Senior Mainframe Automation Engineer position! This is a 12+ month contract opportunity and can be remote in the United States. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.

What You'll Be Doing:

   Design, build, and implement mainframe modernization projects.

   Utilize REXX, TSO, ISPF, DB2, batch JCL, etc., to create interactive utilities and perform batch processing.

   Support existing solutions leveraging OPS/MVS and System Automation for z/OS.

   Provide support for vendor-provided applications.

   Perform Proof of Concept exercises for potential vendor-provided applications.

   Assist other mainframe team members and departments by identifying and automating processes and tasks.

   Work with application teams and business users to understand their requirements, develop proposed solutions, and build agreed-upon utilities or batch processes.

What You'll Need to Have:

   A minimum of ten years of experience in systems programming in a mainframe environment.

   Experience with REXX, TSO, ISPF, DB2, batch JCL.

   Working knowledge of CA7, PanAPT, PanValet, IDZ, ADDI, Visual Studio, and Mainframe DevOps tools and concepts.

   Expertise with OPS/MVS and/or IBM System Automation for z/OS.

   Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education, military, and work experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

   Experience with Kubernetes, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.), and container orchestration.

   Experience using GIT, GITLAB, etc.

   Scripting experience with Shell, Python.

   Experience with z/OS UNIX shell & OMVS commands.

   Experience with Ansible for Z.

   Experience with DB2 ISPF and SAS/WPS.