Description

Key Responsibilities:

Development Toolchain & DevOps Enablement

Design and maintain mainframe development toolchains supporting:

COBOL, PL/I, JCL, and related technologies

Enable and support:

Source control integration

Versioning strategies

Artifact management

Promote adoption of DevOps practices for mainframe development

Build & Deployment Automation

Develop and maintain automated build and deployment processes

Implement tools and pipelines for:

Code compilation

Packaging

Promotion across environments

Automate release management processes to:

Reduce manual effort

Increase reliability and consistency

Deployment Frameworks & Tools Support

Administer and support enterprise deployment tools such as:

Endevor

ChangeMan

ISPW

Manage:

Package lifecycle (build, test, deploy, rollback)

Promotion paths across DEV → QA → UAT → PROD

Environment Management

Manage and support:

Development, test, and production environments

Ensure consistency and integrity across environments

Coordinate deployments with:

Application teams

QA

Operations

Automation & Integration

Develop automation using:

REXX, CLIST, JCL, scripting tools

Integrate mainframe toolchains with:

Enterprise CI/CD pipelines

Distributed DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, etc. – when applicable)

Required Qualifications:

5–10+ years of mainframe experience

3–5+ years in Dev & Deployment / SCM / Release Engineering

Strong experience with:

IBM z/OS environment

Hands-on experience with:

Endevor / ChangeMan / ISPW

Solid understanding of:

Mainframe SDLC processes

Build and release management

Experience with:

JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF

Source control and promotion processes

Knowledge of:

DevOps concepts applied to mainframe

Ability to build custom application written in assembler

Very strong Cobol, Assembler and REXX knowledge and experience

Preferred Experience:

Familiarity with:

DB2, IMS, CICS integration in deployments

Experience with:

CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git integration)

Automation frameworks (REXX, Python)

Exposure to:

Mainframe modernization initiatives

Experience with:

Enterprise-scale DevOps transformations

Automation of build/release pipelines

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree