Broadcom’s Mainframe Workforce Resiliency Programs are innovative skills development initiatives that address both short and long term talent needs, resulting in a lasting mainframe workforce. Broadcom partners with you to identify, attract, grow, and retain talent to help manage the mainframe in today’s hybrid datacenter.
Whether you need tenured expertise for today’s challenges or new talent for the future - we have a program for you.
When faced with a lean mainframe staff, constrained budget and dozens of subsystems to manage, it is challenging to make time for training. In an environment where mainframe skills are crucial to success, building a plan for workforce resiliency is more important than ever.
Whether you need expert mainframe talent immediately, or would like to upskill or recruit new talent, Broadcom’s Workforce Resiliency Programs leverage our expertise and training assets in partnership with our customers to transfer product, technical, and industry knowledge together.
Through Broadcom's investment, a Vitality Resident will embark on a multi-dimensional learning journey starting with training on mainframe fundamentals and Broadcom products, with experts mentoring them along the way. Next, they will partner on-site with the customer to learn their environment and unique business applications. Upon completion, the Resident is ready to start their career as a Mainframer.
Prerequisite: None
A 7-week training on the foundational mainframe programming skills delivered in a blend of remote, instructor-led, web-based and self-paced accelerated learning path. The mainframe bootcamp is over 220 hours of training which includes multiple labs and exercises culminated with a capstone project. This course will cover the spectrum of mainframe processing, programming concepts and applications.
Prerequisite: Mainframe Foundations or qualification test
Systems Programmer Foundations is a 5-week onboarding program created to help successfully build upon foundational mainframe products skill sets. With a strong focus on technical skills, students will dive into z/OS Basics, JCL, REXX and more. The Systems Programmer Foundations program contains hands-on workshops and exercises and is taught by experts; past and present, who bring real-life experiences to each session.
Product: Datacom, IDMS
Prerequisite: Mainframe Foundations, System Programmer Foundations, or opt-out by passing the Qualification Test
The Vitality Resident will spend 6 weeks learning how to create database structures, maintain the environment and analyze system performance. Residents will gain intermediate knowledge and skills in an immersive hands-on experience learning curriculum.
Product: ACF2, Top Secret
Prerequisite: Mainframe Foundations, System Programmer Foundations, or opt-out by passing the Qualification Test
The Vitality Resident will spend 6 weeks learning the product environment, how to perform configuration, as well as how to implement access control and setup security for member level protection, certificates and pass tickets. Residents will gain intermediate knowledge and skills in an immersive hands-on experience learning curriculum.
Product: OPS/MVS
Prerequisite: Mainframe Foundations, System Programmer Foundations, or opt-out by passing the Qualification Test
The Vitality Resident will spend 5 weeks getting trained on the OPS/MVS automation product. Residents will gain intermediate knowledge and skills in an immersive hands-on experience learning curriculum and once complete, be able to work in an OPS/MVS shop to develop automations.
Product: Endevor
Prerequisite: Mainframe Foundations, System Programmer Foundations, or opt-out by passing the Qualification Test
The Vitality Resident will spend 6 weeks learning how to implement the software change management lifecycle and manage post-implementation operations. Residents will gain intermediate knowledge and skills in an immersive hands-on experience learning curriculum.
Location | Course | Dates | Duration |
North America (Winter Cohort) |
Mainframe Foundations | January 2024 | 7 Weeks |
System Programmer Foundations | March 2024 | 5 Weeks | |
Product Training | April 2024 | 4-6 Weeks | |
Residency at Customer Location Begins | June 2024 | 3-6 Months | |
North America (Summer Cohort) |
Mainframe Foundations | July 2024 | 7 Weeks |
System Programmer Foundations | Sept 2024 | 5 Weeks | |
Product Training | October 2024 | 4-6 Weeks | |
Residency at Customer Location Begins | January 2025 | 3-6 Months | |
EMEA | Mainframe Foundations | August 2024 | 7 Weeks |
Product Training | October 2024 | 4-6 Weeks |
A Broadcom Mainframe Expert provides you with dedicated technical expertise so you can optimize IT operations. You benefit from advanced skills and up-to-date best practices when and where they are needed. The Expert supports your business objectives and makes your staff more productive by:
• Driving outcomes rapidly through efficient product and program implementation
• Reducing risk through issue avoidance and informed planning
• Participating in the planning and execution of upgrades, deployments, and disaster recovery testing
• Advising and contributes to technical projects and systems integration
• Performing configuration and environment reviews
Mainframe Experts use repeatable processes and enhancement services based on thousands of engagements to stabilize your IT infrastructure by proactively mitigating IT risk and reducing planned IT downtime. They will:
• Expand and grow infrastructure to better suit changing business needs
• Identify and resolve technical issues encountered with Broadcom solutions
• Provide informal knowledge transfer to in-house mainframe staff
Mainframe Experts have direct access to support, escalation management, engineering, and the broader Broadcom technical community, enabling them to:
• Offer proactive and reactive advice on issues, upgrades, patches, and alerts
• Provide response or clarification for any support-related questions during daily operations
• Coordinate with Broadcom Support and Engineering to speed resolution and reduce downtime
• Assist with troubleshooting and root cause analysis of break/fix issues
Synergize and Succeed with a Vitality Resident and Mainframe Expert.
By pairing a Mainframe Expert with a Mainframe Vitality Resident at no additional cost, you unlock a synergistic effect for your team. Your Expert will fulfill your near-term mainframe needs while simultaneously mentoring the Vitality Resident further sharpening skill sets and preparing them for a successful career within your mainframe shop.
When the Expert’s contract concludes, you have the option to seamlessly onboard the Vitality Resident. This individual has been meticulously trained and mentored by a mainframe expert who is fully versed in your specific mainframe and systems. It's a win-win situation for your team's continuity and success.
“Finding a new Mainframer can involve a great deal of time, money, and training. With Broadcom shouldering the cost and training of a new Mainframer, our team was able to focus on coaching the Vitality resident specifically in our Mainframe environment.”
“We recently had 17 associates complete Broadcom’s Vitality Program. Building Mainframe skills in this manner creates a resilient workforce for Banrisul. We’re proud of the tangible skills and knowledge gained from the program.”
“From my vantage point, I can see that Broadcom really cares about the industry and the space. They're really keen on trying to make sure that the platform, the environment, and the ecosystem works as intended. They're really pushing together to make sure that staff is adequately trained in the space at their expense to make sure that there are future leaders in the industry that can support the products and support necessary changes needed in the future.”