Mainframe DevOps & Deployment Tools Engineer

Mainframe Dev & Deployment Tools Engineer

The Role

We are seeking a skilled Mainframe Dev & Deployment Tools Engineer to design, implement, and support development toolchains and deployment frameworks for IBM z/OS environments. This role focuses on enabling DevOps practices, automating build and deployment pipelines, and ensuring smooth application promotion across development, test, and production environments.

• This role requires employees to live in or around the Phoenix, AZ area. You will be responsible to be onsite 3 days a week. We will consider candidates who are willing to relocate to the area.

Key Responsibilities

Development Toolchain & DevOps Enablement

• Design and maintain mainframe development toolchains supporting:
• COBOL, PL/I, JCL, and related technologies
• Enable and support:
• Source control integration
• Versioning strategies
• Artifact management
• Promote adoption of DevOps practices for mainframe development

Build & Deployment Automation

• Develop and maintain automated build and deployment processes
• Implement tools and pipelines for:
• Code compilation
• Packaging
• Promotion across environments
• Automate release management processes to:
• Reduce manual effort
• Increase reliability and consistency

Deployment Frameworks & Tools Support

• Administer and support enterprise deployment tools such as:
• Endevor
• ChangeMan
• ISPW
• Manage:
• Package lifecycle (build, test, deploy, rollback)
• Promotion paths across DEV → QA → UAT → PROD

Environment Management

• Manage and support:
• Development, test, and production environments
• Ensure consistency and integrity across environments
• Coordinate deployments with:
• Application teams
• QA
• Operations

Automation & Integration

• Develop automation using:
• REXX, CLIST, JCL, scripting tools
• Integrate mainframe toolchains with:
• Enterprise CI/CD pipelines
• Distributed DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, etc. – when applicable)

Required Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of mainframe experience
• 3–5+ years in Dev & Deployment / SCM / Release Engineering
• Strong experience with:
• IBM z/OS environment
• Hands-on experience with:
• Endevor / ChangeMan / ISPW
• Solid understanding of:
• Mainframe SDLC processes
• Build and release management
• Experience with:
• JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF
• Source control and promotion processes
• Knowledge of:
• DevOps concepts applied to mainframe
• Ability to build custom application written in assembler
• Very strong Cobol, Assembler and REXX knowledge and experience

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with:
• DB2, IMS, CICS integration in deployments
• Experience with:
• CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git integration)
• Automation frameworks (REXX, Python)
• Exposure to:
• Mainframe modernization initiatives
• Experience with:
• Enterprise-scale DevOps transformations
• Automation of build/release pipelines