Senior SA Automation Specialist – z/OS

🕒 July 23

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Kyndryl

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

Kyndryl is a leading IT infrastructure services provider, serving thousands of enterprise customers worldwide. The company specializes in designing, building, managing, and modernizing complex, mission-critical information systems. Kyndryl offers a range of services including IT consulting, cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI solutions, and digital workplace transformation. With a strong focus on innovation, partnerships, and co-creation, Kyndryl helps businesses tackle IT complexity and drive operational excellence. The company operates across various industries such as automotive, healthcare, banking, and more, providing expertise and solutions to address industry-specific challenges. Kyndryl's global network and strategic alliances empower enterprises to adapt to the evolving technology landscape, ensuring their essential systems are reliable and efficient.

📋 Description

• Administer, maintain, and support enterprise mainframe automation platforms and workload scheduling environments • Develop, refine, and maintain complex REXX/JCL automation scripts and automated scheduling workflows • Design, implement, and test automated monitoring and system recovery procedures • Establish and enforce workload scheduling standards and best practices across production environments • Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority production scheduling, batch processing, and automation incidents • Collaborate with infrastructure and operations teams to optimize system processes and reduce manual intervention • Support disaster recovery and business continuity testing • Maintain documentation for automation architectures, procedures, and operational standards • Work with clients across diverse sectors and develop enterprise mainframe automation expertise

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in mainframe operations, systems programming, or workload scheduling • 3+ years of expertise managing enterprise automation solutions in mission-critical production environments • Strong technical mastery of z/OS, JCL, TSO/ISPF, REXX, and JES2/JES3 • Extensive experience with IBM System Automation SA z/OS, NetView, and IBM Workload Scheduler / TWS • Hands-on proficiency with Broadcom/CA tooling, including CA-7, OPS/MVS, CA OPS/Console Master, or AutoSys • Proven operational competence with BMC AMI Ops, Mainview AutoOPS, Mainview Console Automation, or Rocket Zack • Track record in high-priority incident troubleshooting, root-cause resolution, and disaster recovery testing • Familiarity with COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, or DB2 • Experience integrating event-driven monitoring, enterprise ITSM platforms, or modern DevOps workflows into mainframe environments • Official IBM, Broadcom/CA, or BMC mainframe technical certifications • Demonstrated experience leading mainframe process optimization, automation redesigns, or modernization initiatives • Customer-focused, growth-minded, inclusive, and open to working across teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible, supportive environment • Well-being support through Be Well programs for financial, mental, physical, and social health • Professional certifications across top industry technologies, including opportunities to certify in all four major cloud platforms • Access to certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon • Coaching and hands-on learning experiences • Personalized development goals and continuous feedback • Cutting-edge learning opportunities • Career path and professional development support • Employee referral opportunity

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