Attila Molnár
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Hungary

Attila Molnár

Mainframe z/OS System Programmer in hybrid cloud environments

Experience
10+ years in mainframe automation
Location
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian (Native), English (Professional)
Preferences
Remote-first or hybrid work · Mainframe z/OS environments in hybrid cloud · Small teams with end-to-end ownership

I work mostly with automation, and my approach is to "automate everything that can be automated". When the right tool does not exist yet, I build it. When an existing tool does not quite fit, I improve it.

In the enterprise world, my main platform is mainframe z/OS. I work on infrastructure automation and monitoring, and connect z/OS with the rest of IT, such as Azure DevOps and ServiceNow.

Outside of the enterprise, I have run Linux services (Debian, NixOS) for small teams for several years: Git forges, CI/CD pipelines, authentication, networking and more.

Because I work in both worlds, I like to bring modern practices to the mainframe. I encourage people to use newer technologies such as Python, Git, VS Code or Ansible with z/OS where they make sense. I already use them in my own work, and they make it faster and more reliable.

I work on the planning as well as the delivery. I lead brainstorming sessions to find the best-fitting solution, then work out how to implement and integrate it.

Currently

Senior Lead, System Administration

Current

Kyndryl Hungary · Székesfehérvár, Hungary · since 2023 Sep

I support and develop automation for ABN AMRO Bank through Kyndryl Hungary. My focus is still automation, but it now covers business applications as well as infrastructure.

Full experience

  • Mainframe z/OS CyberVault automation

    Active

    A fully automated, NetView panel-based solution that brings up z/OS systems in an isolated CyberVault environment without human intervention.

    • IBM Z System Automation
    • IBM Z NetView
    • Rexx
    • Mainframe BCPii (hardware interface)
    • JCL
    • CyberVault
    Details

  • Automated product maintenance on mainframe z/OS

    Maintained

    Fully automated verification of every IBM Z System Automation and NetView component in use.

    • IBM Z System Automation
    • IBM Z NetView
    • Rexx
    Details

  • Self-hosted Git environment with CI and monitoring

    Active

    A self-hosted Forgejo platform with CI built from my own plugins, automated security scanning and dependency updates, full monitoring and hardened edge security, running on NixOS servers provisioned with OpenTofu.

    • Forgejo
    • Monitoring (Grafana, Loki, Prometheus)
    • Renovate
    • Trivy
    • Caddy
    • CrowdSec/Fail2ban
    • Linux
    • NixOS
    • Podman Quadlet
    DetailsSource

  • Podman Quadlet language server

    Maintained

    A language server for Podman Quadlet files, with integrations for VS Code, Neovim and Zed.

    • Go
    • Editor integrations
    • Podman Quadlet
    DetailsSource

All projects

Working together

Work preferences

  • Remote-first or hybrid work
  • Mainframe z/OS environments in hybrid cloud
  • Small teams with end-to-end ownership

Interests

  • Planning and building environments
  • Automate that can be automated