Ensono

Ensono

Director, Mainframe Systems Programming

Remote - United States · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
PythonAnsibleMachine LearningProject ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMicrosoft Office

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.

This listing is sourced directly from Ensono's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.