Mainframe Developer

Job Title: Mainframe Engineer

Location: New York, NY

Employment Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Payrate : $60 - $65/hr on W2

VLink, founded in 2006, is a leading global provider of software engineering services with next-gen technologies and best-in-class talent. Our Headquarters are in the U.S, and we have offices in 7+ countries from North America-Europe to APAC, with expansion plans in the Middle East & 3 Offices in India. With over 1,000 employees working globally, VLink has helped SMBs, and large enterprises achieve their business goals, and gained the trust of Fortune-250 companies. VLink is ‘Great Place to Work® Certified™' and has been a consistent winner as- Best Places to Work in CT . Trust, collaboration , and accountability are the three elements that are at the core of VLink’s work culture. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth.

Job Description

• Develop, enhance, and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, SAS, and VSAM.
• Control-m scheduling system knowledge desirable.
• Other mainframe utility understanding, including: InSync, IBM utilities, SyncSort, compares, SDSF, DumpMaster.
• Experience with mainframe file structures including: PDS/E, Sequential and GDG.
• AFP coding is desirable.
• Assembler, Rexx and CList coding/understanding is a plus.
• Participate in mainframe DevOps initiatives (GitLab, CI/CD, automated testing).
• Administer and maintain IBM Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD) environments across development, testing, and production.
• Monitor platform health, performance, capacity, and availability.
• Perform upgrades, patching, and configuration management.
• Manage CMOD object servers, library servers, cache storage, and archival processes.
• Provide L2/L3 support for production incidents and service requests.
• Participate in on-call support rotations.
• Support integrations between CMOD and upstream/downstream applications.
• Support CMOD databases (DB2, Oracle, or SQL Server).
• Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure data retention policies are properly configured and enforced.
• Support disaster recovery testing and business continuity initiatives.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or a related field.
• EXPERIENCE - 5+ years of experience supporting mainframe applications.
• Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM and SAS.
• Understanding of batch processing.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Financial services industry experience.
• Familiarity with GitLab, CI/CD or other source control tools.
• Exposure to mainframe DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of REXX, Assembler.
• IBM CMOD architecture.
• Object Server and Library Server administration.
• Indexing and document retrieval processes.
• CMOD migration and upgrade procedures.
• Linux/Unix administration.
• SQL and relational databases (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server).

Employment Practices:

VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

This job application process may use AI-powered tools to assist in screening and evaluating applications based on objective, job-related qualifications. AI is used solely to support the recruitment process and all final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruitment team.

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