Mainframe Platform Engineer (Banking) - Manchester/Hybrid - £250 - £300 Per Day Inside IR35 Eames Consulting is working with a Banking company to secure the services of a Mainframe Platform Engineer on an initial 6 month contract basis to begin with. Essential Skills & Experience: COBOL JCL Mainframe Migration Knowledge in a CICS Technical role, designing, implementing and supporting technical solutions on … a z/OS Mainframe platform. Experience championing a culture shift to DevOps principles - automating as much of the software development lifecycle as possible. Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation and instructional procedures. Good knowledge of VSAM concepts and Access Method services Basic knowledge of z/OS Communications Server concepts In-depth practical experience/understanding across a … range of mainframe products and technologies. Workload scheduling & Automation; CA-7 & CA-11 & CA-OPSMVS Coding & scripting acumen and TSO familiarity; REXX, JCL, TSO, ISPF, SDSF and CLIST Mainframe utilities such as, DFDSS, SORT, File Manager, DFSMS, DFHSM, Datacom Problem management functions like IBM's Debug Tool and Fault Analyser CICS Tailoring (CEDA resource definition) and environment management tools; Omegamon More ❯
Manchester Area, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Undisclosed
Job Title: Mainframe Platform Engineer Location: Manchester – Hybrid Contract Term: Until 31st December 2025 Day Rate: £298 per day (Inside IR35 via umbrella) Role Overview: We are seeking a skilled Mainframe Platform Engineer to join a high-performing team supporting critical infrastructure on a z/OS IBM Mainframe platform. This role requires deep technical expertise in CICS environments, a … DevOps principles, and the ability to drive automation and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle. Key Responsibilities: Design, implement, and support technical solutions on the z/OS Mainframe platform, with a focus on CICS environments. Champion DevOps practices, automating build, development, and release processes to reduce waste and increase efficiency. Provide technical leadership and guidance on mainframe products … and subsystems, including CICS resource definition and environment management. Collaborate with developers, architects, testers, and stakeholders to streamline the development and maintenance of mainframe environments. Support incident management by offering technical insight and working with third parties to resolve issues. Monitor live services and identify opportunities for optimisation and improvement. Ensure compliance with governance, change, and release management processes. Engage More ❯
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Lloyds Bank plc
can be confident our IT professionals have sizeable and interesting challenges every single day. In this role, you'll deliver highly complex technical support for systems and processes in mainframe environments, focusing on decommissioning and bug fixing. You'll help maintain and help migrate services according to Group standards and policies (and to agreed service levels) and will assist with … the delivery of investment funded work within mainframe environments - this includes out of hours. Additionally, you'll provide technical support (including incident and problem resolution for systems and processes in complex environments) - again this includes out of hours support. Key responsibilities Provide support for complex environments to tight timescales. Help drive the strategy and design across the mainframe development and … the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. What you'll need Assembler programming and support in mainframe environments. A solid background in CICS Systems Programming or CICS Application Development Operational experience on z/OS systems Experience with decommissioning legacy systems Bug fixing and troubleshooting in complex More ❯
collaboration. Utilize automation tools to optimize E2E change cycle processes including implementation plans, promoting a culture of efficiency and reliability. Technical mindset of how organisation system components interact from Mainframe to Cloud and ability to understand complex technical concepts. Demonstrated ability to operate throughout the E2E change lifecycle, from discovery to deployment to decommission; including fundamental components in budget planning More ❯