Senior Mainframe Network Engineer

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Mainframe Network Engineer for a large financial client in Chandler, AZ. Responsibilities include:

· Engineers and operates network solutions supporting mainframe TCP/IP and SNA/APPN-based system integrations.

· Optimizes high-availability connectivity for business-critical, high-velocity transactions and batch-processing systems.

· Leads modernization of mainframe network architectures, including improvements in observability and telemetry.

· Advances automation and AI-assisted operations to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and enhance network reliability.

· Diagnoses and resolves complex issues across routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, and mainframe network stacks.

· Continuously improves network solutions to meet performance, capacity, resiliency, and cybersecurity compliance standards.

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Must Haves:

· Experience supporting enterprise-scale networks with high availability and reliability requirements.

· Strong foundational expertise in TCP/IP networking, including OSPF, EIGRP, and Layer 2 technologies such as VLANs and EtherChannel/Portchannel.

· Strong understanding of packet trace analysis and multi-layer troubleshooting techniques.

· Experience supporting SNA/APPN networking.

· Working knowledge of switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, certificates, TLS/SSL, and REST APIs. Plusses:

· Experience using IBM Netview and IBM Omegamon automation and performance tools.

· Assembler and REXX programming skills.