Mainframe z/OS Systems Programmer

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Job Title: Mainframe z/OS Systems Programmer

Location: Chandler, AZ

Pay: $65-$70\hr(The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.)

Duration: 12 months contract

Hybrid 3 days onsite a week

Position Summary

- Designs, engineers, and maintains z/OS platform tools and services aligned with enterprise architecture standards, governance, and security policies

- Provides subject-matter expertise in z/OS infrastructure, supporting application, infrastructure, and engineering teams with technical consultation and best practices

- Translates business and operational requirements into z/OS technical designs, deployment blueprints, standards, and runbooks

- Develops and enhances automation, scripts, and tooling to eliminate manual, repetitive tasks and improve system reliability and efficiency

- Creates reusable templates and playbooks to standardize system builds, configuration, deployment, and ongoing operations

- Evaluates and validates thirdparty mainframe software and tools for enterprise adoption, ensuring fit-for-purpose and compliance

- Continuously identifies opportunities to improve system performance, resiliency, and operational processes through innovation and modernization

- Contributes to enterprise product and solution evaluations by defining functional and non-functional technical requirements

- Supports risk management, change management, and problem resolution in a regulated, high-availability enterprise environment

(As applicable) Provides technical guidance, mentoring, and leadership to junior staff while promoting an inclusive, collaborative team culture

Primary Skill

Others - Please specify

Required Qualifications

- Strong experience configuring, maintaining, and supporting the z/OS operating system, including installing new releases, applying maintenance, and managing PTFs, APARs, and USERMODs using System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E).

- Proficient in developing and maintaining system utilities, exits, and automation using REXX and Basic Assembly Language (BAL/Assembler).

- Demonstrated experience administering z/OS UNIX System Services (USS), including file system management, permissions, scripting, and zFS configuration and support.

- Hands-on experience configuring and supporting JES2, including job class definitions, initiator management, spool tuning, and workload controls.

- Strong working knowledge of TSO/ISPF, including panel usage, utility execution, and support for system programming and operational tasks.

- Hands-on experience configuring and managing logical partitions (LPARs) and processor resources using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

- Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve system-level issues, including abends, dumps, hardware errors, and performance problems, using IPCS, EREP, and RMF tools.

Desired Qualifications

- Experience defining and maintaining complex server, storage, and network hardware configurations using Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD).

- Solid background in mainframe security administration, including defining and maintaining RACF profiles, permissions, groups, and system controls

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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