Senior z/OS Mainframe Engineer (Remote)

First National Bank of Omaha; Colorado; Remote; USD 90,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401k with Matching Contributions

Time Off Programs

HSA/Dependent Care

Employee Banking

Growth Opportunities

Tuition Assistance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

FNTS, the Mainframe-focused cloud services division, seeks a Senior Mainframe Engineer to maintain and optimize customer environments. You will manage tape save/restore, software replication, and scalable z/OS ecosystems, while leading migrations and upgrades with minimal disruption.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in mainframe systems, expertise across z/OS subsystems, CICS/DB2/MQ, TCP/IP, and storage management.

Qualifications

• z/OS Concepts (JES2, SDSF, TSO, RACF, HCD/IODF, SMP/E).
• Communication Concepts (VTAM, TCP/IP).
• Storage Management (SMS, HSM, DFDSS, VSAM, IDCAMS, ICF Catalogs).
• z/OS Subsystems (JES2, WLM, OMVS/USS, SMF/RMF, RACF, ASM, GRS).
• Major Subsystems (CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ Series).
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations).
• Mainframe Systems Engineer (10+ years experience).
• Knowledge of z systems hardware.
• Experience configuring LPARs using the Hardware Management Console.
• Experience with storage management in JBOD, RAID, and SAN environments and the performance differences with each.
• Experience defining and troubleshooting Printer configurations.
• Experience configuring TCP/IP and associated servers in an IPV4 environment (IPv6 desired).
• Familiarity with Physical and Virtual tape library configuration and implementation.
• OS Upgrades, PTF Deployment and software installation.
• Experience configuring and deploying automation and monitoring tools.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations).

Responsibilities

• Perform reporting functions as required or requested by customer.
• Support cases and incidents / problems not solvable by Ops.
• Installation, maintenance and configuration of ISV products.
• Assist with hardware configuration and upgrades.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team migrating customer environments with minimal impact.
• Write and maintain system documentation.
• Work with customers to accomplish their migration to FNTS or remote management setup.
• Using team roadmap, implement technologies to achieve it, e.g. develop new offerings through taking advantage of new hardware capabilities or additional OS capabilities such as Sysplexes.
• Install new software (OS & major subsystem) releases while working with customer on timing/testing/implementation.
• Maintain golden/sandbox systems for templates.
• Participate in technical infrastructure projects as the Mainframe SME.
• Occasional after hours and weekend support.

Skills

z/OS Concepts

Communication Concepts

Storage Management

z/OS Subsystems

Major Subsystems

Self-motivated

Excellent communication

Mainframe Systems Engineer

Knowledge of z systems hardware

LPARs/HMC

JBOD/RAID/SAN storage

Printer configurations

TCP/IP configuration

Tape library configuration

OS Upgrades/PTF Deployment

Automation & monitoring tools

Job description

FNTS, the Mainframe-focused cloud services division, seeks a Senior Mainframe Engineer to maintain and optimize customer environments. You will manage tape save/restore, software replication, and scalable z/OS ecosystems, while leading migrations and upgrades with minimal disruption.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in mainframe systems, expertise across z/OS subsystems, CICS/DB2/MQ, TCP/IP, and storage management.