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Mainframe Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL (NOW HIRING)

This position is responsible for providing mainframe technical support for the Endevor/Zowe ... Partner with Support Delivery Management and Engineering Teams to highlight customer's business ...

This position is responsible for providing mainframe technical support for the Endevor/Zowe ... Partner with Support Delivery Management and Engineering Teams to highlight customer's business ...

Produce, test, and debug functional software solutions, leveraging your Mainframe expertise to modernize our enterprise software. * Collaborate: Partner with product management and fellow software ...

R&D Engineer Software 3

Lisle, IL · On-site

$100 - $125/hr

Produce, test, and debug functional software solutions, leveraging your Mainframe expertise to modernize our enterprise software.* **Collaborate:** Partner with product management and fellow software ...

The Role We are seeking an experienced Mainframe z/VM & Linux Engineer to support IBM Z ... Manage lifecycle of virtual machines (guests): * Provisioning * Scaling * Decommissioning

Strong understanding of security protocols and Mainframe Security Managers (ACF2, Top Secret, and RACF) * Proficiency in z/OS Security & Cryptography: Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility (ICSF ...

Senior Developer

Naperville, IL · On-site

$54.50 - $72/hr

... Mainframe Cobol (Primary) JCL CICS VSAM Unix Shell scripting is preferred Client Interview Needed for Selection (Yes / No) No To be responsible for managing technology in projects and providing ...

The Senior Sales Executive must have a proven track record selling "as-a-service" complex technology offerings that include managed services, public cloud, mainframe, security and outsourcing. He/she ...

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How much do mainframe manager jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 7, 2026, the average hourly pay for mainframe manager in Chicago, IL is $54.99, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $48.56 and $62.40 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a mainframe manager?

A Mainframe Manager oversees the operation, maintenance, and security of an organization's mainframe systems. They manage a team of IT professionals, ensure system availability, and implement upgrades and performance optimizations. Their role includes coordinating disaster recovery plans, monitoring system performance, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Strong technical expertise, leadership, and problem-solving skills are essential for this role.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a mainframe manager?

A Mainframe Manager requires deep expertise in mainframe systems administration, COBOL programming, resource planning, and a relevant bachelor’s degree in computer science or IT. Familiarity with mainframe operating systems (such as z/OS), job scheduling tools, and certifications like IBM Certified System Programmer are highly valued. Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills help manage teams and facilitate collaboration across IT functions. These competencies are vital for maintaining system reliability, optimizing performance, and leading modernization initiatives in large-scale enterprise environments.

What are some typical challenges faced by mainframe managers in a modern IT environment?

Mainframe Managers often encounter challenges such as integrating legacy mainframe systems with newer technologies, ensuring data security, and maintaining high system availability. Balancing the demands of routine maintenance with modernization projects and adapting to evolving compliance requirements can also be demanding. Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including application developers and security specialists, is common to address these challenges effectively. Successful Mainframe Managers stay proactive about emerging trends and prioritize continuous learning to keep systems efficient and secure.

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Infographic showing various Mainframe Manager job openings in Chicago, IL as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 86% Full Time, 13% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 88% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 10% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $114,373 per year, or $55 per hour.

Support Engineer - Mainframe

Broadcom

Lisle, IL • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 15 days ago


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Job description

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Job Description:

This position is responsible for providing mainframe technical support for the Endevor/Zowe products. This support includes handling complexquestions/problemsfor product suites to ensure our customers achieve their desired business outcomes. Engineers are expected to deliver a superior customer experience by exhibiting our core principles of empathy, expertise, value, and speed.

Key Responsibilities

  • Promote Broadcom mission, customer promise, and strategy; willingly adapts to and supports change. Participates in projects to improve the business/products/CX.

  • Willingly accepts and adapts to change in product(s) being supported, environments, infrastructure / technology and such. May assist others in adopting to product(s)/technology change. May act as a Designated Support Engineer for certain products/ customers.

  • Continually expands knowledge of Broadcom Support best practices, procedures and systems.

  • Lead brainstorming sessions to improve our business by applyingactive listening,collaboration and facilitation skills.

  • Proactively identify team training needs; collaborate with team members to facilitate relevant training to address individual or team needs.

