Lead Mainframe Hardware Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Lead mainframe hardware engineering leader (Enterprise Z platform)
• Focus: End-to-end hardware lifecycle, resiliency, security, automation, and AI adoption
• Availability: Weekend work and on-call escalations for production incidents

Description

This role is a senior technical leader responsible for the Enterprise Z platform supporting critical business applications. You will drive hardware lifecycle execution from planning and installation through production support, refresh, and secure decommissioning, while leading resiliency, security, automation, and AI adoption in partnership with engineering, operations, risk, audit, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate hardware installations, upgrades, migrations, and decommissions (site readiness, cabling, power, connectivity, schedules, and change approvals)
• Manage vendor teams, access, escalations, and accountability to delivery and SLAs
• Maintain stability and resiliency with SLA delivery across IBM Z processors, DASD, tape, SAN/FICON fabric, replication, consoles, and timing infrastructure
• Own end-to-end hardware lifecycle execution: demand planning, procurement, refresh, secure sanitization, and disposal
• Lead hardware evaluations for major technology refreshes (engineering, security, encryption, capacity, and installation planning)
• Drive cyber recovery and security improvements including patch deployment, privileged access, encryption, and secure logging
• Keep the environment audit-ready with accurate inventory, end-of-life remediation, lifecycle evidence, change controls, and secure handling of data-bearing assets
• Expand automation using API-based management, orchestrated workflows, and automated inventory reporting
• Lead AI adoption for hardware-related work such as certificate management, configuration analysis, patch assessment, change preparation, troubleshooting, and audit evidence collection
• Provide technical leadership coverage and develop the team across the hardware portfolio and transformation work

Requirements

• Extensive mainframe hardware engineering experience in a large, regulated environment
• Strong knowledge of IBM Z, DASD, Tape, FICON/SAN, replication, and HMC/console infrastructure
• Proven experience leading complex installations, HCD, migrations, and decommissions across multiple teams
• Experience managing major hardware vendors, SLAs, and escalations
• Solid understanding of infrastructure security, including encryption, privileged access, and patch management
• Experience with change management, asset management, and audits
• Strong communication skills with senior management and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience leading and developing technical staff
• Weekend availability and on-call escalation rotation

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits and perks, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and parental leave
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to contribute to infrastructure transformation