Mainframe Specialist/Analyst - Global Insurance Firm (HYBRID)

Mainframe Operation Specialist

Responsibilities

• Strengthen service governance of mainframe operation and improve service quality
• Tactical operation planning to expand service scope and enhance service structure
• Confirm and manage daily mainframe operation tasks
• Lead and manage continuous service quality improvement

Requirements

• Currently residing in Japan
• Business Japanese or English
• Proficient understanding of mainframe operation procedures and tasks
• Basic understanding of integration middleware such as MQ, EAI, ESB, RPC etc.
• Prior experience in a technical leadership position
• Familiar with the purpose and composition of a service level agreement (SLA); the relationship between an SLA and a contract for the supply of services
• Experience supporting interfaces between multiple application platforms (i.e. Open and mainframe)
• Experience in life insurance domain (preferable)

Mainframe System Analyst

Responsibilities

• Communicate with internal users and determine requirements including business process improvement
• Comprehensive management of the manufacturing process using development vendors as well as determination of system requirements
• Creation of acceptance test cases for deliverables from development vendors, implementation of acceptance tests
• Responding to incidents
• Development environment: Mainframe (IBM), Cobol

Requirements

• Currently residing in Japan
• 3+ years of experience in development and maintenance work, preferably in an insurance company
• 3+ years of experience in mainframe development
• Business Japanese (English is a plus)

If this position is not ideal for you, but you are looking for a new opportunity,please contact us to discuss your options.