Ensono
Director, Mainframe Systems Programming
Remote - United States · Director
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About the role
- We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs.
- We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates.
Responsibilities
- Lead adoption of AI-driven operations, z/OSMF workflows, and Ansible for z/OS (z/Ansible) to enable automation-first delivery, improve resiliency, and accelerate upgrade and maintenance cycles.
- Drive innovation by challenging traditional service models and embedding AI/ML and automation to continuously improve scalability, efficiency, and service quality.
- Build trusted relationships across internal and external stakeholders, operating as a strategic service delivery partner.
- Leverage systems, data, and metrics to drive decisions, track performance against benchmarks, and ensure measurable outcomes.
- Maintain a strong balance of personal accountability, resilience, and agility in a dynamic environment.
- Define and drive completion of individual, departmental, and organizational goals aligned to clear KPIs and milestones.
- Able to manage up, down and across organizations, clients and/or functions.
- Possess communication skills to appropriately lead at the client/team/Business unit levels.
Requirements
- 10+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree.
- Relevant work experience will be considered in place of a bachelor's degree.
Nice to have
- Knowledge in one or more areas of mainframe discipline.
- ITIL or ITSM oversight or expertise in Release, Change and CMDB
- Installation knowledge of ISV SW and IBM Operating systems
- Knowledge of SMP/E or maintenance routines if applicable
- Knowledge in z/OSMF, Python & zOAU.
- Knowledge system IPL processes
- Framework experience in NIST, COBIT, ITIL, ValIT and or similar
- We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono.
Skills
- At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things!
- These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose.
- Role Summary
- The work leverages technologies such as SMPE, z/OSMF, AI Adoptions, Python etc.
- A solid foundation in project management principles, coupled with a disciplined, process-oriented approach, is critical for success.
- As a relentless ally, be able to anticipate client expectations and incorporate needs proactively into client roadmaps.
- An engaged and motivated leader, see the value in our associates.
Benefits
- Bring deep Mainframe technical expertise, including z/OS system programming, ISV Upgrades & Maintenances, RSU planning and implementation, ensuring platform stability and compliance.
- Alternative experiences must include high learning agility to acquire mainframe technology knowledge and apply previous experiences to achieve operational outcomes.
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