Mainframe Systems Engineer - Washington, United States - ALTA IT Services, LLC

Description

ALTA IT Services is staffing a contract to hire opportunity for a Mainframe Systems Engineer to support a leading health insurance customer.

Mainframe Systems Engineer

Washington, DC (Mostly Remote, onsite for meetings as needed)

6 Months Contract to Hire

8-10 Years' Experience of senior Mainframe Systems Programmer background is required

• Infrastructure Engineer with a hands-on experience
• Building robust Mainframe environments
• Scripting and process Automation experience Required
• Extensive knowledge of Mainframe Systems methodology and frameworks

The position requires advance knowledge of configurating Development and Production environments comprised of the below listed components:

• 5-10 years of z/OS Systems Programming experience
• CICS TS for z/OS
• CICS Webservices
• MQ for z/OS
• DB2 for z/OS
• Control-M for z/OS
• IBM System Automation for z/OS
• REXX Programming
• z/OSMF Working Knowledge of Workflows

Candidate will be supporting various project teams and their mainframe related needs on a day-to-day basis. Candidate will be leveraging their skills to automate configuration processes on the mainframe using above toolset.

• Extensive knowledge of MQ Series
• Extensive SDLC experience with some development or Systems programming experience
• Ability to analyze and trouble-shoot Mid-tier/infrastructure issues.
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills (Critical)
• Ability to facilitate technical requirements gathering and design sessions
• Collaborate and interpret business and technical needs
• Excellent attention to detail and quality work products (Critical)
• Strong customer service skills with internal and external customers (Critical)
• Must be able to perform assigned tasks with minimum supervision (Critical)
• Strong analytical and documentation skills
• Excellent time management ability (Critical)

ALTA IT Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of System One, a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions and integrated services. ALTA is an established leader in IT Staffing and Services, for both government and commercial enterprises across the United States, specializing in Program & Project Management, Application Development, Cybersecurity, Data & Advanced Analytics, and Agile Transformation Services. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other factor.