Mainframe Systems Manager(#430)

Job Title: Mainframe Systems Manager
location: 5 Manhattan West New York, NY 10001
Note: This is a fulltime--and onsite role.

Job Description

• The NYC Financial Information Services Agency and the Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) are seeking a Mainframe Systems Manager to oversee the mainframe systems
  
• team, manage workload distribution, and provide technical leadership in supporting the IBM mainframe computer system. program products, and subsystems.
  
• The Mainframe Systems Manager will be responsible to:
  
• Oversee, lead, and manage a team of system programmers, including day-to-day operations, scheduling, task delegation, performance management, and setting team and individual goals.
  
• Plan and coordinate upgrades for mainframe hardware such as mainframe processors, DASO, and VTS systems.
  
• Research, evaluate, and implement strategic technological solutions to modernize and optimize mainframe systems.
  
• Oversee all aspects of daily mainframe operations, including monitoring, incident response, change management, and project intake.
  
• Work effectively with your manager, peer managers, external agencies, and technical support staff, including documenting and explaining technical issues clearly.
  
• Complete team projects by coordinating team resources and collaborating with other departments and the data center.
  
• Pan work, manage timelines, and provide accurate status updates as required.
  
• Support staff in learning new technologies quickly and resolving issues efficiently.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess 1O+ years of experience working as a mainframe manager in a med to large-scale enterprise environment.
  
• Demonstrate strong expertise with mainframe technologies including z/OS, CICS, D82, IMS.
  
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team environment.
  
• Show initiative, self-motivation, and the ability to independently find answers and solutions.
  
• Willingness to work after hours, weekends, and maintain 24/7 availability and responsiveness when required.
  
• Ensure adherence to all FISA-OPA technical policies, standards, and security requirements.
  
• Exhibit excellent oral, written, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
  
• Experience with enterprise monitoring tools such as OMEGAMON, SMF analytics.
  
• Experience supporting disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
  
• Knowledge of mainframe security frameworks.
  
• Experience collaborating with storage, network, and data center operations teams.
  
• Ability to drive modernization initiatives including automation, performance tuning, and workload optimization.
  
  

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to data center engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or,
  
• baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to data center engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering.
  

About Us:
Since 2000, Tri-Force Consulting Services (https://triforce-inc.com) has been an MBE/SDB certified IT Consulting firm in the Philadelphia region. Tri-Force specializes in IT staffing, software development (web and mobile apps), systems integration, data analytics, system automation, cybersecurity, and cloud technology solutions for government and commercial clients. Tri-Force works with clients to overcome obstacles such as increasing productivity, increasing efficiencies through automation, and lowering costs. Our clients benefit from our three distinguishing core values: integrity, diligence, and technological excellence. Tri-Force is a six-time winner among the fastest-growing companies in Philadelphia and a four-time winner on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies.