JCL Mainframe Migration Engineer
New Era Technologyabout 6 hours ago
Remote, WorldwideMid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Analyze Control-M and/or Atomic schedule on mainframe.
- Perform maintenance, troubleshooting, and investigation of JCL jobs on mainframe including spool and SMF.
- Analyze CICS environment for loaded programs and its configuration.
- Work with ISPF, GDG, PSD, and MFT for migration investigation.
- Support conversion of mainframe batch jobs (JCL) to PowerShell scripts for Azure.
- Help configure and automate nightly, weekly, and monthly batch jobs in Azure.
- Optimize batch job performance focusing on concurrency and thread safety.
- Discover and document business requirements for batch jobs.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to clarify technical and operational expectations.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell modules, including code signing and security practices.
- Participate in daily standups, sprint planning, and troubleshooting sessions.
- Work with cross-functional teams including front-end, back-end, and database experts.
Requirements
- Expert in Mainframe JCL.
- Expert in Mainframe Job scheduler, especially Control-M.
- Expert in Mainframe CICS with familiarity in CA Ideal.
- Strong experience with PowerShell scripting and automation in Azure.
- Expert in mainframe batch job concepts (JCL, GDG, PDS).
- Experience with C#/.NET, SQL Server, and Azure Storage.
- Understanding of thread safety, locking mechanisms, and concurrency in scripting.
- Experience with migration projects, preferably from mainframe to cloud.
- Ability to interpret and convert JCL scripts to PowerShell.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and working in cross-functional teams.
- Experience with operationalizing batch jobs.