Mainframe Automation Engineer

The Automation Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and supporting automation solutions within the Environment and Automation Performance team. This role will focus on streamlining batch operations, data refresh activities, monitoring processes, reporting functions, and operational support tasks through the use of mainframe and enterprise automation technologies.

The individual will leverage technologies including JCL, REXX, COBOL, ESP, OPS/MVS, and Ansible to eliminate manual effort, improve operational efficiency, and enhance the reliability of test environment services. The Automation Engineer will work closely with application teams, infrastructure teams, offshore support personnel, onshore developers, and management to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and operational transformation.

Responsibilities

Identify and evaluate opportunities to automate batch processing and test environment support activities.

Design, develop, test, and implement automation solutions using REXX, JCL, COBOL, OPS/MVS, and Ansible.

Automate recurring data refresh processes and environment maintenance activities.

Develop automated monitoring, alerting, and recovery solutions for batch workloads.

Create automation workflows to reduce manual operational effort and improve service reliability.

Support and enhance workload scheduling and automation functions within ESP.

Develop scripts and tools to improve batch job management, reporting, and operational visibility.

Analyze existing support procedures and recommend automation opportunities.

Collaborate with the Mainframe Automation and Performance team

Support CICS and DB2 application processes through automation and process optimization.

Automate KPI collection, reporting, dashboard generation, and operational metrics.

Assist in root cause analysis and implement automated preventive solutions for recurring incidents.

Develop and maintain automation-related documentation, standards, procedures, and knowledge articles.

Participate in release planning and implementation activities to ensure automation solutions align with business requirements.

Promote automation best practices and continuous improvement across the support organization.

Evaluate emerging automation technologies and recommend improvements to current processes and tooling.

Technical requirements

Experience supporting IBM z/OS mainframe environments.

Strong hands-on experience with JCL and REXX development.

Experience with mainframe batch processing and workload automation.

Experience with ESP workload automation and scheduling.

Experience with OPS/MVS automation solutions.

Experience developing automation scripts and workflows.

Knowledge of COBOL, CICS, and DB2 environments.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Experience troubleshooting complex operational and batch processing issues.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple technical teams.

Additional responsibilities

Experience with Ansible Automation Platform, including Ansible for z/OS.

Experience with COBOL, JCL, Assembler, and EasyTrieve.

Experience automating data refresh and environment management processes.

Experience in creating automated operational reporting and KPI dashboards.

Knowledge of ChangeMan and release management processes.

Experience supporting large-scale enterprise mainframe environments.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering,BTech