Job Summary

As a System Administrator at Kyndryl, you ll solve complex problems and identify potential future issues across the spectrum of platforms and services. You ll be at the forefront of recent technology and modernization, working with some of our biggest clients-which means some of the biggest in the world.

Responsibilities

- Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise z/OS environments to ensure high availability, stability, security, and performance.
- Lead z/OS upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives, including implementation planning, testing, deployment, and rollback strategies.
- Install, configure, and support IBM and ISV system software, managing the full software lifecycle and SMP/E maintenance activities.
- Monitor system performance, analyze resource utilization, and implement tuning and capacity planning recommendations to support business growth.
- Design and enhance automation solutions using tools such as SA z/OS, OPS/MVS, NetView, and REXX to improve operational efficiency.
- Partner with security teams to strengthen platform security, support compliance initiatives, and implement industry best practices.
- Develop and validate disaster recovery, backup, and resiliency strategies to ensure business continuity.
- Provide expert support for key z/OS infrastructure components, including JES, USS, TCP/IP, WLM, RMF, SDSF, ISPF, and related technologies.
- Serve as the highest level technical escalation point for critical incidents, leading root cause analysis, risk mitigation, and service restoration efforts.
- Drive adoption of modern mainframe practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, and AIOps solutions.
- Collaborate with vendors, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure projects and strategic platform enhancements.
- Mentor and develop technical talent through coaching, knowledge sharing, documentation, and establishment of operational standards.




- Ensure compliance with governance, audit, risk, and service delivery requirements while continuously improving platform reliability and operational excellence.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

- 8+ years of experience in Mainframe z/OS system programming, with extensive hands-on expertise in z/OS installation, configuration, maintenance, and support.
- Skills in applying patches, managing third-party software and ensuring system reliability.
- Hands-on expertise in SYSRES builds, applying PTFs, performing disaster recovery drills and updating license keys.
- Proficiency in product maintenance, upgrades and compatibility checks for z/OS 3.1 and IBM z16 hardware.
- Adept at troubleshooting any system failures, freeze, job abends and performance issues.
- Willingness to provide 24/7 oncall support to resolve any system issues.
- Working knowledge of mainframe GDPS.
- Good understanding of flip and stay disaster recovery model.
- Experience of working on many migration projects as part of mainframe modernization.
- Should provide recommendations on optimizing system performance.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

- Experience in z/OS administration.
- Experience in mainframe modernization initiatives.
- Experience of supporting the IBM z16 and IBM z17 mainframe systems.
- Any leadership and mentoring experience will be an added plus.

Who You Are

You re good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important-you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused-someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you re open and borderless-naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

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📌 Mainframe zOS Systems Administrator (Bengaluru)
🏢 Kyndryl
📍 Bengaluru