Remote Mainframe Programmer Jobs
Remote Mainframe Programmer jobs are concentrated in banking, insurance, federal contracting, and enterprise software sectors, where legacy COBOL and z/OS systems still power core operations. Distributed teams and remote-first firms across those industries are actively hiring, from junior programmers building their COBOL base to senior architects owning mission-critical batch systems. Employers hiring remotely right now include Ensono, Advancio, and Ericsson. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Position Summary
Provide premium software support and services to Ensono mainframe clients as they relate to CICS.
Key Areas of Focus for this Role
- Fulfill customer service orders (CSOs) for mainframe z/OS customers in a timely manner as they pertain to CICS TS and related OEM software products.
- Provide primary support for reported problems related to CICS TS and related OEM software products.
- Provide support on 24 x 7 x 365 basis and in multiple time zones.
- Follow procedures for installing OEM software products efficiently and according to best practices and Ensono standards (for productivity/scalability purposes).
- Work with members of other functional towers in preparing customer partitions for regular (approximately once per year) operating system upgrade process via a checklist of proactive actions.
- Provide key support for customer migration services (new customer transitions) as they pertain to CICS TS and related OEM software products.
- Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired customers such that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition nor the targeted migration date.
- In joint cooperation with the Disaster Recovery Services, successfully execute tasks associated with any given customer's disaster recovery plans.
- Adhere to a schedule that efficiently manages resources and allows timely implementations.
- Follow ITSM change control procedures g:
- Implementing vendor product specific corrections ("fixes") and
- Upgrading, maintaining, enhancing or providing new options to applicable z/OS products within any given customer
What the Ideal Candidate Brings to this Role
Required Qualifications help to assure new Associates are set up for success in their role with Ensono. To be considered for this career opportunity, it is important that you meet all Required Qualifications. Candidates that may meet some, but not all, Other Qualifications are still encouraged to apply.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required and/or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years experience on the zSeries (mainframe) platform including "hands on" technical experience (installation and maintenance of products) related to CICS TS and OEM product support.
- Thorough working knowledge of the capabilities and use of CICS TS and installation and tailoring of CICS TS and as well as CICS TS related OEM products.
- Thorough working knowledge and experience with the use of IBM's SMP/E.
- Strong analytical skills and understanding of CICS TS concepts, configuration and tailoring.
- Thorough working knowledge of products used to monitor performance of CICS TS regions.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Must be able to multi-task and work under short deadlines and in high pressure situations.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations)
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.
Standard Working Hours:
- Shift: 8AM to 5PM Local time
- Oncall, overtime and scheduled weekend work required
Why Ensono?
Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.
We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.
Some of our benefits include:
- Unlimited Paid Days Off
- Three health plan options
- 401k with company match
- Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
- Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
- Paid childbearing and paternal leave
- Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
- Sabbatical leave
- Wellness program
- Flexible work schedule
As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $65,000 to $123,000 salary, based on a fulltime schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.
Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP's pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP's website.
If you need accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email USTalentAcquisition@ensono.com.
Position Summary
Provide premium software support and services to Ensono mainframe clients as they relate to CICS.
Key Areas of Focus for this Role
- Fulfill customer service orders (CSOs) for mainframe z/OS customers in a timely manner as they pertain to CICS TS and related OEM software products.
- Provide primary support for reported problems related to CICS TS and related OEM software products.
- Provide support on 24 x 7 x 365 basis and in multiple time zones.
- Follow procedures for installing OEM software products efficiently and according to best practices and Ensono standards (for productivity/scalability purposes).
- Work with members of other functional towers in preparing customer partitions for regular (approximately once per year) operating system upgrade process via a checklist of proactive actions.
- Provide key support for customer migration services (new customer transitions) as they pertain to CICS TS and related OEM software products.
- Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired customers such that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition nor the targeted migration date.
- In joint cooperation with the Disaster Recovery Services, successfully execute tasks associated with any given customer's disaster recovery plans.
- Adhere to a schedule that efficiently manages resources and allows timely implementations.
