Ensono

Senior z/OS Systems Programmer

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Hyderābād, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and improve core z/OS platform services.
  • Maintain z/OS operating system environments and manage Parallel Sysplex and Coupling Facility configurations.
  • Plan and execute SMP/E-based software installations, maintenance, and complex z/OS upgrades.
  • Build observability into systems, monitor production health, resolve incidents, and perform root-cause analysis.
  • Provide Level 3 support for mainframe operating system infrastructure and develop permanent solutions to complex issues.
  • Perform z/OS performance tuning, system monitoring, problem determination, and system optimization.
  • Make technical and long-term architectural decisions and communicate solution designs to stakeholders and technical leadership.
  • Write system and architecture documentation and guide technical changes from concept through production.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute through code reviews, technical presentations, and internal communities.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in z/OS systems programming or a similar senior engineering role.
  • Deep expertise in z/OS internals, operating system architecture, core components, and subsystems.
  • Comprehensive experience with Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex operations and Coupling Facility management.
  • Hands-on expertise with SMP/E packaging, installation, maintenance, and z/OS upgrades; experience through z/OS 3.1 is preferred.
  • Proficiency in REXX, TSO/ISPF, JCL, and other systems programming languages; Assembler experience is a plus.
  • Strong knowledge of z/OS performance tuning, system utilities, IBM and non-IBM system management tools, monitoring, and problem determination utilities.
  • Experience providing Level 3 support for mainframe operating system infrastructure.
  • Ability to work independently, identify improvements, address vulnerabilities, and make sustainable architectural decisions.
  • Understanding of change management processes and ability to write clear system, network, and architecture design documents.
  • Fluent written and spoken English is mandatory; German language skills are a plus.
  • Strong communication, presentation, leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder-influence skills.

Benefits

  • Shift timing is 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM.
  • The role operates in a hybrid IT services environment and involves collaboration across global teams and geographies.

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