Partnering to Build a Resilient Mainframe Workforce

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.

Explore Mainframe Workforce Resiliency Programs

Whether you need tenured expertise for today’s challenges or new talent for the future - we have a program for you.

Vitality Residency Program Broadcom designed the Vitality Program for new-to-mainframe learners, leveraging our expertise and training assets in partnership with customers to transfer product, technical, and industry knowledge together. Learn More

Mainframe Expert Program The Mainframe Expert Program embeds professionals with deep Mainframe and Broadcom product experience into your existing ecosystem, allowing faster realization of technology investment value, quick support core business strategies, and a remedy to immediate talent needs. Learn More

Hire, train and mentor new talent with Broadcom's Vitality program

A Holistic Approach to Mainframe Talent

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.

Vitality Residency Program: Journey to Becoming a Mainframer

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.

Mainframe Foundations & Product Training

Introduction and practice of Mainframe operational language, utilities, concepts and Broadcom product training.

Mentoring

Fundamentals & Product Training

Partnering with technical experts to learn from and lean on.

On-site Residency

Fundamentals & Product Training

At no cost to you, the Resident joins your team to take direction from senior technicians to build knowledge about your environment.

Ready for Mainframe Career

Fundamentals & Product Training

After 4 to 6 months, the Resident is ready to join your team in pursuit of a mainframe career.

Vitality Residency Program Course Offerings

Open to both Broadcom Vitality Residents and customer employees

Mainframe Foundations

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.

System Programmer Foundations

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.

Database Product Training

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.

Security Product Training

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.

Automation Product Training

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.

DevOps Product Training

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.

Vitality Program Training Schedule

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

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Mainframe Expert Program

Bringing you Mainframe Expertise and Talent for Today’s Challenges

The Broadcom Mainframe Expert Program embeds professionals with deep Mainframe experience into your existing ecosystem. You get access to best-in-class talent – trained, certified, and employed by Broadcom – working at your direction as members of your team.

How Mainframe Experts Deliver Value to Your Mainframe Ecosystem

Optimize IT Operations

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

Stabilize IT Infrastructure

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

Neutralize IT Issues

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

Create Lasting Workforce Resiliency with a Combined Approach

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.

Take the Next Step Contact the Team

“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.”

Rocco Alonzi AVP Data Center Operations and Network Architecture | Manulife

“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.”

Adilson Silveira de Souza Executive Manager | Banrisul

“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.”

Derek Powe Senior Vice President, Z-Platform | M&T Bank