VCS Digital LLC · 20 hours ago
Mainframe Operations Technical Leader
VCS Digital LLC is seeking a Mainframe Operations Technical Leader responsible for maintaining the stability and compliance of enterprise mainframe platforms. This role involves leading the technical operations team, managing incident workflows, and ensuring operational excellence through collaboration with various teams.
Responsibilities
The Mainframe Operations Technical Leader is responsible for the run-and-maintain stability, resilience, and compliance of enterprise mainframe platforms (z/OS, DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ)
This role leads the technical operations team, orchestrates incident/problem/change workflows, ensures product currency with vendor-supported levels, and drives operational excellence via automation, observability, and proactive maintenance
The leader partners with Delivery, Application, Infrastructure, and Security teams to minimize risk, optimize performance, and meet regulatory/audit expectations
Qualification
Required
10+ years in Mainframe Operations/System Programming (z/OS, DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ)
Proven leadership of major incidents, platform upgrades, and audit-compliant change management
Expertise in IBM tooling: SMP/E, PARMLIB/PROCLIB, ISPF, RACF, SDSF, JES2/3, OMEGAMON/IBM Z Observability, IWS/TWS/IWA, ChangeMan
Solid understanding of performance tuning, workload management (WLM), CAP/DR, and security hardening
Strong scripting/automation skills (Rexx, JCL; optional: Python on z/OS, Ansible for z/OS)
Excellent communication—able to produce executive-level summaries and detailed runbooks/RCAs
Company
VCS Digital LLC
VCS Digital is a leading Manpower Solutions & IT Consulting firm with years of industry-proven expertise.
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase