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Senior z/OS Systems Engineer

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Job Description

Calling all innovators – find your future at Fiserv.

We’re Fiserv, a global leader in Fintech and payments, and we move money and information in a way that moves the world. We connect financial institutions, corporations, merchants, and consumers to one another millions of times a day – quickly, reliably, and securely. Any time you swipe your credit card, pay through a mobile app, or withdraw money from the bank, we’re involved. If you want to make an impact on a global scale, come make a difference at Fiserv.

What does a successful Senior z/OS Systems Engineer do at Fiserv?

You will be responsible for designing and implementing automated solutions in the z/OS environment, supporting opportunities coming from customer requests or as opportunities that present themselves to the engineer. As a senior engineer, your focus will include saving our customers time, enhancing their daily experience, and improving the overall quality of data captured. Customers include the Mainframe organization, as well as any other Fiserv business unit that performs tasks on the z/OS platform. You will work and deliver on multiple projects simultaneously.

What you will do:

  • Utilize REXX, TSO, ISPF, DB2, batch JCL etc. to create interactive utilities and perform batch processing

  • Support existing in-house solutions that the team has implemented over the years.

  • Provide customer support for vendor provided applications, like JCK, Infoman, etc.

  • Perform Proof of Concept exercises for potential vendor provided applications

  • Seek opportunities to help other Fiserv associates and departments, by finding processes and tasks that can benefit by automation

  • Respond to customer requests as received

  • Work with customers to gain an understanding of their requirements, develop a proposed solution, and build the agreed upon utility or batch process

What you will need to have:

  • 8+ years of experience with z/OS, in BMC Mainview Autooperator/CSM, Broadcom’s OPS/MVS, TSO, ISPF, Microsoft Office products

  • 5+ years of experience with REXX, TSO commands, ISPF Dialog Tag Language, DB2, JCL, and SAS/WPS

  • 5+ years of experience with CA7, Control-M, Endevor, IDz, ADDI

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, or an equivalent combination of education, military, and work experience

What would be great to have:

  • Working knowledge of z/VM and IBM z Virtualization, and OMVS segment/ z/OS UNIX shell

  • Visual Studio and Mainframe DevOps tools and concepts

  • Ansible, Linux, CI/CD architecture and methodology, Ansible, Kubernetes, containerization

  • Repository experience using GitLab and scripting experience with Shell or Python

  • Experience leading project teams, preferably on large scale modernization projects

Important info about this role:

  • Due to contractual obligations, you must be a U.S. Citizen and not require sponsorship

The successful candidate is eligible for an annual incentive opportunity which may be delivered as a mix of cash bonus and equity awards in the Company’s sole discretion.

This role is not eligible to be performed in Colorado, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Rhode Island or Washington.

It is unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee due to the individual's status as a veteran.

Please note that salary ranges provided for this role on external job boards are salary estimates made by outside parties and may not be accurate.

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