Mainframe Engineer Company Eliassen Group

Federal Contractor Location Helena, MT

Date Posted 09/26/2026

Description Mainframe Engineer Anyw Type Contract Category Engineer Industry Financial Services Workplace Type Remote Standard Hours Open Reference

ID JN -092026-108735

Date Posted 09/22/2026 Shortcut careers.eliassen/gZ2EcF Description Rmended Jobs Description Remote Our client seeks a Mainframe Engineer responsible for designing, developing, testing, configuring, contingency planning, and providing technical support for mainframe technology. The role manages product lifecycles to assure operational availability, gathers data, and analyzes capacity and performance. The engineer will act as a mainframe SME, establish and publish language and development tool roadmaps, coordinate cross-department mainframe application migrations, and support agile delivery while modeling software development best practices. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k withpany matching, and life insurance. Rate $65.00 to $75.00/hr. w2 Responsibilities Serve as mainframe subject matter expert. Participate in infrastructure planning and provide insight into future technology directions. Maintain thorough understanding of current and future infrastructure. Establish, document, and publish mainframe language and development tool directions and roadmaps. Coordinate cross-department projects involving mainframe application migrations. Demonstrate broad technical knowledge across multiple technologies or deep expertise in one technology and its impacts. Maintain awareness of industry developments and quickly new concepts. Build productive networks with internal and external customers, vendors, and industry peers. Ensure proper documentation ofplex technical systems for effective operational handover. Lead implementation efforts, analyze vendor proposals, evaluate build versus buy, plan projects, establish critical paths, coordinate vendors, build and conduct tests, and track progress. Design and implement new features while improving product and application quality. Create and execute long-term vision of technical products and applications. Act as a technical expert and developer on an agile squad and participate in agile ceremonies. Drive architecture of solutions across multiple services and applications. Develop software that meets code quality standards and metrics and practice test-driven development. Guidemunities of practice by mentoring developers, creating and enforcing standards, reviewing code, and sharing knowledge. Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code. Partner with operations and engineering teams to drive service improvement. Remain current on IT trends for the practice area and assist with problem resolution for end users and customers. Create and update operations procedures for routine management processes and maintain controls and documentation for auditpliance. Perform other duties as assigned. Experience Requirements 10+ years of experience with AmTrust accounting system. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, orparable experience with 20+ years of experience. Expert knowledge of mainframe operating systems and hardware. Strong knowledge of TSO and mainframe technology. Experience with COBOL, CICS, SAS, and MQ. Background in Wealth and Asset Management. Knowledge of functional software design and development best practices. Experience with Git and GitHub. Understanding of software development methodologies. Strong problem solving and collaboration skills. Excellent verbal and writtenmunication skills. Education Requirements Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, orparable experience. Recruitment Transparency Notice Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( noreplyeliassen , 781-808-2924) inviting you toplete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process. Skills, experience, and otherpensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following

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• Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact fraudeliassen _. About Eliassen Group Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we havebined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful oues. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and themunities we serve. Eliassen ismitted to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. Don't miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!_