Overview
Hybrid2 days per week onsite
$90,000 - $120,000
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Skills
Mainframe Systems
storage virtualization
Systems Engineer
VSE
Mainframe
REXX
Linux
TCPIP
VTAM
virtualization
JCL
Job Details
***6 MONTH CONTRACT-TO-HIRE POSITION***
LOCAL RICHMOND VA CANDIDATES PREFERRED
***NO C2C INTEREST***
Minimum Qualifications:
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in mainframe administration, preferably with IBM Z series
- 4+ years of experience with z/VM and z/VSE.
- A bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related
- Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining the z/VM operating
- Knowledge of the z/VSE/VSEn operating systems, including experience with CICS, CICS Transaction Gateway, and CICS Web Services
- A deep understanding of virtualization concepts and technologies, including knowledge of virtual machine (VM) management, virtual networking, storage virtualization, and resource
- In-depth knowledge of mainframe hardware components (processors, channels, control units).
- Expertise in mainframe storage management (DASD, virtual tape, physical tape).
- Experienced with mainframe network and communication technologies (TCPIP, VTAM, SNA, 3270, OSA, HiperSockets, etc).
- Proficiency in mainframe system administration, performance tuning, and capacity
- Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in the z/VSE environment, such as Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, JCL, REXX, and CP/CMS EXEC.
- Familiarity with mainframe security practices and compliance
- The ability to analyze system logs, dumps, and other diagnostic
- Expertise in data center operations and mainframe hardware related projects in the data
- Proficiency in basic Linux administration
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
- 12+ years of hands-on experience in mainframe
- 8+ years of experience with z/VM and z/VSE/VSEn.
- A master s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related
- Certifications such as IBM Certified System Programmer, IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with IBM DS8000 series disk storage
- Comprehensive understanding of IBM TS7700 virtual tape
- Knowledge of IBM TS4500 physical tape library and tape management
- Experience with the Zeke/VSE mainframe job
- Understanding of and experience with VSE Interactive Computing and Control Facility (ICCF).