Principal Network Engineer z/OS

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot IBM z/OS Communications Server, including VTAM, TCP/IP, and TN3270 environments.
• Support and optimize GDPS network infrastructure across multi-datacenter and disaster recovery environments to ensure high availability and resiliency.
• Manage and maintain TPX Session Manager environments, including configuration, performance tuning, and user support.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and support Connect:Direct and other enterprise file transfer solutions.
• Implement and troubleshoot secure file transfer technologies including FTP, SFTP, FTPS, and FTP-AT/TLS.
• Monitor, analyze, and resolve complex mainframe networking issues involving multiple protocols, connectivity layers, and distributed platforms.
• Participate in the design and management of IP addressing, network architecture, and mainframe integration with enterprise infrastructure.
• Support software implementation, maintenance, and upgrades using SMP/E, adhering to change management and configuration standards.
• Provide production support through participation in an on-call rotation, including weekend maintenance and scheduled change windows.
• Develop, document, and continuously improve operational procedures, standards, and best practices for mainframe network services.

Basic Qualifications

-Associate’s degree or equivalent work experience
-At least 7 years experience with managing day-to-day delivery of satisfactory network services to clients.
-At least 7 years experience within a total Information Technology (IT) environment.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Strong expertise in IBM z/OS Communications Server, including VTAM, TCP/IP, TN3270, Enterprise Extender, and network performance tuning.
• Experience supporting GDPS (Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex) environments and disaster recovery network configurations.
• Proven administration experience with TPX Session Manager in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with Connect:Direct, file transfer automation, and managed file transfer solutions.
• Knowledge of secure data transmission technologies including FTP-AT/TLS, SFTP, SSL/TLS, and network encryption protocols.
• Experience using SMP/E for software installation, maintenance, upgrades, and vendor product deployment.
• Strong understanding of mainframe networking, IP addressing, routing, DNS, and network architecture design.
• Knowledge of network security, internet security controls, contingency planning, and disaster recovery processes.
• Experience with network monitoring, performance analysis, troubleshooting tools, and root-cause investigation across enterprise environments.
• Ability to evaluate new technologies, vendors, and infrastructure solutions while ensuring compliance with IT standards, configuration management, and operational governance.

Location expectations 
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That’s why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks de…