Senior z/OS Mainframe Engineer - Remote

First National Bank of Omaha; Idaho; 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 is seeking a highly experienced Mainframe Senior Engineer to join our managed services team. You will maintain customer z/OS environments, perform tape save/restore, and plan migrations with minimal disruption.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in mainframe administration with deep knowledge of z/OS subsystems, storage, and networking, and can lead complex installations and outages with solid documentation.

Qualifications

• Senior Mainframe Engineer with 10+ years of experience in mainframe environments.
• Proven experience with z/OS, JES2, SDSF, TSO, RACF, SMP/E.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP and VTAM connectivity.
• Experience with CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ Series is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively.
• Experience with tape libraries and virtualization environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain customer z/OS environments and troubleshoot issues.
• Plan and migrate systems via tape save/restore or software replication.
• Expand customer environments and back up / restore data securely.
• Create and maintain system documentation for configurations and changes.
• Collaborate with customers on migrations to FNTS or remote management setup.
• Implement new offerings leveraging hardware and OS capabilities.
• Install OS and major subsystem releases with testing coordination.
• Maintain templates and sandbox systems for references.
• Provide after-hours and weekend support as needed.

Skills

z/OS concepts

Communication concepts

Storage management

z/OS subsystems

Major subsystems

Self-motivated

Excellent communication

Mainframe systems engineer

z systems hardware

LPARs configuration

OS upgrades

Automation & monitoring

Printer configurations

TCP/IP

Tools

Hardware Management Console

SMS

HSM

DFDSS

VSAM

IDCAMS

ICF Catalogs

Job description

FNTS is seeking a highly experienced Mainframe Senior Engineer to join our managed services team. You will maintain customer z/OS environments, perform tape save/restore, and plan migrations with minimal disruption.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in mainframe administration with deep knowledge of z/OS subsystems, storage, and networking, and can lead complex installations and outages with solid documentation.