Mainframe Admin (Production Support) - Remote

Job Title: Mainframe Admin (Production Support)

Location: Remote (USA)

Job Type: Long-term contract

Job Description

Must have expertise in 1 of the 3 following disciplines:

• Mainframe networking
• Performance and capacity reporting and planning
• BMC Main View installation and customization

Do not want mainframe developers.

Experience with capacity reporting,

Planning and analysis of performance issues using modern tools (zPCA).

Or

Experience with mainframe networking, including TCP/IP stack configuration,

Network Configuration Assistant, OSA configuration, SDS VFTP and Tectia software.

Brief Description:

• The Mainframe Engineer III candidate must have experience in one or more of the following disciplines: z/OS installation and customization, storage management, hardware configuration, networking, performance management and capacity planning, or ISV installation and customization in a Parallel Sysplex environment.
• The candidate must be able to complete work on time in an ever-changing and complex environment and take direction from leaders and managers.
• Mentoring is required in this role, so mentoring skills and experience are desired.
• This position is part of a team, and the candidate must be willing to embrace being a team player.

Detailed Description:

• This candidate will be filling an experienced systems mainframe engineer position.

The candidate must have the following skills:

• Advanced or expert-level SMP/E experience.
• Debugging and tuning experience.
• Creation of detailed documentation of procedures and practices.
• Change control in a regulated environment.
• Develop, document, and deliver pre- and post-implementation impacts of zSeries hardware and software.
• Recognize areas of improvement leading to the elimination of recurring issues and reduce mean time to recovery.
• Provide technical direction and education to programmers, analysts, and technical support associates.
• Provides 24/7 on-call support within a team rotation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 5-10 years of solid experience in z/OS engineering

Preferred Qualifications (candidate should have some of the following):

• Main View installation, maintenance, and customization.
• z/OS and zSeries hardware networking configuration.
• Performance and capacity reporting with zPCA and/or SAS/MXG and/or Intellimagic.
• zOSMF product installation and deployment.
• Experience with TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with storage management.
• Performance management with WLM.
• Reporting and planning with zPCA and/or SAS/MXG
• Independent Software Vendor installation and maintenance
• z/OS installation, customization, and maintenance.
• Coupling Facility updates.
• Change Man Administration.
• Managing multiple tasks and delivering on committed target dates.
• Coordinates with application programmers and users to determine symptoms and ensure accurate problem resolution.
• Knowledge of banking industry business processes a plus.