Senior Mainframe Engineer

Job Summary

To enhance and modernize mission-critical tax processing systems, the contract Senior Mainframe Software Engineer will collaborate with architecture, product, and business partners while working remotely to design reliable and scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in architecture design initiatives for mainframe and hybrid-platform solutions
• Implement application and system-level architectures for high-performance, resilient mainframe environments
• Ensure production readiness, quality assurance, and compliance with enterprise standards

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 6+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years of experience
• Proven experience designing and optimizing mission-critical mainframe applications
• Background in modernizing legacy mainframe systems and integrating with distributed or cloud architectures
• Deep expertise with COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, and enterprise batch scheduling tools
• Advanced SQL proficiency across DB2, Oracle, and/or Postgres with strong data analysis skills