Senior Specialty Developer - Mainframe DevOps Location: Toronto, ON Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — Tuesday mandatory and second Friday of every month Contract Details - Position Type: Contract - Contract Duration: 13 months - Pay Rate: C$80.00–C$85.00 / Hour (CAD) - Shift / Schedule: 37.5 hours/week, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday - Travel Requirements: Not required Job Summary This is a Mainframe DevOps contract opportunity supporting a modernization initiative focused on automating the mainframe SDLC. The organization uses Endevor as its source code repository and change management system, and the successful candidate will help design and implement end-to-end deployment workflows to automate code promotion from development to SIT/UAT and production.

Key Responsibilities - Pipeline Automation: Design, build, and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines.

- Quality and Security: Embed security and compliance checks into the build and deploy processes.
- Monitoring & Support: Proactively monitor system performance, availability, and incident management.
- Documenting processes and workflows for ongoing support and audit compliance.





Required Skills - Working knowledge of mainframe architecture z/OS and USS - Solid administrative and operational knowledge of DevOps Deploy on z/OS, including expertise in code packaging, deployments, and overall product management - Experience with DevOps Deploy integrations with the mainframe SDLC (deployment of versions to SIT, UAT, and production with differing R&R; for each environment) - UNIX experience, including coding of JavaScript Preferred Skills - Experience setting up partial Deploy and Rollback process workflows - Experience setting up DevOps Deploy in a cluster configuration (active-passive) for both application and database components - z/OS experience, especially coding straightforward to mid-complexity REXX/JCL - Experience in z/OS development and operations environments – TSO/E, ISPF, USS, SDSF, z/OSMF - DevOps Engineering and/or SRE background Required Experience - 5 years of experience in a related mainframe DevOps role Nice-to-Have Experience - 2 years of experience setting up partial Deploy and Rollback process workflows Benefits - Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans - 401k Retirement Fund Interview Process - 1 round, in-person preferred, approximately 1 hour in duration.

📌 Senior Specialty Developer - Mainframe DevOps (Toronto)
🏢 Creative Solutions Services
📍 Toronto