Mainframe Platform Engineer

Mainframe Platform Engineer (Banking) – Manchester / Hybrid – £250 – £300 Per Day Inside IR35

Eames Consulting is working with a Banking company to secure the services of a Mainframe Platform Engineer on an initial 6 month contract basis to begin with.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• COBOL
• JCL
• Mainframe Migration
• Knowledge in a CICS Technical role, designing, implementing and supporting technical solutions on a z/OS Mainframe platform.
• Experience championing a culture shift to DevOps principles – automating as much of the software development lifecycle as possible.
• Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation and instructional procedures.
• Good knowledge of VSAM concepts and Access Method services
• Basic knowledge of z/OS Communications Server concepts
• In-depth practical experience / understanding across a range of mainframe products and technologies.
• Workload scheduling & Automation; CA-7 & CA-11 & CA-OPSMVS
• Coding & scripting acumen and TSO familiarity; REXX, JCL, TSO, ISPF, SDSF and CLIST
• Mainframe utilities such as, DFDSS, SORT, File Manager, DFSMS, DFHSM, Datacom
• Problem management functions like IBM’s Debug Tool and Fault Analyser
• CICS Tailoring (CEDA resource definition) and environment management tools; Omegamon for CICS

If you are interested in this role, please apply with an up to date version of your CV and I’ll get back to all suitable candidates as soon as possible.