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Mainframe Engineer with DevOps
Job Title: Mainframe Engineer with DevOps Location : Remote Role Type: Contract Project Duration : 18+ Months Core Responsibilities
- Lead and support Endevor (and other SCM) → Git/DBB/IDD migration projects across enterprise z/OS environments.
- Architect and implement DevOps pipelines using Git, DBB, IDD, Wazi Deploy, and modern CI/CD platforms.
- Perform installation, configuration, and problem determination for DBB, Git, IDD, and Wazi on z/OS and USS.
- Analyze, convert, validate, and troubleshoot Endevor applications, processors, metadata, and dependency structures.
- Debug pipeline failures, compiler/link edit errors, dependency issues, repository sync problems, and build map inconsistencies.
- Deliver customer training sessions, hands on workshops, and enablement for Git/DBB/IDD/Wazi workflows.
- Collaborate with IBM teams, architects, and client stakeholders to ensure successful modernization outcomes.
- Document migration processes, best practices, runbooks, and technical resolutions for repeatable delivery.
Core Technical Skills
- Hands on experience performing Endevor → Git/DBB migrations.
- Strong proficiency with Git, branching strategies, repository management, and code review workflows.
- Experience authoring Groovy (Jenkins pipelines) and YAML (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab).
- Hands on experience with IBM DBB, including build scripts, build maps, dependency analysis, and automated compilation.
- Experience with IDD and/or IBM Wazi Deploy for deployment automation.
- Strong ability to debug pipeline/build failures, compiler/link edit errors, dependency issues, and conversion mismatches.
- Experience performing installation, configuration, and problem determination for DBB/IDD/Wazi on z/OS and USS.
Mainframe Background
- Strong z/OS and USS experience.
- Application development or system programmer background (COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM preferred).
- Experience with SMP/E, PARMLIB, JES2/JES3, and subsystem configuration is a plus.