Mainframe System Programmer

This is a REMOTE position, please no H1B or OPT visa candidates. US Citizens and Green Card holders only.

Job Description Summary

Capstone IT is helping our client to find a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer / AMI-Ops Automation Engineer to lead a critical migration from AF/OPERATOR (afoper) to BMC AMI Ops Automation and provide ongoing support for the organization's mainframe automation environment.

The most important requirement is deep, hands-on AMI Ops Automation experience. This person needs to understand more than day-to-day use of the product—they should have experience installing, setting up, upgrading, configuring, troubleshooting, and supporting AMI Ops Automation in an enterprise mainframe environment.

The engineer will take significant ownership of vendor-supplied mainframe products, work directly with ISVs including BMC, Broadcom, IBM, and Rocket Software , and use SMP/E for software maintenance. The position also participates in 24/7 on-call support for critical mainframe systems.

The immediate priority is finding someone capable of helping the organization successfully migrate its existing AF/OPERATOR automation to AMI Ops Automation .

Top 4 Skills

1. BMC AMI Ops Automation – Deep hands-on administration, configuration, installation/setup, upgrades, troubleshooting, and support.
2. Mainframe Automation Migration – Ideally direct experience migrating AF/OPERATOR to AMI Ops Automation or comparable enterprise mainframe automation migrations.
3. SMP/E & Mainframe Systems Programming – Strong SMP/E knowledge and experience maintaining vendor-supplied z/OS software.
4. ISV Product Ownership – Experience independently supporting products from BMC, Broadcom, IBM, Rocket , or similar mainframe software vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead/support the migration from AF/OPERATOR to AMI Ops Automation .
• Install, configure, upgrade, maintain, and troubleshoot AMI Ops Automation.
• Analyze existing AF/OPERATOR automation and determine how it should transition into AMI Ops.
• Own and support vendor-supplied mainframe products.
• Use SMP/E to install and maintain systems software.
• Work independently with BMC and other ISVs on upgrades and technical issues.
• Diagnose complex mainframe incidents.
• Analyze system logs, SYSOUT, dumps, and diagnostic information.
• Identify root causes and implement corrective/preventative actions.
• Support Sysplex environments.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and execution.
• Support DR setup, IPL testing, replication technologies, and DR events.
• Participate in the 24/7 on-call rotation supporting critical systems.
• Develop and maintain mainframe automation.
• Work independently while collaborating with the broader mainframe infrastructure team.

Qualifications

Must Have

• Strong hands-on BMC AMI Ops Automation experience.
• Experience setting up and upgrading AMI Ops Automation—not simply using it.
• Mainframe systems programming experience.
• Experience owning/supporting vendor-supplied mainframe products.
• Experience working with ISVs such as BMC, Broadcom, IBM, and/or Rocket.
• SMP/E knowledge.
• Strong mainframe troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to independently own technical problems and work with vendors.
• Willingness to learn unfamiliar technologies.
• Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Highly Preferred

• Direct AF/OPERATOR → AMI Ops Automation migration experience .
• Sysplex experience.
• REXX/CLIST.
• Assembler and/or COBOL.
• Mainframe disaster recovery.
• IPL testing.
• Replication technologies.
• Complex incident diagnosis using dumps, SYSOUT, logs, and diagnostic data.