Sr Mainframe Technical Consultant

Broadcom; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid holidays, sick leave and vacation

Job summary

Broadcom is seeking a senior consultant with extensive expertise in mainframe infrastructure software and Broadcom mainframe products such as SYSVIEW, OPS/MVS, NetMaster, and Mainframe Application Tuner. The role requires deep knowledge of mainframe operations, REXX/HLASM coding, and willingness to travel to client sites.

The candidate will provide technical leadership, architecture recommendations, and hands-on assistance across customer environments, collaborating with account teams and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of related experience; postgraduate coursework may be desirable or a Master's degree and 6+ years of related experience.
• 10+ years’ experience with Broadcom Software mainframe products or similar.
• 10+ years’ experience with z/OS.
• Familiarity with BMC, IBM and Rocket mainframe products is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver value to customers by applying real-world experience and industry certifications.
• Lead virtual teams and coordinate complex product integration demonstrations and proofs of concept.
• Provide technical leadership and documentation to support proposed solutions.
• Understand JES, CICS, MQ, DB2, IMS and VSAM subsystems and enterprise security managers (ACF2, TSS, RACF).
• Act as consultant on a wide range of infrastructure management topics and communicate innovations and trends.

Skills

Mainframe expertise

REXX/HLASM

z/OS experience

Leadership / client-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree (advantage)

Tools

SYSVIEW

OPS/MVS

NetMaster

Mainframe Application Tuner

Common Services

Job description

Job Summary

A senior consultant with the highest technical skill and experience in a broad range of mainframe infrastructure software. This individual possesses skills in Broadcom Software mainframe products such as SYSVIEW, OPS/MVS, NetMaster, Mainframe Application Tuner, etc., and has broad knowledge of mainframe operations, environments and best practices. The consultant will provide assistance, recommendations and technical leadership to management and clients on infrastructure topics pertaining to the architectural design and development of applied systems and services. Additional capabilities such as REXX, COBOL or HLASM coding are required. Ability to travel to client sites is required.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver tangible value to customers through real‑world experience and industry certifications. The role is responsible for achieving results measured across five primary areas:

Customer Focus: Effectively communicate Broadcom's key capabilities to address customer and partner needs.

Financial Targets: Meet or exceed Broadcom's stated financial quotas and targets.

Internal Business Processes: Demonstrate mastery with Broadcom's internal processes, systems and support structure.

Professional Development: Demonstrate high‑level proficiency and skill.

Leadership, Teamwork and Planning: Collaborate with and effectively run virtual teams.

Customer Focus:

• Assist the Broadcom Account Director, Solution Architect and/or Partner Account Director in technically qualifying solutions and their benefits to customers and/or partners.
• Work closely with the account team and the customer or partner to obtain a deep understanding of the customer's technology needs or partner's offerings and architect a solution to meet them.
• Build relationships across the customer's or partner's IT silos and offerings to understand, build, document and share our knowledge of their infrastructure, challenges and potential technical impact of planned projects.
• Understand and act as a valued resource early and often within the customer's decision‑making process (e.g., during the idea or conceptual stages).
• Execute and/or coordinate complex product integration demonstrations and proofs of concept, customizing the demonstrations as necessary to address the customer's specific needs and environment.
• Maintain a deep technical knowledge of the products developed by the mainframe division of Broadcom.
• Provide technical specifications and requirements documentation as necessary to support the proposed solution.
• Effectively position and present the benefits of Broadcom's solutions and specifically how our solutions will support the client's technical and functional requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight during Trials, Proof‑of‑Concept (POCs), complex demos, etc., as warranted.
• Ensure technical requirements required by the proposed solution are clearly communicated to and understood by the client and meet the client's expectations.
• Effectively communicate Broadcom's key competitive differentiators by solution as defined by Broadcom product groups.
• Foster and build relationships with customers and partners to develop references.
• Strive to constantly improve the quality of all customer interactions.

Primary Functions

• Analyze user and data requirements and provide related solution modeling and implementation.
• Review proposed solution plans for Broadcom Software infrastructure products and related actionable results.
• Evaluate solution design, upgrade, conversion from other infrastructure products and implementation approaches.
• Conduct hardware/software comparative evaluations as they relate to infrastructure solutions.
• Serve as a technical solution troubleshooter and post‑implementation support.
• Understand the major subsystems such as JES, CICS, MQ series, DB2, IMS, and VSAM.
• Understand enterprise security managers such as ACF2, TSS and RACF.
• Act as a consultant in studying and recommending actions on a wide variety of technical areas regarding infrastructure management, providing guidance to customer management and technical resources.
• Communicate current innovations and trends in infrastructure management solutions.
• Act as a technical consultant and reference source.
• Implement or upgrade a broad range of Broadcom Software infrastructure products such as SYSVIEW, OPS/MVS, NetMaster, Mainframe Application Tuner, Common Services, etc.
• Script or code quick implementations to solve conversion from other products.

Technical Skills

• Understanding of mainframe infrastructure management concepts and practice.
• Understanding and implementation of Broadcom Software mainframe products or similar.
• Proficient with REXX and/or HLASM programming languages.
• 10+ years’ experience with Broadcom Software mainframe products or similar.
• 10+ years’ experience with z/OS.
• Familiarity with BMC, IBM and Rocket mainframe products a plus.
• Experience with z/VSE and z/VM a big plus but not required.

Communication Skills

• Listen to client requirements and organize them into a list of business needs and objectives.
• Provide written communication to the project manager and customer regarding build and integrate instructions, assigned task status and ability to communicate through channels such as knowledge transfer instructions to run the solution after implementation is complete.
• Follow a communication plan established by the project manager.
• Document all aspects listed above and communicate in writing project statuses, task status and build and integration results from implementations.
• Deliver technical presentations and product demonstrations internally and externally.

Key Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of related experience; at this level postgraduate coursework may be desirable or a Master's degree and 6+ years of related experience.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $160,000. The position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.