Lead Mainframe CICS SRE

Neshent Technologies

Cary, NC

Posted On: Oct 26, 2026

Posted On: Oct 26, 2026

Job Overview

Job Type

Full-time

Experience

5 - 10 Years

Salary

Depends on Experience

Work Arrangement

On-Site

Travel Requirement

0%

Required Skills

  • IBM MF z/OS
  • COBOL
  • CICS
  • IBM MQ
  • MF z/OS Connect
  • Mainframe Architecture
  • CICS/MQ Performance Tuning
  • Mainframe Modernization
  • Cloud Integration
  • OpenShift
  • Red Hat Ansible
  • Mainframe Incident and Change Management
  • Security and Scalability
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
  • Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of mainframe solutions aligned with business objectives and technology strategy.
  • Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to mainframe development, infrastructure, operations, and modernization teams.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, application teams, and infrastructure teams to define requirements and deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
  • Establish and govern mainframe workload intake, onboarding, and change processes for new applications and services.
  • Analyze and optimize CICS, IBM MQ, and z/OS Connect services to improve performance, reliability, and resource utilization.
  • Review telemetry data, system traces, and performance metrics to identify bottlenecks and resolve service availability issues.
  • Troubleshoot complex CICS and MQ incidents and support release, change, incident, and problem-management activities.
  • Develop and maintain architecture standards, technical roadmaps, solution blueprints, and governance frameworks.
  • Drive mainframe modernization initiatives, including integration with cloud platforms, distributed systems, and containerized environments.
  • Promote DevOps, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve deployment efficiency and operational consistency.
  • Ensure mainframe solutions meet enterprise security, availability, scalability, and compliance requirements.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend architectural improvements to enhance system performance, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
Key Technical Skills and Qualifications
  • Strong expertise in IBM z/OS, COBOL, CICS, IBM MQ, and z/OS Connect.
  • Experience with CICS, MQ, and z/OS Connect performance tuning, telemetry, and trace analysis.
  • Knowledge of mainframe modernization, application integration, and migration strategies.
  • Experience with mainframe workload intake, change management, release management, incident management, and problem management.
  • Familiarity with cloud integration, Linux on IBM Z (zLinux), OpenShift, and hybrid architecture.
  • Experience with DevOps practices and automation using Red Hat Ansible for IBM Z, Ansible, and Python.
  • Strong understanding of high availability, security, scalability, resilience, and enterprise architecture principles.
  • Excellent technical leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Job ID: NT222674


Posted By

Abhishek

Resource Manager