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Mainframe Automation Specialist - 100 % remote

System One • Merrifield, VA • 1w ago

Job Title: Mainframe Automation Specialist

Location: 100% remote

Type: Long Term W-2 Contract

Compensation: Negotiable

Hours: 40 hrs a week

Security Clearance: None but full background check to include criminal, credit and fingerprinting

Responsibilities

Investigate operational, technical, and business problems related to mainframe systems, analyzing requirements and recommending automation solutions.

Communicate complex system and automation information clearly to technical teams, business partners, and upper management.

Participate in an on-call rotation, as required, to support operational reliability.

Lead, guide, and mentor team members while promoting best practices, process improvements, and operational efficiency.

Administer, configure, and develop policies for IBM System Automation for z/OS, including resource automation, policy development, and SA policy database maintenance.

Develop enterprise automation solutions using REXX, command processors, routines, and scripts.

Manage and support automation across z/OS subsystems such as CICS, Db2, IMS, JES2/JES3, MQ, and TCP/IP.

Design and implement automation for CICS availability, recovery, startup, shutdown, restart, and health monitoring.

Apply knowledge of Parallel Sysplex, cross-system automation, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS operations for automation tasks.

Utilize IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS, TWS, ZWS) for workload automation processes.

Integrate automation with monitoring tools like IBM OMEGAMON, ServiceNow, and Moogsoft.

Support mainframe and distributed systems, identifying automation opportunities and enhancing operational reliability.

Support high-availability, recovery, restart, and self-healing automation solutions.

Requirements

Strong ability to investigate operational, technical, and business problems; analyze requirements; and recommend automation solutions.

Excellent communication skills to convey complex automation concepts clearly.

Experience with IBM System Automation for z/OS, including administration, configuration, and policy development.

Advanced REXX programming skills for automation routines and scripts.

Experience with IBM NetView, including automation tables, message automation, and event processing.

Proficiency in designing and supporting automation across z/OS subsystems such as CICS, Db2, IMS, JES2/JES3, MQ, TCP/IP.

Knowledge of Parallel Sysplex, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS operations.

Experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS, TWS, ZWS).

Familiarity with z/OS UNIX System Services, shell scripting, and UNIX processes.

Experience integrating automation with monitoring tools like IBM OMEGAMON, ServiceNow, and Moogsoft.

Supporting high-availability, recovery, and self-healing automation solutions.

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience.

Current awareness of industry standards, innovations, and best practices.

Experience with GDPS, SMP/E maintenance, and z/OS system programming concepts.

Familiarity with Ansible, REST APIs, and mainframe modernization technologies.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, Marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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