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Mainframe Production Support Jobs Near Me

Mainframe Engineer

Dublin, OH ยท On-site

$50 - $60/hr

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, including performance tuning and debugging ... Support system testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and deployment activities * Document ...

Expert level hands on experience with JCL, MVS, and mainframe batch utilities. - Required 9 Years ... product tests, resolving complex issues, and supporting integration with statewide systems ...

Support production deployments and incident resolution. Required Qualifications * Experience: 3+ years of experience in COBOL development and mainframe systems. * Technical Skills: A proficiency in ...

Support production deployments and incident resolution. Required Qualifications Experience: 3+ years of experience in COBOL development and mainframe systems. Technical Skills: A proficiency in COBOL ...

Support production deployments and incident resolution Primary Requirements: * Bachelor's degree in ... Mainframe scheduling tools for job automation and batch processing * Ability to work independently ...

Support production deployments and incident resolution Primary Requirements: * Bachelor's degree in ... Mainframe scheduling tools for job automation and batch processing * Ability to work independently ...

... Support production deployments and incident resolution Primary Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field 3+ years of experience in COBOL development ...

Mainframe CICS Systems Engineer

Columbus, OH

$47.25 - $60.75/hr

... support for over 3,000 production applications. ETS also delivers all workplace technologies ... The Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer is responsible for all phases of CICS engineering ...

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Mainframe Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Columbus, OH โ€ข On-site

IT America Inc
Software Developmentย โ€ขย 201 - 500 employees

$55 - $73.25/hr

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Re-posted 29 days ago


Job description

Position: Mainframe Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Location: Columbus, OH (Onsite)

Duration: Long term contract

***We need someone from Mainframe Production support who has exp with L2/L3 production support***

 

Role Summary:

The Mainframe SRE  is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, performance, and scalability of enterprise mainframe platforms. This role blends traditional mainframe engineering with modern SRE principles, focusing on automation, observability, incident management, and continuous improvement. The lead will guide a team of engineers while partnering closely with application, infrastructure, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the Mainframe SRE team, providing technical direction, mentoring, and performance guidance
  • Own the reliability, availability, and resilience of mainframe environments (z/OS and related subsystems)
  • Define and implement SRE practices such as SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, error budgets, and reliability metrics
  • Drive automation to reduce manual operations, improve recovery time, and enhance system stability
  • Oversee monitoring, alerting, and observability for mainframe systems using modern and legacy tools
  • Lead incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident reviews
  • Partner with application development teams to improve reliability, performance, and deployment practices
  • Plan and execute capacity management, performance tuning, and workload optimization
  • Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and audit requirements
  • Lead disaster recovery (DR) planning, testing, and high-availability strategies
  • Champion continuous improvement, DevOps, and SRE culture within mainframe operations

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience in mainframe systems engineering or operations
  • Strong hands-on expertise with IBM z/OS
  • Experience with core mainframe components such as:
    • CICS, IMS, DB2
    • JES2/JES3
    • MQ, SMF, SDSF
  • Solid understanding of mainframe performance tuning and capacity planning
  • Experience leading production support and managing major incidents
  • Strong scripting and automation skills (REXX, JCL, CLIST, Python, or equivalent)
  • Familiarity with monitoring and scheduling tools (e.g., OMEGAMON, CA/BMC tools, Control-M)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience applying SRE principles in a mainframe or hybrid (mainframe + distributed) environment
  • Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, and automation frameworks
  • Knowledge of Linux on Z and cloud integration patterns
  • Experience with resilience engineering, chaos testing, or fault injection concepts
  • Prior people-lead or technical-lead experience