Director of Mainframe Services (Hybrid)

Overview

Hybrid
$180,000 - $200,000
Full Time
No Travel Required

Skills

IBM z/OS and z/VM

Job Details

Title: Director of Mainframe Services

Location: Hybrid (Germantown, MD)

Duration: Fulltime Position

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, mentorship, and oversight to a mainframe technical team
  • Support multiple priorities and goals in a fast-paced work environment
  • Engage in budget activities along with contract governance for mainframe hardware, software, and statements of work
  • Contribute to the short- and long-term strategic roadmaps for the mainframe platform
  • Incident management leadership and presentation of root cause analysis
  • Develop, improve, and present operational metrics and documentation
  • Provide input and follow-through for continuous improvement to Mainframe processes and procedures via RACIs.
  • Provide mentorship to operations team to improve service availability, scalability, security, and performance
  • Evaluate, coordinate, and approve changes to the environment, with a focus on quality Education/Experience
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

Primary Qualifications

  • Ten years in Management / Leadership role in an IBM z/OS and z/VM environments
  • Knowledge of Mainframe licensing, hardware and software contracts, consumption models, IBM billing, etc.
  • Deep experience with disaster recovery, resiliency and incident prevention
  • Detailed understanding of mainframe technology along with related platform management experience such as hardware and software contracts, budgeting, and financial foresight
  • Strong background in mainframe systems planning, design, and implementation

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