Job description
Mainframe DevOps Engineer
Remote.
Basic Purpose:
Responsible for the set-up, support, maintenance, and development of software lifecycle processes for mainframe platform.
The goal is to modernize the mainframe processes to a modern CI/CD pipeline methodology.
Candidate must have development aptitude to write build and deployment scripts and extensive latitude for independent judgment.
Specific Qualifications:
+ Experience managing mainframe z/OS and USS systems, and a working understanding of overall mainframe architecture.
Emphasis on identifying manual processes that can be automated.
+ Experience with software lifecycle management in a mainframe environment, with goal to accomplish setting up DevOps and CI/CD methodologies on the mainframe system.
+ Administrator experience with version control, change management and deployment tools such as ChangeMan ZMF and ChangeMan ZMF Client Pack
+ Understanding of CICS, Db2, SQL, SDSF
+ Knowledge of IBM High Level Assembler, IBM Enterprise COBOL, REXX, JCL, ISPF Dialog.
+ Experience developing and building mainframe software.
+ Proficiency in project analysis, functional areas, interoperability between areas, etc.
to architect solutions to improve the processes.
+ Ability to understand business problems and determine what aspects of them require optimization.
Desired Qualifications:
+ Experience in Agile Software Development Methodology.
+ Experience with IBM Dependency Based Build (DBB), IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD), IBM IDz (or other Eclipse-based IDE), RocketGit.
+ Coordination of technology decisions with architectural requirements and constraints, including architecting and designing CI/CD pipelines.
+ Understanding of Quality Control and Test Automation.
Specific Duties:
+ Design, code, troubleshoot and support mainframe build and deployment processes.
+ Process modernization of mainframe build and deployment processes.
+ Provide Tier 2 and 3 on-call support for mainframe build and deployment processes.
+ Administration of Software lifecycle tools (eg.
ChangeMan ZMF).
+ Identify and recommend process improvements.
+ Document and maintain the mainframe related documentation.
+ Support routine internal and external audits.
A DevOps Engineer automates and streamlines processes for building, testing, and deploying software
+ Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git)
+ Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
+ Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python)
+ Knowledge of containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
Required Skill Profession
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