  • Prioritize and balance workload across channels, making good use of time to achieve organizational and personal goals. Assist/mentor others to prioritize and balance their workload by sharing their expertise.

  • Independently learn and expand product, technology and soft skills. Expand knowledge across multiple product releases. Act as subject matter expert for certain product components.

  • Actively participate in Broadcom communities to promote self-service and to promote customer-to-customer collaboration. Review information and answer questions on product Communities.

  • Share knowledge with other engineers and customers by following KCS methodology and process. Enable customer self-service success using KCS methodology by reusing, creating, reviewing, updating, publishing and retiring knowledge. Assist/ mentor colleagues developing knowledge content.

  • Leverage experience and research existing knowledge resources to evaluate customer's environment and historical use of Broadcom products to proactively prepare for customer engagements, assess business impact and instill immediate customer confidence.

  • Mature relationships with key internal stakeholders (e.g., SaaS Ops, Sustaining Engineering) to develop strategic partnerships which will help customers achieve their business outcomes.

  • Use problem solving skills to quickly resolve customer's cases to their satisfaction and provide assistance to prevent future issues by proactively sharing information/expertise regarding recent hotfixes and knowledge documents with the customer.

  • Utilize new or advanced technology (i.e. telemetry) to increase knowledge of customers' environments.

  • Apply advanced technical knowledge and troubleshooting methodology to assess complex problems, analyze logs to determine root causes and advise customers on solutions.Analyze diverse customer environmental data to troubleshoot and recreate issues on test systems.Share configuration best-practices with customers.

  • Demonstrate teamwork and leadership by providing technical assistance to team-members to support aged/escalated issues.Provide coaching and mentoring to less-experienced team-members, or colleagues.

  • Partner with Support Delivery Management and Engineering Teams to highlight customer's business impact and influence the prioritization of defects/issues to create fixes.

  • Understand the Product Lifecycle and future direction for the supported products or product line.Participate in scrum teams including documentation and requirements review, comments on end of scrum demos, test demo environments and supportability requirements.

  • Create lab environments to replicate customer issues.

  • Improve product quality by identifying and documenting predominant customer issues which require assessment by the Business Insight Analysts.

  • Adhere to case hygiene best practices and look for new ways to improve the quality and integrity of case data/documentation.

  • Proactively identifies barriers preventing customer from adopting or being productive with products/solutions and leverages cross-functional teams and proactive support playbooks to increase customer satisfaction and adoption levels.

  • Cultivate a growth mindset. Continual focus on professional career development opportunities including product and industry certifications.

Typical Role Definition

Professional Staff. A senior level professional role. Evaluation, originality or ingenuity required. Knows and applies the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of a particular field. Has mastered the key responsibilities. Assignments can be broad in nature. May serve as a resource to others to resolve complex problems and issues. Instructions generally provided in general terms. May take on project lead role as required. May be required to be on-call rotation afterhours and weekends.

Job-Specific Authority and Scope

  • Generally works without consulting their manager.

  • Independent decisions are made daily.

  • Examples of typical decisions without manager consultation:

    • Decide priorities while working with customers.

    • Formulate workarounds to meet customer business objectives.

    • Mentor junior team members

  • Typically has no direct reports.

  • Typically has no total staff.

  • Typically has a global geographic focus.

  • Typically does not manage a budget.

Business Travel and Physical Demands

Business travel of approximately 10 or less percent yearly is expected for this position.

Physical demands:

  • Office environment. No special physical demands required.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's Degree or global equivalentin Computer Science or relateddiscipline and 0-2+ years of experience.

Skills & Competencies

  • Proven customer service skills.

  • Strong communication skills; written, verbal and social media.

  • Demonstrate technical and team leadership skills.

Certifications

  • Preferred, Appropriate certifications such as 100 level (or equivalent) knowledge of a Broadcom product.

  • Preferred, Product line relevant or relevant 3rd party certifications (Oracle, MCSE, DB2, Unix, SMP/E, CNE, etc.)


Compensation and Benefits


The annual base salary range for this position is USD 59,000.00 To USD 74,700.00

As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.


Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.


Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.


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