Mainframe Engineer

Job Description

Job Description
Description: Onsite in Westlake, TX Our client seeks a Mainframe Engineer to develop and maintain high-volume, business-critical money movement platforms within brokerage record-keeping technology. You will collaborate with product, architecture, operations, and vendor partners to deliver stable, secure, and high-quality software across batch and online environments. The role requires strong COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and JCL expertise, with a focus on analysis, testing, release management, and production support. Exposure to cloud integration, RESTful services, and stored procedures is beneficial. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants,

we offer
a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $55.00 to $60.00/hr. w2 #LI-JS1

Responsibilities:
Engage with business and systems partners to deliver high-quality, innovative software solutions. Develop, maintain, and enhance mainframe applications across batch and online environments. Perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects. Design, deploy, and support software releases into production environments. Collaborate with operations teams and vendors to ensure system stability and performance. Employ data security practices to safeguard customer information. Execute thorough unit, functional, and regression testing. Identify root causes of problems and implement technical solutions. Handle high-severity and critical production issues. Create and maintain clear, accurate technical documentation. Experience

Requirements:
7 to 10 years of software development experience in business-critical, enterprise applications. Excellent mainframe development skills in COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, IBM utilities, FileAID, Endevor, SQL, debuggers, schedulers, and IOMs. Proven ability to perform hands-on, detailed analysis for batch and online systems. Experience designing, deploying, and supporting production software releases. Demonstrated capability to troubleshoot and resolve high-severity production issues. Strong documentation and testing discipline, including unit, functional, and regression testing. Experience writing COBOL or native stored procedures (preferred). Experience with distributed technologies such as Java and RESTful APIs (preferred). Awareness or exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, including hybrid mainframe–cloud integration scenarios (preferred). Education

Requirements:
BS/BA or advanced degree, or equivalent experience preferred. Training or certification exposure related to AWS or Azure (preferred). Recruitment Transparency Notice Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( noreply@eliassen.com , 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process. Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following

benefits:
medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:
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