Mainframe Integration Engineer

-identify performance tuning opportunities and provide recommendations; Identify long running Db2 Stored Procedures Identify optimization opportunities within the Batch/CICS/DB2
-Automate tooling in lower environments to proactively identify performance issues oL3 support for performance tests / application consulting Incident management
-Identify patterns for proactive prevention
-Enable / assist in RCA
-Tooling to support in prod and lower environments
-Developer Automated problem identification Batch Integration
-Improve overnight batch performance by flattening spikes during peak processing windows
-Identify opportunities to shift left overall Batch Stream
-Execute on various hygiene efforts within the plant (i.e. Storage cleanup) Governance & Best Practices
-Build a transparent framework of Governance Controls, Standards and Best Practices
-Educate application development partners on best practices
-Collaborate with Release Management and SDLC Teams to implement toll-gates Architecture
-Look for opportunities to convert Batch Processing to Straight Thru Processing
-Distribute read traffic to off platform Read Only Stores (ROS) Enable Mainframe Agile / Dev Ops
-Integration of IDE with Vendor Tools in support of CI/CD pipeline
-Update the Source Control Manager/Process (SCM) from Changeman to IBM DBB/UCD

Job Requirements

Proficient skills in one or more of the following:
-Cobol, CICS, JCL, DB2 SQL, REXX, MQ
Good to Have -
-Job Scheduling TWS, Autosys etc.
-Java, Python, .NET oSQL Server
-Splunk
-Modern design principles
-Exposure to Agile methodologies
-Cloud Technologies
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office technologies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field of study or equivalent relevant experience in mainframe programming.