Senior Manager, Mainframe Innovation Engineering

About Us (Ensono)

Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3500+ associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.

We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. And because we span across all mission-critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place. With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts have become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.

About Role:

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Mainframe and Hybrid Platform Engineering to join our team and oversee the design, build, testing and lifecycle of integrated mainframe and hybrid cloud offerings. You will lead a global team of engineers and developers who are responsible for delivering high-quality, scalable, and secure applications and managed services that leverage the power of the modern, cloud-connected technologies. You will collaborate with Product Managers, business stakeholders, Operations, and external partners to deliver the engineering in line with the overall Product Management vision, roadmap and priorities.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage the mainframe and hybrid platform engineering team, including hiring, training, mentoring, and performance evaluation
• Deliver the required engineering builds in support of the product roadmap, ensuring what is built meets the intended client experience and acceptance criteria defined by Product Management
• Establish and enforce best practices, standards, and policies for development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle
• Ensure the reliability, availability, security, and scalability of the offerings, using tools and methodologies such as DevOps and automation
• Lead the evaluation and testing of mainframe and hybrid platform technologies to inform the product roadmap and product release scoping
• Stay updated on the latest trends and innovations in mainframe and hybrid cloud domains, and identify opportunities for innovation and optimization
• Communicate effectively with senior management, peers, and customers on initiatives, issues, and solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• At least 10 years of experience in mainframe engineering, with at least 5 years of experience in a managerial or leadership role
• Expert knowledge of mainframe architectures, technologies, configurations, and best practices
• Strong skills in mainframe and distributed programming languages, such as COBOL, JCL, Java, Python, REXX, C#, etc as well as good understanding of the standard mainframe system telemetry outputs.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and analytical problem-solving and prioritization skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Proven track record of having engineered service or digital offerings that have met the customer needs where scale of adoption spans a group of customers with similar needs.
• Understanding of security, compliance, and governance frameworks and standards, such as ISO, NIST, PCI, HIPAA especially as related to the mainframe.
• Certifications in mainframe and/or cloud technologies are a plus.
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as Snowflake, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, are plus.

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