Technical Specialist – Mainframe (Expert Level)
Location: Raleigh, NC (Onsite – Candidates must reside within commuting distance)
Employment Type: Contract
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Specialist – Mainframe (Expert Level) to provide senior-level technical expertise in supporting and optimizing enterprise mainframe environments. This role requires extensive experience with IBM z/OS, DB2, SQL performance tuning, and release management processes. The ideal candidate will serve as a subject matter expert, delivering technical leadership, troubleshooting complex production issues, and ensuring the stability, performance, and reliability of mission-critical systems.
Required Qualifications
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with IBM z/OS, including system architecture, functionality, and interdependencies across enterprise environments.
• 7+ years of experience with Endevor, supporting configuration management, code promotion, and release management processes.
• 7+ years of advanced SQL experience, including development, analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization of complex queries.
• 7+ years of experience working with IBM DB2 tools, utilities, administration, and performance tuning.
• Demonstrated expertise in analyzing and tuning SQL queries to improve system performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills in large-scale production environments.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting middleware technologies, including IBM MQ.
• Familiarity with enterprise application support and integration within mainframe ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities
• Serve as the senior technical expert for enterprise mainframe systems and related technologies.
• Provide hands-on support for core mainframe components, including CICS, DB2, IMS, JCL, and Endevor.
• Maintain and support IBM z/OS environments, ensuring optimal system performance and availability.
• Lead configuration, change, and release management activities while enforcing established standards and best practices.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize SQL queries to enhance application performance and reduce operational costs.
• Provide CICS administration and support, including problem resolution, debugging, performance analysis, and incident management.