Senior Mainframe Automation Engineer (IBM SA z/OS & NetView)

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Mainframe Systems Automation and z/OS Operations.
• Expert-level experience with IBM System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS), including:
• Administration
• Configuration
• Policy Development
• Resource Automation
• Dependency Modeling
• SA Policy Database Maintenance
• Advanced hands-on REXX Programming experience with proven development of enterprise automation solutions.
• Strong experience with IBM NetView, including automation tables, message automation, command lists, PIPEs, and event processing.
• Extensive experience supporting and automating z/OS environments.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of:
• z/OS
• JCL
• TSO/ISPF
• SDSF
• JES2/JES3
• Parallel Sysplex
• Experience automating and supporting middleware platforms including:
• CICS
• Db2
• IMS
• MQ Series
• TCP/IP
• Experience with Mainframe Operations, Monitoring, and Event Management.
• Familiarity with high-availability and disaster recovery automation strategies.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CICS Automation including availability monitoring, restart, recovery, and health management.
• Experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/TWS/ZWS) and workload automation processes.
• Experience with z/OS UNIX System Services (USS/OMVS) and shell scripting.
• Experience integrating mainframe automation with enterprise monitoring solutions.
• Experience with:
• IBM OMEGAMON
• ServiceNow
• Moogsoft
• Experience supporting IBM zSeries, UNIX, and Windows infrastructure environments.
• Knowledge of GDPS and disaster recovery automation.
• Experience with SMP/E maintenance and z/OS system programming concepts.
• Familiarity with Ansible, REST APIs, and Mainframe Modernization technologies.