Infrastructure Engineer II (Hybrid)

Principal Financial Group • Raleigh, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As an Infrastructure Engineer in the IS Mainframe Services space, you’ll work closely with other engineers as we configure, design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure processes for the Enterprise. You will learn and help evolve our DevOps practices through automation, continuous improvement, and learning. You will gain hands-on experience on modernization tools such as IDz, Git, Digital.ai Release and IBM DevOps Deploy (UrbanCode Deploy) and be part of configuring and implementing the tooling. You will also be part of our efforts around defining and implementing a continuous delivery pipeline. We’re continually learning in our work as a team to build and maintain scalable infrastructure for our internal and external customers.

Requirements

• Associate or bachelor’s degree (preference in computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) and 2+ years’ work experience or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of scripting experience with either python or groovy is required.
• Development Experience in modern technologies (IT internship experience, community exposure, or professional experience).
• Knowledge & hands-on on z/OS related tools.
• Ability to install & customize IBM & third-party software using SMP/E.
• Build, test, and maintain SDLC and DEVOPS applications, and provide feedback for future roadmaps.
• Support and enhance mainframe applications and integrations.
• Use and contribute to mainframe pipeline tools (automation, deployment workflows).
• Understand the basic concepts of AWS.
• Must have good understanding of JCL jobs, utilities and ZFS file systems and their concepts.
• Proficient Coding (in some of these): JCL, REXX, Groovy, Python.
• Exposure to Linux/Unix environments.

Nice To Haves

• Strongest candidates will have experience or interest in working with different technologies.

Responsibilities

• Trouble-shoot and problem-solve for applications.
• Gain understanding of both mainframe and distributed batch.
• Build knowledge of at least one scripting language (Groovy, Python).
• Implement automation and build CI/CD pipelines using tooling such as Jenkins and XLR.
• Gain knowledge designing, building, and monitoring mainframe dashboards using ELK stack.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers, architects, and product teams.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, and problem-solving sessions.
• Work in a team environment that uses pairing and mobbing to accomplish work.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness.
• Pension Eligible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree