Lead zOS Systems Programmer - Remote
Overview:
As Lead z/OS Systems Programmer, you will steer the z/OS team to ensure a reliable, secure mainframe platform. You'll lead complex engineering work, upgrades, and incident resolution, while setting standards and mentoring engineers. The role sits at the intersection of operations and strategy, shaping long-term health of the mainframe estate. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to adopt automation, improve performance, and meet regulatory requirements. This is a hands-on leadership role with a strong impact on reliability and technology direction. Compensation / Benefitsmedicaldentalvisionlife insurance 401k planvacation
Responsibilities:
- Drive operational targets for the infrastructure engineering domain and contribute to area goals
- Design, build, manage, and implement enterprise infrastructure platforms across cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, or middleware domains
- Develop and apply automation, monitoring, and optimization to ensure high availability and performance
- Manage large infrastructure projects and programs aligned with strategy and regulatory requirements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partners to integrate new technologies and improve standards and processes
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues impacting performance and reliability
- Ensure compliance with technology strategies, standards, and governance to mitigate risks
- Review infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures to support consistency and knowledge sharing
- Provide strong technical guidance, training, and direction to infrastructure teams
- Demonstrate innovative influence with stakeholders to support business and technical objectives
Key requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; equivalent education or experience
- Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering
- Advanced knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware
- Extensive enterprise z/OS systems programming experience (preferred)
- Advanced expertise in z/OS, SMP/E, IPLs, LPARs, HMCs, Parallel Sysplex, Coupling Facilities, and GDPS (preferred)
- Strong knowledge of performance, automation, security, high availability, and disaster recovery (preferred)
- Expert-level diagnostic and production problem-resolution skills (preferred)
- Experience leading complex initiatives, major incidents, and vendor escalations (preferred)
- Proven ability to set technical direction and develop engineers at all experience levels (preferred)
- Strong technical and executive communication skills (preferred)
- Financial services experience preferred (optional)leadershipcross-functional collaborationeffective communicationz/OSSMP/EIPLs