Location: New York, NY
Duration: Long-term Contract
Seeking a highly experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer to lead and manage Mainframe Systems operations within a large-scale enterprise environment. The role involves overseeing system performance, capacity planning, project execution, vendor relations, and technical leadership for a team responsible for mainframe and related infrastructure.
This position requires a hands-on leader who can balance strategic planning with operational excellence, ensuring system stability, scalability, and compliance with service level agreements (SLAs).
Supervise the Mainframe Systems team, ensuring optimal performance and collaboration across departments.
Provide leadership in z/OS administration, performance tuning, hardware configuration, and mainframe technology implementation.
Ensure daily operations are effectively monitored and issues escalated appropriately.
Lead disaster recovery planning, testing, and documentation.
Develop, enforce, and maintain technical standards and operational policies.
Analyze system performance metrics and capacity data.
Conduct regular performance evaluations and capacity forecasting to ensure system efficiency and scalability.
Lead hardware and software upgrade projects, ensuring timely completion and minimal downtime.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans.
Mentor technical staff to enhance skills and knowledge across infrastructure initiatives.
Oversee maintenance and version control of mainframe software.
Track and evaluate new software releases to maintain compliance and stability.
Serve as primary liaison with software and hardware vendors.
Evaluate, recommend, and implement emerging technologies aligned with organizational needs.
Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for system configurations, policies, and procedures.
Collaborate with operations teams to ensure all documentation is accurate and up to date.
Develop infrastructure budget plans for hardware and software investments.
Forecast costs for upgrades, replacements, and capacity expansions based on lifecycle and organizational needs.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, and 4+ years of relevant experience in data center or infrastructure engineering; OR
Bachelor’s degree in any field with 8+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure management; OR
Equivalent combination of education and experience.
20+ years of experience in infrastructure management, preferably in large-scale enterprise environments.
Expertise in mainframe systems technologies and IBM z/OS administration; candidates with strong AIX/Linux/Unix infrastructure experience will also be considered.
Deep understanding of system control structures, logic, and security management.
Strong experience in performance analysis, capacity planning, and system architecture design.
Proven leadership in managing teams, setting performance goals, and mentoring technical staff.
Excellent communication and documentation skills; able to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
Self-motivated, analytical, and capable of independent problem-solving.
Experience with enterprise storage systems and disaster recovery planning preferred.