Legacy Support Engineer
Saint Charles, IL - USA
Job Summary
Newberry Groups seeks an experiencedLegacy Support Engineerwith strong mainframe IDMS and Db2 z/OS DBA expertise to maintain support and enhance enterprise legacy database systems. This position focuses on the stability performance and modernization support of highvisibility production environments within our Public Sector client.
Location
This is a full-time telecommuting role. The applicant must reside in the United States and be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Provide daily operational support for legacy mainframe applications and associated databases.
- Diagnose troubleshoot and resolve issues across legacy platforms ensuring minimal downtime.
- Analyze system performance identify tuning opportunities and execute optimization tasks.
- Support batch processing operations job scheduling and production workflows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement enhancements patches and updates.
- Participate in incident management root-cause analysis and long-term remediation planning.
- Assist with maintenance windows release cycles and environment migrations as needed.
- Document processes technical changes and system configurations to support knowledge continuity.
- 7 years supporting legacy/mainframe systems in production environments.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field.
- Strong analytical troubleshooting and communication skills.
- Ability to work remotely with distributed teams and manage tasks independently.
- Strong mainframe background including support troubleshooting and performance tuning.
- Mainframe Database Administrator experience withIDMS(DL/Istyle databases schema/subschema) including maintenance upgrades/patching backup/recovery performance tuning and resolving incidents
- Working knowledge of Db2 z/OS SQL and database administration fundamentals within mainframe environments.
- Experience supporting traditional batch systems JCL and production operations.
- Occasional offhours support may be required for production emergencies or planned maintenance.
- Familiarity with ControlM workload automation (job scheduling calendar setup monitoring and troubleshooting).
- Experience with modernization initiatives or migrations of legacy platforms.
- Exposure to federal or enterprise environments with mature change-control processes.
Newberry Group is a performance-driven government services and solutions firm that provides security compliance program governance consulting and customized solutions for public sector clients nationwide.
The strength of our company is a direct reflection of our highly skilled and talented workforce.
Benefits and Perks
In addition to competitive wages Newberry Group offers an outstanding benefit package. This includes medical coverage with three plan options dental and vision coverage personal time off paid holidays paid parental leave telecommuting if available retirement savings accounts (Pre-Tax and Roth) flexible and dependent care savings accounts life insurance long and short-term disability coverage tuition and training reimbursement employee assistance program and more.
The Newberry Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer EEO/AA/Disability/Veterans.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Newberry Group provides comprehensive professional services and IT solutions that optimize operations, minimize risk and deliver measurable business value. SEE WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE US > Established in 1996, Newberry Group has set out to create something altogether different: meeting the ... View more