Senior z/OS Systems Engineer

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Job Title

What does a successful Senior z/OS Systems Engineer do at Fiserv?

You will be responsible for designing and implementing automated solutions in the z/OS environment, supporting opportunities coming from customer requests or as opportunities that present themselves to the engineer. As a senior engineer, your focus will include saving our customers time, enhancing their daily experience, and improving the overall quality of data captured. Customers include the Mainframe organization, as well as any other Fiserv business unit that performs tasks on the z/OS platform. You will work and deliver on multiple projects simultaneously.

What you will do:

• Utilize REXX, TSO, ISPF, DB2, batch JCL etc. to create interactive utilities and perform batch processing
• Support existing in-house solutions that the team has implemented over the years
• Provide customer support for vendor provided applications, like JCK, Infoman, etc.
• Perform Proof of Concept exercises for potential vendor provided applications
• Seek opportunities to help other Fiserv associates and departments, by finding processes and tasks that can benefit by automation
• Respond to customer requests as received
• Work with customers to gain an understanding of their requirements, develop a proposed solution, and build the agreed upon utility or batch process

What you will need to have:

• 8+ years of experience with z/OS, TSO, ISPF, Microsoft Office products
• 5+ years of experience with REXX, TSO commands, ISPF Dialog Tag Language, DB2, JCL, and SAS/WPS
• 5+ years of experience with CA7, Control-M, Endevor, IDz, ADDI
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or an equivalent combination of education, military, and work experience

What would be great to have:

• Working knowledge of z/VM and IBM z Virtualization, and OMVS segment/ z/OS UNIX shell
• Visual Studio and Mainframe DevOps tools and concepts
• Ansible, Linux, CI/CD architecture and methodology, Ansible, Kubernetes, containerization
• Repository experience using GitLab and scripting experience with Shell or Python
• Experience leading project teams, preferably on large scale modernization projects

Important info about this role:

• In order to be considered, you must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without need for visa sponsorship, now or in the future
• This is a full-time, direct-hire position; no contract options for unsolicited agency submissions will be considered

The successful candidate is eligible for an annual incentive opportunity which may be delivered as a mix of cash bonus and equity awards in the Company’s sole discretion.

Salary Range

These pay ranges apply to employees in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, Rhode Island and Washington. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ. Certain Positions are Commissions eligible.

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• Apply using your legal name
• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

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Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law. 

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