Contractor Mainframe DevOps Engineer

Basic Purpose:
Responsible for the set-up, support, maintenance, and development of software lifecycle processes for mainframe platform. The goal is to modernize the mainframe processes to a modern CI/CD pipeline methodology. Candidate must have development aptitude to write build and deployment scripts and extensive latitude for independent judgment.

Specific Qualifications:

• Experience managing mainframe z/OS and USS systems, and a working understanding of overall mainframe architecture. Emphasis on identifying manual processes that can be automated.
• Experience with software lifecycle management in a mainframe environment, with goal to accomplish setting up DevOps and CI/CD methodologies on the mainframe system.
• Experience with version control, change management and deployment tools such as ChangeMan ZMF, ChangeMan ZMF Client Pack, Endevor, ISPW.
• Understanding of CICS, Db2, SQL, SDSF.
• Knowledge of IBM High Level Assembler, IBM Enterprise COBOL, REXX, JCL, ISPF Dialog.
• Experience developing and building mainframe software.
• Proficiency in project analysis, functional areas, interoperability between areas, etc. to architect solutions to improve the processes.
• Ability to understand business problems and determine what aspects of them require optimization.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Agile Software Development Methodology.
• Experience with IBM Dependency Based Build (DBB), IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD), IBM IDz (or other Eclipse-based IDE), RocketGit.
• Coordination of technology decisions with architectural requirements and constraints, including architecting and designing CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of Quality Control and Test Automation.

Specific Duties:

• Design, code, troubleshoot and support mainframe build and deployment processes.
• Process modernization of mainframe build and deployment processes.
• Provide Tier 2 and 3 on-call support for mainframe build and deployment processes.
• Administration of Software lifecycle tools (eg. ChangeMan ZMF).
• Identify and recommend process improvements.
• Document and maintain the mainframe related documentation.
• Support routine internal and external audits.

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay, 401(k)
• Retirement plan
• and much more!