Senior zOS System Programmer - Remote

Truist; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Pension Plan

Deferred Compensation

Job summary

Truist seeks an experienced z/OS System Programmer to lead mainframe upgrades, maintenance, and OEM installs. You will diagnose incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate with vendors while mentoring junior staff.

Strong knowledge of z/OS, SMP/e and IBM mainframe tooling is required. The role supports enterprise infrastructure initiatives, ensures regulatory compliance, and drives high availability through automation and robust engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware.

Responsibilities

• Designs, builds, and implements enterprise infrastructure platforms across cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, or middleware domains.
• Applies automation, monitoring, and optimization techniques for high availability and performance.
• Manages infrastructure projects and processes per policies and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to integrate new technologies.
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex infrastructure issues.
• Supports compliance with technology strategies, standards and governance.
• Reviews and guides designs, configurations, and procedures.
• Provides technical guidance to lower-level professionals.
• Develops technical solutions with deep analysis of systems.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Problem diagnosis

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

z/OS

SMP/e

IBM Mainframe

RACF

GDPS

HMC

IPSec

AT-TLS

SSH

Parallel Sysplex

Job description

Please review the following job description:

Regular or Temporary: Regular

Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Our Mainframe Engineering team is looking for an experienced, senior level zOS System Programmer to help with zOS new release installs, maintenance and OEM installs. More specifically, this role will require problem tracking, diagnosis and root-cause analysis, replication, troubleshooting, and resolution for complex issues. And in this capacity, perform programming and debugging activities. This engineer will also be responsible for responding to issues in a timely manner by receiving and investigating incidents or service tickets and may engage and manage outside vendors. Lastly, this engineer will act as a resource for teammates with less experience.

*Please note that for this opportunity, Truist will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will we offer any immigration-related support for this position (including, but not limited to H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN-1 or TN-2, E-3, O-1, or future sponsorship for U.S. lawful permanent residence status.)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

1. Designs, builds, and implements enterprise infrastructure technology platforms and systems across cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, or middleware domains.
2. Applies automation, monitoring, and optimization techniques to ensure high availability and performance of infrastructure.
3. Manages infrastructure engineering projects and processes aligned with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
4. Collaborates with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to integrate new technologies and continuously improve infrastructure standards and processes.
5. Troubleshoots and resolves complex technical issues impacting infrastructure performance and reliability.
6. Supports compliance with technology strategies, standards, and governance to mitigate risks and ensure regulatory adherence.
7. Reviews and guides infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures to support operational consistency and knowledge sharing.
8. Provides technical guidance and direction to lower-level technical professionals.
9. Develops technical solutions with deep analysis of infrastructure systems and leads infrastructure processes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
2. Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering.
3. Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Banking or financial services experience.
2. z/OS, SMP/e, IBM Mainframe experience and applying maintenance, IPL’ing, LPAR’s and HMC’s.
3. Familiarity with taking dumps, traces and gathering appropriate documentation for analysis.

1. 4. Hands on with RACF and network security protocols (IPSec, AT-TLS, SSH).
2. 5. Knowledge of Coupling facility support, High Availability and Automation.
3. 6. Experience with parallel sysplex (GDPS) and IBM utilities.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation:

• Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates.
• Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays.
• Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site.

As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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