Mainframe Technical Engineer
Highmark Health2 days ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
Base Salary
$79k - $127k/yr
Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, code, test, implement, monitor, and support Mainframe technical solutions.
- Contribute to the z/OS, SMP/E, and Coupling Facility technical ecosystem across infrastructure, systems, networks, applications, and integrations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and architecture teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions aligned with enterprise goals and standards.
- Monitor production schedules, provide progress updates, and escalate issues or technical difficulties.
- Document technical processes and procedures and participate in technical reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Perform technical analysis and provide insights for cross-departmental decision-making.
- Support quality, integrity, performance, technical governance, and security of solutions.
- Participate in scheduled off-hours, weekend, and 24x7x365 on-call responsibilities.
Requirements
- At least three years of experience analyzing, designing, coding, testing, and implementing technical solutions or providing production support.
- At least three years of technical problem-solving, solution implementation, and team or project collaboration experience.
- At least three years of experience with basic computer science concepts, common operating systems, and development languages or scripting.
- Preferred Mainframe systems programming experience with z/OS and SMP/E.
- Preferred five years of experience with technology platforms, application development tools, business processes, and software development life cycle practices.
- Preferred five years of experience defining system architectures, evaluating technical feasibility trade-offs, and designing or developing technology solutions in healthcare.
- Preferred five years of experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP and their respective services.
- Preferred five years of experience with technical governance, quality, technical security best practices, requirements translation, and producing fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable solutions.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or relevant experience and/or education accepted in lieu of the bachelor's degree.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to contractual and access requirements.
Benefits
- Remote-based position with 0%–25% travel.
- Scheduled off-hours, weekend, and 24x7x365 on-call responsibilities may be required.
- Base pay range is $79,300 to $127,100.
- Physical requirements include occasional lifting of 10–25 pounds and rare lifting of 25–50 pounds.
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About Highmark Health
Highmark Health is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit parent company that combines health insurance and care delivery. It operates Highmark’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and owns Allegheny Health Network, a regional hospital and physician system in Western Pennsylvania, plus the technology subsidiary enGen. The organization’s revenue comes from insurance premiums and healthcare services, serving commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid members across its licensed markets.