Northwestern Mutual
Mainframe z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, WI Corporate
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 33 days ago
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About the role
- About the Job This is a mainframe role focused on IBM z/OS environments.
- It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles.
- However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process.
Responsibilities
- Apply engineering standard methodologies to analyze, design, and maintain z/OS system‑level solutions
- Leverage established standards, best practices, and automation to support mission‑critical mainframe workloads
- Identify complex system‑level problems and implement reliable, supportable solutions in a highly regulated production environment
- Review, verify, and validate system‑level changes, configurations, and automation introduced into production
- Drive continuous improvement across reliability, availability, performance, security, and operational efficiency
- Develop, maintain, and execute disaster recovery and redundancy strategies
- Partners with vendors and enterprise teams on emerging best practices, patterns, and technologies
- Establish and maintain best practices related to compliance, security, privacy, and legal requirements
- Perform hands‑on z/OS system administration including IPLs, system startup/shutdown, parameter tuning, and system recovery
- Plan, execute, and validate IBM and ISV software installs and upgrades using z/OSMF Software Instances and Workflows
Requirements
- Experience with distributed systems or cloud technologies is not required for success in this position.
- Install, analyze, and modify system exits and USERMODs, including assembler updates when required
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- At least 4 years of relevant experience
- 5+ years of professional IT experience, primarily focused on enterprise mainframe platforms
- Experience applying DevOps concepts, Agile methodologies, and automation in mainframe environments
- Experience monitoring and tuning performance of large‑scale systems
- Working knowledge of scripting or programming concepts for automation
- Familiarity with authentication, authorization, certificates, and vulnerability management
- Extensive hands‑on experience as a z/OS Systems Programmer in production environments
Skills
- Communicates complex technical information clearly across both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Demonstrates deep expertise in operating system architecture, internals, and resource management.
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Compensation
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Benefits
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Equal opportunity
- Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds.
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