Senior z/OS Systems Architect

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Job Title

What does a successful Senior z/OS Systems Architect 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 proactively through internal partnerships. As a senior architect, your focus will be to partner with internal teams to look at how the work is being done and provide recommendations, design and solutions through seamless automation efforts.

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:

• 12+ years of experience with z/OS, in BMC Mainview Autooperator/CSM, Broadcom’s OPS/MVS, TSO, ISPF, Microsoft Office products
• 8+ years of experience with REXX, TSO commands, ISPF Dialog Tag Language, DB2, JCL, and SAS/WPS
• 8+ years of experience with CA7, Control-M, Endevor, IDz, ADDI
• 5+ years of experience in global MVS system architecture and scalability
• 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:

• Per contractual obligations, must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a qualified United States Government security clearance (e.g., US DOD Secret)
• This is a full-time, direct-hire position; no contract options for unsolicited agency submissions will be considered

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.

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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.

Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv.  Please:

• Apply using your legal name
• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

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Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law. 

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