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Immediate need for a talented Mainframe Infrastructure Engineers/Administrators. This is a 09+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in New York / New Jersey | Richardson, TX | Richmond, VA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 25-86105
Pay Range: $50 - $60/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide infrastructure support for mainframe systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Administer and maintain CICS regions, DB2 subsystems, and z/OS environments.
- Manage RACF security administration, including user provisioning, access controls, and compliance.
- Oversee storage management (DASD, tape, backup/recovery, and performance optimization).
- Perform system monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting to resolve incidents and prevent outages.
- Work closely with application and operations teams to support critical business workloads.
- Participate in disaster recovery planning, system upgrades, and patch management.
- Ensure compliance with organizational standards, IT security, and audit requirements.
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Key skills; Data-Center
- 7+ years of experience in Mainframe Infrastructure Administration.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with:
- CICS Administration (regions setup, tuning, troubleshooting).
- DB2 for z/OS (configuration, performance tuning, connectivity).
- z/OS Operating System (installation, customization, performance monitoring).
- RACF Security Administration.
- Storage Management (DASD, HSM, backup/recovery, tape management).
- Proficient in JCL, REXX, and automation tools.
- Experience with problem management, change management, and incident resolution in large enterprise environments.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Our client is a leading IT Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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