Mainframe Dev & Deployment Tools Engineer - W2 Role

• We are seeking a skilled Mainframe Dev & Deployment Tools Engineer to design, implement, and support development toolchains and deployment frameworks for IBM z/OS environments.
• This role focuses on enabling DevOps practices, automating build and deployment pipelines, and ensuring smooth application promotion across development, test, and production environments., Development Toolchain & DevOps Enablement Design and maintain mainframe development toolchains supporting: COBOL, PL/I, JCL, and related technologies Enable and support: Source control integration Versioning strategies Artifact management Promote adoption of DevOps practices for mainframe development Build & Deployment Automation Develop and maintain automated build and deployment processes Implement tools and pipelines for: Code compilation Packaging Promotion across environments Automate release management processes to: Reduce manual effort Increase reliability and consistency Deployment Frameworks & Tools Support Administer and support enterprise deployment tools such as: Endevor ChangeMan ISPW Manage: Package lifecycle (build, test, deploy, rollback) Promotion paths across DEV QA UAT PROD Environment Management Manage and support: Development, test, and production environments Ensure consistency and integrity across environments Coordinate deployments with: Application teams QA Operations Automation & Integration Develop automation using: REXX, CLIST, JCL, scripting tools Integrate mainframe toolchains with: Enterprise CI/CD pipelines Distributed DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, etc. when applicable)

5 10+ years of mainframe experience 3 5+ years in Dev & Deployment / SCM / Release Engineering Strong experience with: IBM z/OS environment Hands-on experience with: Endevor / ChangeMan / ISPW Solid understanding of: Mainframe SDLC processes Build and release management Experience with: JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF Source control and promotion processes Knowledge of: DevOps concepts applied to mainframe Ability to build custom application written in assembler Very strong Cobol, Assembler and REXX knowledge and experience Preferred Experience: Familiarity with: DB2, IMS, CICS integration in deployments Experience with: CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git integration) Automation frameworks (REXX, Python) Exposure to: Mainframe modernization initiatives Experience with: Enterprise-scale DevOps transformations Automation of build/release pipelines