Specialized Roles:
Mainframe Engineer
Job in
Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22184, USA
Listing for:
247Hire
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-11-06
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Unix/Linux, IT Infrastructure, Systems Administrator
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, implement, and maintain enterprise automation solutions across IBM z/OS environments.
- Administer and configure IBM System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS), including automation policies, managed resources, automation definitions, and resource dependency models.
- Maintain SA policy databases and develop automation solutions to improve system availability and operational efficiency.
- Develop advanced REXX programs, command processors, automation routines, and operational scripts.
- Configure and maintain IBM Net View automation tables, message automation, command lists, PIPEs, and event-processing routines.
- Design and implement automation solutions for CICS, Db2, IMS, MQ, JES2/JES3, and TCP/IP subsystems.
- Develop automation for CICS startup, shutdown, availability monitoring, recovery, restart, and health checks.
- Support Parallel Sysplex environments and implement cross-system automation and resource dependency management.
- Work with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/TWS/ZWS) to support workload scheduling, job dependencies, and batch automation.
- Support z/OS UNIX System Services (USS/OMVS), including UNIX process monitoring and shell scripting.
- Integrate automation solutions with monitoring and event management tools such as IBM OMEGAMON, Service Now, and Moogsoft.
Required Technical
Skills:
- Strong experience with IBM z/OS and IBM z/Series mainframe environments.
- Expert-level experience with IBM System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS).
- Advanced REXX programming and automation development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with IBM Net View.
- Experience with automation tables, command lists, PIPEs, message automation, and event processing.
- Strong knowledge of CICS, Db2, IMS, MQ, JES2/JES3, and TCP/IP.
- Experience with CICS availability, recovery, startup, shutdown, and restart automation.
- Strong understanding of Parallel Sysplex and cross-system automation.
- Proficiency in JCL, TSO/ISPF, and SDSF.
- Experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/TWS/ZWS).
- Familiarity with z/OS UNIX System Services (USS/OMVS) and shell scripting.
- Experience with enterprise monitoring and event management tools, including OMEGAMON, Service Now, and Moogsoft.
- Experience supporting high-availability, disaster recovery, and automated recovery solutions.
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