Technical Lead, Mainframe Managed Services Job at nTech Workforce, Reston, VA

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  • nTech Workforce
  • Reston, VA

Job Description

Job Description

Terms of Employment

• W2 Contract-to-Permanent, 12 Months

• This position is primarily remote. Candidates must be comfortable working onsite from time to time in Reston, VA or Washington, DC. This would be highly infrequent.

• Candidates based in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, or West Virginia are highly preferred. Candidates based in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, or Texas will be considered secondarily.

• Candidates must be comfortable conducting a final round, in-person interview in Reston, VA.

Overview & Responsibilities

Work with a leading health insurance organization as a Technical Lead, Mainframe Managed Services. You will act as a vital technical conduit between internal application teams and an external managed service provider (MSP), driving the modernization, security, and transformation of the z/OS mainframe platform. You will…

• Lead and participate in the analysis, design, and implementation of mainframe engineering activities.

• Provide technical instruction and guidance to a team of 10-15 senior system programmers at the Managed Service Provider (Ensono).

• Support internal application teams (20+ Cobol and Java developers) by building CICS regions, MQ environments, and supporting DB2.

• Oversee cyber security initiatives, including mainframe encryption (TLS/SSL) and TCP/IP connectivity.

• Manage technical efforts related to a major 2026 project to de-couple a Sysplex environment into a standalone infrastructure.

• Participate in troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for complex system failures.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Mainframe z/OS Systems Programmer.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in RACF Security Administration (this is a critical need).

• Strong hands-on experience with CICS TS and MQ Systems Programming.

• Proficiency in mainframe networking components: TCP/IP, VTAM, Policy Agent, and FTP.

• Experience working in a Sysplex environment.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage technical tasks through a third-party vendor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IBM z16 hardware and Dell/EMC storage subsystems.

• Specific experience in de-coupling or breaking apart Sysplex environments.

• Prior experience in the Health Insurance industry, specifically with claims processing or enrollment systems.

• Knowledge of Pervasive Encryption and Ransomware solutioning for Mainframe.

• Familiarity with IBM RMM for tape management.

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Contract work, Remote work,

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