong knowledge of TSO and mainframe technology.
Experience with COBOL, CICS, SAS, and MQ.
Background in Wealth and Asset Management.
Knowledge of functional software design and development best practices.
Experience with Git and GitHub.
Understanding of software development methodologies.
Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Serve as mainframe subject matter expert.
Participate in infrastructure planning and provide insight into future technology directions.
Maintain thorough understanding of current and future infrastructure.
Establish, document, and publish mainframe language and development tool directions and roadmaps.
Coordinate cross-department projects involving mainframe application migrations.
Demonstrate broad technical knowledge across multiple technologies or deep expertise in one technology and its impacts.
Maintain awareness of industry developments and quickly apply new concepts.
Build productive networks with internal and external customers, vendors, and industry peers.
Ensure proper documentation of complex technical systems for effective operational handover.
Lead implementation efforts, analyze vendor proposals, evaluate build versus buy, plan projects, establish critical paths, coordinate vendors, build and conduct tests, and track progress.
Design and implement new features while improving product and application quality.
Create and execute long-term vision of technical products and applications.
Act as a technical expert and developer on an agile squad and participate in agile ceremonies.
Drive architecture of solutions across multiple services and applications.
Develop software that meets code quality standards and metrics and practice test-driven development.
Guide communities of practice by mentoring developers, creating and enforcing standards, reviewing code, and sharing knowledge.
Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code.
Partner with operations and engineering teams to drive service improvement.
Remain current on IT trends for the practice area and assist with problem resolution for end users and customers.
Create and update operations procedures for routine management processes and maintain controls and documentation for audit compliance.
Perform other duties as assigned.