Senior Mainframe zVM & Linux Systems Engineer

Experience: 10

Contract: Long Term

Only GC USC

Key Responsibilities

Install configure administer and maintain IBM z/VM environments.

Provision and manage Linux on IBM Z (s390x) virtual servers.

Perform system upgrades migrations patching and capacity planning.

Monitor system performance and optimize resource utilization.

Support high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.

Configure and maintain virtual networking storage and security components.

Troubleshoot operating system virtualization and infrastructure issues.

Implement automation for provisioning monitoring and system administration tasks.

Collaborate with application database storage and network teams.

Develop and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

Participate in on-call support and production incident resolution.

Required Skills & Experience

5 years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe environments.

Strong hands-on experience with:

oz/VM

oLinux on IBM Z (RHEL SUSE or Ubuntu for s390x)

oIBM Z hardware platforms

oVirtual machine provisioning and administration

Experience with:

oDIRMAINT

oRACF or equivalent security administration

oTCP/IP networking

oShared File System (SFS)

oCMS

oCP commands and system management

Strong Linux administration skills:

oUser management

oStorage management

oSystem tuning

oShell scripting

oPerformance troubleshooting

Experience supporting virtualized enterprise workloads.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with:

oIBM z16 z15 z14 or z13 platforms

oLinuxONE environments

oIBM Wave for z/VM

oOpenShift on IBM Z

oKubernetes

oDocker / Podman containers

oAnsible automation

oGit and DevOps tools

Familiarity with:

oDb2

oWebSphere

oMQ

oCICS integration

oHybrid cloud architectures (AWS Azure OCI)

Experience with security and compliance frameworks in financial services environments.

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or equivalent experience.

Desired Soft Skills

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.

Experience supporting large-scale banking insurance or government environments is highly preferred.

Nice to Have

IBM Certified z/VM System Programmer

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

SUSE Certified Administrator

Experience with Mainframe Modernization and Linux workload migration initiatives.