RE: Job Opportunity: zOS Engineer - Nashville, TN/ Pittsburgh, PA/ Orlando, FL/ Cincinnati, OH/Somerset, NJ - 6 months + (Potential for Extension)

[Venu Goud]

Job Opportunity: Mainframe Engineer

Location: Nashville, TN/ Pittsburgh, PA/ Orlando, FL/ Cincinnati, OH/Somerset, NJ

Duration: 6 months + (Potential for Extension)

Send me the resumes to Ve...@techrakers.com

Only G.C's and U.S.C's

 

Job Description:

Technical leadership and hands-on guidance in:

Mainframe automation frameworks and system state management

Expert-level REXX scripting; deep z/OS operating environment expertise

Designing/supporting automated failover in multi-site environments

RESTful APIs and systems integration for orchestration

DevOps tooling (e.g., Jenkins including Zowe plug-in, Ansible) and CI/CD for mainframe workloads

ServiceNow ITSM workflows and automation

AIOps/event-management platforms (e.g., Moogsoft or equivalent)

SQL, JCL, ISPF/TSO and related toolchains

Governance, risk, and controls:

Strong change control discipline (Git, peer reviews, deployment safeguards)

High-quality documentation: runbooks, process/architecture standards

Alignment with audit and compliance requirements

 

Stakeholder and vendor management:

Partner with infrastructure leaders and vendors; drive outcomes via SLAs and measurable KPIs

Translate functional requirements into automation workflows; steward solution documentation and training

Operations ownership:

Troubleshoot and drive root-cause fixes; prepare detailed problem reports

Resilience/DR: hands-on experience with GDPS and Safeguarded Copy

Collaborate on performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost efficiency

 

Qualifications:

Extensive experience leading mainframe automation in large, multi-site enterprises

Expert REXX and deep z/OS knowledge with a track record of robust automation delivery

Demonstrated success implementing resilience/DR automation (GDPS, Safeguarded Copy)

Proficiency with DevOps tooling (Jenkins incl. Zowe plug-in, Ansible) and REST API integrations

ServiceNow ITSM automation; familiarity with AIOps/event correlation platforms

Strong SQL, JCL, ISPF/TSO; ability to mentor across these domains

Proven change management discipline (Git, peer reviews) and excellence in documentation/runbooks

Exceptional communication skills for complex topics, training, and stakeholder engagement

Experience owning KPIs, quarterly improvement cycles, and executive-level reporting

 

Leadership Expectations:

Lead engineers/SREs with clear objectives, coaching, and succession planning; foster documentation and knowledge sharing.

Shape automation standards across technology services group ; align priorities to business outcomes and risk posture.

Present strategy, results, and risks to senior technology leadership; influence cross-platform adoption.

Practice financial stewardship for tooling, licensing, and infrastructure; identify savings via automation and improved change success rates.