Senior z/OS Automation & NetView Specialist

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 70,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking an experienced z/OS Senior Administrator with deep expertise in IBM System Automation for z/OS and NetView to design, implement, and optimize automation across multiple sysplexes and LPARs.

The role requires hands-on management, automation development using PIPEs, REXX, and Assembler, collaboration with IBM support, and ensuring reliable mainframe operations.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of hands‑on IBM System Automation (SA for z/OS) experience.
• Strong IBM NetView configuration, administration, and troubleshooting.
• Advanced knowledge of z/OS systems administration and mainframe operations.
• Proficiency in REXX, NetView PIPEs, and Assembler programming.
• Experience implementing automation strategies in large-scale enterprise mainframe environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and support IBM System Automation (SA for z/OS) and NetView in a large enterprise environment.
• Analyze system environments, identify operational challenges, and develop automated solutions to improve efficiency.
• Design, develop, maintain, and document automation solutions using PIPEs, REXX, and Assembler.
• Standardize automation processes across multiple data centers and environments, currently supporting ~20 sysplexes and 65 LPARs.
• Perform installation, maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting of System Automation and NetView components.
• Collaborate with IBM support teams to diagnose, debug, and improve automation and monitoring capabilities.
• Integrate System Automation with enterprise monitoring tools, including OMEGAMON.
• Develop and maintain TEPS/OMEGAMON situations and monitoring solutions for the mainframe environment.

Skills

Automation design

z/OS administration

Mainframe operations

REXX scripting

NetView

PIPEs

Assembler programming

Tools

NetView

PIPEs

REXX

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking an experienced z/OS Senior Administrator with deep expertise in IBM System Automation for z/OS and NetView to design, implement, and optimize automation across multiple sysplexes and LPARs.

The role requires hands-on management, automation development using PIPEs, REXX, and Assembler, collaboration with IBM support, and ensuring reliable mainframe operations.