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Job Title: Senior z/TPF Software Engineer (HLASM)
Location: Washington, DC (On-site)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)

About the Opportunity:

ZipStaff is seeking a Senior IBM z/TPF Software Engineer to support mission-critical, high-volume transaction systems at a major national passenger transportation organization.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role. You will design, maintain, and support z/TPF applications written in High-Level Assembler (HLASM), perform deep production diagnostics, and deliver production-safe fixes across inventory, reservation, availability, and ticketing workflows. You will operate as a technical SME with architects, developers, and business analysts to keep these systems stable and performant.

What You’ll Do:

Design, develop, maintain, and support complex IBM z/TPF applications in HLASM / ASM.
Analyze, debug, and resolve high-priority production issues using the IBM z/TPF Toolkit, debuggers, dump analysis, and diagnostic utilities.
Perform low-level troubleshooting of ECB processing, registers, storage management, work areas, control blocks, masks, flags, and transaction execution flows.
Maintain TPFDF record structures, ordinals, file retrieval/update logic, chain records, and database access paths.
Trace macro-expanded execution paths and investigate functional logic across multiple processing paths.
Conduct root-cause and impact analysis for inventory, availability, reservation, and ticketing issues; implement production-safe code fixes.
Perform peer code reviews, mentor developers, and translate complex business requirements into technical solutions.
Produce design specs, debugging reports, and technical documentation; support deployments, testing, and post-release validation.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of hands-on IBM z/TPF development, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
8+ years of High-Level Assembler (HLASM / ASM) on z/TPF.
Deep experience with ECB processing, ECB work areas, registers, storage management, and transaction-processing architecture
Proven use of IBM z/TPF Toolkit, debuggers, dump analysis, and diagnostic utilities on production incidents.
Experience with high-volume transaction systems (inventory, reservation, availability, ticketing, transportation, airline, or logistics).
Proficiency with source control and change management (Git, Jira) and Agile / Scrum.
Ability to independently trace multi-module assembler issues.
Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

TPFDF record structures, ordinals, file addressing, and chain-record processing.
C and C/Assembler integration on z/TPF.
Familiarity with z/OS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, and performance analysis utilities.
Experience modernizing or optimizing large legacy assembler codebases for high-volume transactions.

About ZipStaff:

ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients.

To apply, submit your resume highlighting hands-on IBM z/TPF, HLASM, production dump analysis, and high-volume transaction-system work.

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