American Greetings · 2 months ago
Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer
Westlake, OH
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expAmerican Greetings is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer to oversee the engineering, operations, and planning of the mainframe environment. The role involves providing technical expertise to support teams, optimizing the mainframe platform, and ensuring disaster recovery for business-critical applications.
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Responsibilities
Function as the subject matter expert for the mainframe platform to provide technical expertise and support to infrastructure, applications and third-party teams
Lead the planning, installation, configuration, customization, and testing of IBM z/OS and all third-party mainframe software packages such as TopSecret, CA-1, CA-Disk, BMC AMI Storage, Endevor, MIM, VPS, and various associated products
Perform CICS administration
JobTrac application administration
Drive capacity planning and resource optimization for the mainframe, storage and tape management systems
Ability to evaluate specifications and features of new products, performing cost comparisons, feasibility and cost benefit analysis, performance, compatibility and testing to make recommendations
Mentor less experienced Mainframe System Administrators including assigning work, reviewing work for adherence to standards, and providing technical guidance
Assist with the overall disaster recovery planning and annual testing for the mainframe and storage replication services
Identify and plan for the use of new technologies and capabilities including Linux and cloud-ready capabilities to improve optimized use of the mainframe platform
Perform performance data collection, analysis, and the tuning of the z/OS operating system and associated applications
Develop standards and procedures that support current and future operational needs with a focus on continuous improvement and automation on the mainframe environment
Work closely with the corporate IT leadership to develop and implement new technology and solutions
Assist with the planning and delivery of all major software upgrades, system maintenance activities, technical patching and hardware refresh initiatives for the mainframe environment
Manage and drive IT service delivery and management disciplines with the mainframe and data center operations teams including incident, change and problem management
Review technical requirements and solutions to ensure that mainframe security requirements are addressed and are in line with corporate standards
Provide engineering and support of the enterprise scheduling packages including the training and development of process documentation for the scheduling and data center operations teams
Assist the client security team with the provision of system and application access to mainframe hosted applications
Work closely with manufacturing and distribution locations to install, configure and support printer hardware and software administration
Qualification
Required
10+ years of technical experience in engineering and supporting a large, complex mainframe and open system environment
5+ years of providing technical leadership and engineering assistance to experienced and junior infrastructure engineers and administrators
Hands on, proven experience installing IBM mainframe hardware, operating systems and major third-party software vendors including CA, BMC, LRS and Information Builders
Experience in designing, implementing and operating enterprise-wide mainframe and server infrastructure in a highly virtualized and dynamic environment
Experience planning for and executing large, complex projects including major hardware architecture changes, hardware refreshes, major software version upgrades and global consolidations across multiple sites
Experience delivering and supporting services that are used across large organizations with international, 24 x 7 support needs
Expert-level knowledge of IBM z/OS operating system administration, performance tuning, installation, upgrade and patching
Strong knowledge and technical skills in IBM mainframe hardware including hardware installs and upgrades, firmware and module patching and lifecycle planning
Strong knowledge and understanding of IBM mainframe storage and tape management systems including storage replication technology
Deep knowledge in CICS administration
Strong knowledge and understanding of mainframe security, CICS and workload management tools and methodologies
Strong knowledge of JobTrac administration
Knowledge of database concepts in Mainframe, particularly in IDMS database administration
Ability to plan for and execute third-party software patching and upgrades on the mainframe to resolve technical issues and maintain supported versions of all installed software
Ability to provide strong and effective technical leadership to infrastructure and application resources to drive new development efforts
Strong knowledge of ITIL service management and disciplines to drive continuous improvement of service delivery
Ability to learn new technologies and apply skills to drive adoption of new capabilities and improve overall usage of the mainframe platform
Ability to demonstrate and deliver excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills to drive rapid problem resolution individually and within the server team
Strong understanding of project implementations, project structure and life cycle and best practice standards and tools
Excellent communications and interpersonal skills to drive process improvements within the server team and across other infrastructure teams
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience
Company
American Greetings
American Greetings allows users to send online greetings.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2024-12-20Acquired
Leadership Team
Joe Arcuri
CEO
Lorna Street, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-11-27
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