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Sr. Engineer, Mainframe

First National Bank of Omaha
vision insurance, tuition assistance, 401(k)
United States, Oregon
Apr 30, 2025

ABOUT FNTS

As a nationally recognized Cloud Service Provider, FNTS has a proven history guiding our customers through their cloud journey. FNTS has a passion for all things multi-cloud and provides flexible cloud solutions, with a continued focus on orchestrating agility, transparency and IT optimization for our customers, all while keeping cost containment top-of-mind. With an elevated security posture consisting of layered security solutions, FNTS specializes in partnering with customers in highly regulated and compliance-driven industries.

Our culture and our employees are the heart of our story - and we're committed to their success! Please see below the details of this career opportunity and how it fits into our organization's success.

Our Modern, Flexible Workplace:

We believe in a Modern, Flexible Workplace, and we are continuously exploring advancements in technology and office environments to make it easier to work from anywhere at any time, allowing for more flexibility in where and how you work. We know that choice and flexibility are important to you. We also recognize that flexible and remote positions can become opportunities for military partners, caregivers, and individuals with disabilities to thrive at our company. We invite you to consider what a Modern, Flexible Workplace can mean for you! It is anticipated that an incumbent in this role will work remotely 100% of the time and will share a hoteling workspace if/when working onsite, as determined by business needs. The incumbent can work remotely from anywhere in the United States, unless otherwise specified in the job posting. Work location is subject to change based on business needs.

Summary of the Job:

With over 20 years in the managed IT services industry, First National Technology Solutions (FNTS) is a leading provider of flexible, customized hosted and remotely managed services. Operating a state-of-the-art data center and offering customized solutions and best-of-breed technology, FNTS is a nationally recognized leader in managed IT services. With a classic Midwest culture, FNTS employs an expert team who place high value on work ethics and personalized customer service.
FNTS is a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska Inc. (FNNI), a $20 billion multi-state holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, with a strong heritage of banking excellence that dates back more than 150 years.

About This Role:

*** We are unable to sponsor candidates for this position***

The Mainframe Senior Engineer Position is part of a managed services engineering team. The Mainframe Senior Engineer is responsible for maintaining customer environments and solving technical problems in an efficient manner. In addition to maintaining the existing Mainframe systems, you will help plan and migrate customer systems via tape save/restore or software replication, expand our existing customer's environments, ensure proper handling of system backups and react in a break/fix capacity to escalate technical issues that compromise system operability and functionality. Candidates for this position must show previous Mainframe administrative, operator and support experience in similar environments with emphasis on supporting technology such as z Series systems, Virtual Tape environments, Fiber switched, and common networking knowledge related to Mainframe connectivity.

Key Responsibilities

* Perform reporting functions as required or requested by customer
* Support cases and incidents / problems not solvable by Ops
* Installation, maintenance and configuration of ISV products
* Assist with hardware configuration and upgrades
* Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team migrating customer environments with minimal impact
* Write and maintain system documentation
* Work with customers to accomplish their migration to FNTS or remote management setup.
* Using team roadmap, implement technologies to achieve it, e.g. develop new offerings through taking advantage of new hardware capabilities or additional OS capabilities such as Sysplexes
* Install new software (OS & major subsystem) releases while working with customer on timing/testing/implementation.
* Maintain golden/sandbox systems for templates
* Participate in technical infrastructure projects as the Mainframe SME
* Occasional after hours and weekend supportologies

The Ideal Candidate for This Role:

Job Qualifications

* Mainframe Systems Engineer experience
* z/OS Concepts (SDSF, TSO, HCD/IODF, SMP/E)
* z/OS Subsystems (JES2, WLM, OMVS/USS, SMF/RMF, RACF, ASM, GRS)
* Major Subsystems (CICS, IMS, DB2, Datacom, MQ Series)
* Experience with DBA and application support functions
* Communication Concepts (VTAM, TCP/IP)
* Storage Management (SMS, HSM, DFDSS, VSAM, IDCAMS, ICF Catalogs)
* Knowledge of z systems hardware
* Experience configuring LPARs using the Hardware Management Console
* Experience with storage management in JBOD, RAID, and SAN environments
* Experience defining and troubleshooting Printer configurations
* Familiarity with Physical and Virtual tape library configuration and implementation
* Experience performing OS Upgrades, PTF Deployment and software installation
* Experience configuring and deploying automation and monitoring tools
* Self-motivated and able to work independently
* Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations)

Additional Qualifications:

* z/VSE Concepts (POWER, Classes, Partitions, MSHP, BSM, CICS, ICCF, Printer, TCP/IP, VTAM, FTP)
* z/VM Concepts (CP, CMS, User Maintenance, Guest System Management)
* Hardware familiarity
o DS8000
o TS7700
o 3480/3490/3590/TS1100
* Virtual tape systems
* Flashcopy and mirroring technologies

Compensation:

Compensation range (base pay): $88,067.00-$145,309.00

This role may have a specific starting pay within this range.

Final compensation offer to candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon work experience, education, and/or skill level.

Benefits Overview:

We offer a variety of benefits designed to keep you and your family physically and financially healthy. Not only do we offer a competitive salary and work-life balance, we offer benefits to match your needs:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

  • 401k, With Matching Contributions

  • Time Off Programs

  • Health Savings Account (HSA)/Dependent Care

  • Employee Banking

  • Growth Opportunities

  • Tuition Assistance

  • Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance

Learn more about FNBO benefits here: https://www.fnbo.com/careers/benefits/.

For additional information regarding compensation and benefits, e-mail FNBO at TAGAdmin@fnni.com. To ensure you receive a response, include the number of this job (listed below) in the subject line of your message.

Job number: R-20250493

Equal Opportunity & Belonging:

FNTS believes that the quality of our employee experience is at the heart of our customer experience. One key pillar of our intended employee experience is Belonging. Belonging means we are committed to fostering a workplace culture where employees of all backgrounds feel valued, recognized, and empowered to be their authentic selves-no matter their role or where they are in their journey.

Learn more here.

FNTS is an equal opportunity employer for all employees and applicants and makes employment decisions without regard to status or identity.

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FNTS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer - Member FDIC

FNTS follows federal law regarding the use of marijuana (this applies to all non-California applicants)

Application Deadline:

All our jobs will be posted for a minimum of 5 calendar days. Job postings may come down prior to 5 calendar days based on volume of applicants.

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