- Follow ITSM change control procedures g:
- Implementing vendor product specific corrections ("fixes") and
- Upgrading, maintaining, enhancing or providing new options to applicable z/OS products within any given customer
What the Ideal Candidate Brings to this Role
Required Qualifications help to assure new Associates are set up for success in their role with Ensono. To be considered for this career opportunity, it is important that you meet all Required Qualifications. Candidates that may meet some, but not all, Other Qualifications are still encouraged to apply.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required and/or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years experience on the zSeries (mainframe) platform including "hands on" technical experience (installation and maintenance of products) related to CICS TS and OEM product support.
- Thorough working knowledge of the capabilities and use of CICS TS and installation and tailoring of CICS TS and as well as CICS TS related OEM products.
- Thorough working knowledge and experience with the use of IBM's SMP/E.
- Strong analytical skills and understanding of CICS TS concepts, configuration and tailoring.
- Thorough working knowledge of products used to monitor performance of CICS TS regions.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Must be able to multi-task and work under short deadlines and in high pressure situations.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations)
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.
Standard Working Hours:
- Shift: 8AM to 5PM Local time
- Oncall, overtime and scheduled weekend work required
Why Ensono?
Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.
We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.
Some of our benefits include:
- Unlimited Paid Days Off
- Three health plan options
- 401k with company match
- Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
- Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
- Paid childbearing and paternal leave
- Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
- Sabbatical leave
- Wellness program
- Flexible work schedule
As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $65,000 to $123,000 salary, based on a fulltime schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.
Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP's pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP's website.
If you need accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email USTalentAcquisition@ensono.com.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote mainframe programmer jobs.
- Proficiency in COBOL programming on IBM z/OS mainframe environments
- Experience with JCL, VSAM, and job scheduling tools such as TWS or CA7
- Knowledge of CICS transaction processing and DB2 or IMS database systems
- Ability to read, write, and debug batch programs and SORT utility control statements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field
- IBM Certified Application Developer or System Programmer certification preferred
Tips for Your Remote Mainframe Programmer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote mainframe programmer openings from companies across the U.S. in one place. Search for roles that match your stack and apply directly as soon as they appear, since remote positions in this niche close faster than on-site equivalents.
Show async collaboration skills concretely
Remote mainframe teams run on written communication. Include examples in your resume of documenting JCL procedures, writing runbooks for batch job failures, or contributing to shared knowledge bases. Employers want evidence you can keep distributed teammates informed without real-time handoffs.
Demonstrate remote debugging independence
Highlight situations where you diagnosed and resolved COBOL batch abends or VSAM file issues without direct oversight. Remote hiring managers for mainframe roles specifically look for candidates who can own an incident from identification through resolution without needing an on-site lead.
Prepare for remote technical screens on mainframe tooling
Remote interviews for mainframe programmer roles frequently include live coding or walk-through exercises in COBOL and JCL, often conducted through shared screen sessions. Practice narrating your logic aloud as you work, since remote interviewers rely on that verbal commentary to assess your reasoning.
Remote Mainframe Programmer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote mainframe programmer job?
Target companies with large legacy mainframe environments that have already built distributed engineering teams, particularly in banking, insurance, and federal contracting. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and proficiency in COBOL, JCL, and z/OS. Demonstrating that you can debug batch jobs independently, document your work thoroughly, and collaborate asynchronously gives you a strong edge over candidates who have only worked on-site.
Which companies hire remote mainframe programmers?
Companies hiring remote mainframe programmers right now include Ensono, Advancio, and Ericsson, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial institutions, federal contractors, and enterprise technology firms with mature mainframe environments are the most consistent sources of remote mainframe programmer roles, since their distributed teams rely on asynchronous collaboration to maintain and modernize COBOL and z/OS systems.
Can you get a remote mainframe programmer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level mainframe roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and self-manage without in-person oversight from day one. Your strongest path is completing a mainframe training program, contributing to open-source COBOL projects, or earning a z/OS certification you can point to. Companies that run formal mainframe apprenticeships occasionally offer remote tracks and are worth targeting specifically.
Do you need a degree for remote mainframe programmer jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in this field place significant weight on demonstrated COBOL, JCL, and z/OS skills over formal credentials, particularly for mid-level and senior roles where real production experience speaks clearly. A portfolio showing batch job development, VSAM file handling, or mainframe modernization work, combined with a recognized certification, can substitute for a degree at many organizations.
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