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Mainframe Systems Manager(#430)


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Salary: Not provided by the employer
Experience Required: 5years
Posted: 1 September 2026 (10 days ago)
Application Deadline: 29 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Mainframe Systems Manager
location: 5 Manhattan West New York NY 10001
Note: This is a fulltime--and onsite role.

Job Description
  • The NYC Financial Information Services Agency and the Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) are seeking a Mainframe Systems Manager to oversee the mainframe systems
  • team manage workload distribution and provide technical leadership in supporting the IBM mainframe computer system. program products and subsystems.
  • The Mainframe Systems Manager will be responsible to:
  • Oversee lead and manage a team of system programmers including day-to-day operations scheduling task delegation performance management and setting team and individual goals.
  • Plan and coordinate upgrades for mainframe hardware such as mainframe processors DASO and VTS systems.
  • Research evaluate and implement strategic technological solutions to modernize and optimize mainframe systems.
  • Oversee all aspects of daily mainframe operations including monitoring incident response change management and project intake.
  • Work effectively with your manager peer managers external agencies and technical support staff including documenting and explaining technical issues clearly.
  • Complete team projects by coordinating team resources and collaborating with other departments and the data center.
  • Pan work manage timelines and provide accurate status updates as required.
  • Support staff in learning new technologies quickly and resolving issues efficiently.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Possess 1O years of experience working as a mainframe manager in a med to large-scale enterprise environment.
  • Demonstrate strong expertise with mainframe technologies including z/OS CICS D82 IMS.
  • Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team environment.
  • Show initiative self-motivation and the ability to independently find answers and solutions.
  • Willingness to work after hours weekends and maintain 24/7 availability and responsiveness when required.
  • Ensure adherence to all FISA-OPA technical policies standards and security requirements.
  • Exhibit excellent oral written organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Experience with enterprise monitoring tools such as OMEGAMON SMF analytics.
  • Experience supporting disaster recovery planning testing and execution.
  • Knowledge of mainframe security frameworks.
  • Experience collaborating with storage network and data center operations teams.
  • Ability to drive modernization initiatives including automation performance tuning and workload optimization.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:
  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to data center engineering and operations cloud engineering and operations complex IT infrastructure engineering; or
  • baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to data center engineering and operations cloud engineering and operations complex IT infrastructure engineering.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Qualifications: Possess 1O years of experience working as a mainframe manager in a med to large-scale enterprise environment. Demonstrate strong expertise with mainframe technologies including z/OS CICS D82 IMS. Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team environment. Show initiative self-motivation and the ability to independently find answers and solutions. Willingness to work after hours weekends and maintain 24/7 availability and responsiveness when required. Ensure adherence to all FISA-OPA technical policies standards and security requirements. Exhibit excellent oral written organizational and interpersonal communication skills. Experience with enterprise monitoring tools such as OMEGAMON SMF analytics. Experience supporting disaster recovery planning testing and execution. Knowledge of mainframe security frameworks. Experience collaborating with storage network and data center operations teams. Ability to drive modernization initiatives including automation performance tuning and workload optimization. Minimum Qualification Requirements: A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations cloud engineering and operations complex IT infrastructure engineering; or baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations cloud engineering and operations complex IT infrastructure engineering.


Required Education:

A computer science or preferred or equivalent combination of experience and education