# Staff Systems Mainframe Engineer (Remote)

Hiring organization: [The Home Depot](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-home-depot)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/6e47854a-6b8f-469a-9fbc-692cb004b297

Listed on The Home Depot's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Location: TEXAS - VIRTUAL - TX01
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 90000 – 180000 USD per year

## Summary

A senior mainframe engineer role focused on designing, building, and supporting The Home Depot's z/OS infrastructure, particularly backfilling expertise in areas like Parallel Sysplex, scheduling, and security. This position suits experienced mainframe professionals who can operate independently across multiple systems and mentor junior engineers while reducing single-point-of-failure risks.

_Our summary, not The Home Depot's wording._

## Skills named

Ansible, IBM Db2, IBM MQ, Job Control Language (JCL), NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), Python, TCP/IP, z/OS

## Required

- 8+ years supporting production enterprise z/OS mainframe infrastructure
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field
- Legal authorization to work in the United States

## Nice to have

- Parallel Sysplex and high-availability systems experience
- z/Architecture hardware experience across z13/z14/z15/z16
- SMP/E software installation and maintenance expertise
- Mainframe networking including TCP/IP, VTAM, NFS, and Fibre Channel
- RACF and ACF2 security administration with digital certificates and keyrings
- RMF/SMF performance analysis and ISV monitoring tools
- REXX, CLIST, and system utilities scripting
- zOSMF administration
- DB2 for z/OS administration and utilities
- Ansible, Zowe, and Python for modernization and configuration management
- Demonstrated ability to cross-train peers and reduce dependencies

Apply on The Home Depot's site: https://homedepot.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CareerDepot/job/TEXAS---VIRTUAL---TX01/Staff-Systems-Engineer--Remote-_Req182273-1