Mainframe Systems Engineer

• Opportunity for 2 highly motivated self-starters as Mainframe Systems Engineers to oversee and administer corporate mainframe environment in an Enterprise environment
• The successful candidate will be proficient working in and supporting a Parallel Sysplex mainframe environment, be familiar with mainframe performance management and tuning, work well with vendors and hardware providers, ramp up quickly on large projects, work independently to understand business needs, and design solutions to produce high availability environments
• The candidate s primary responsibilities will include software installation, product support, and zOS administration
• The candidate s secondary responsibilities will include working in the Sysplex environment including both hardware and software support duties, execution of projects to implement new hardware and software, and on-call support

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and support mainframe infrastructure and software
• Monitor and manage mainframe performance
• Coordinate with hardware and software vendors for support and future project work
• Create comprehensive documentation, conduct thorough testing, and follow defined change control processes
• Provide support for mission critical application infrastructure and products
• Effectively communicate with end-users, application programmers, co-workers, managers, and other stakeholders
• Demonstrate a high level of initiative and attention to detail during daily operations

Skills Required

• Minimum of 4YR s experience with mainframe hardware and software support
• Minimum of 4YR s experience with mainframe third party software installation and support
• Minimum of 4YR s experience with Cobol, JCL, and JES2
• Experience with mainframe capacity planning and performance tuning
• Experience writing test scripts and performing testing/verification of products/deliverables
• High level of initiative and attention to detail
• Familiarity with mainframe application development (IDE) build tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent customer support skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Skills Preferred

• Assembler and REXX experience is a plus
• Familiarity with various Infrastructure software solutions, change management, scheduling, performance monitoring, etc. (ex. Zeke, Zebb, ISPW, TMON, JCLPrep, QuickRef, SAS)
• Experience using, configuring, and providing support of storage subsystems and infrastructure
• Experience with maintaining and operating in a Parallel Sysplex environment including sharing of DASD
• Familiarity working with and maintaining a Coupling Facility
• Familiarity with support of Unix System Services and zOS operating system
• Familiarity with ITIL based ticketing system from a user perspective for change, incident, and problem management

Education

• 4-yr College Degree preferably Information Systems or Computer Science or 6-8 years of experience in the field

Additional Information

• All candidates are encouraged to apply, but many positions require a strict drug and background check by our customers.
• F2OnSite supports and adheres to all state laws regarding background checks.
• This position requires specific work hours to be adhered to. Typically the work hours are not flexible, so you must be able available to work during those hours.