MAINFRAME SYSTEM ENGINEER III | COLUMBUS, OH (ONSITE)

JOB TITLE: MAINFRAME SYSTEM ENGINEER III

JOB DURATION: 6+ MONTHS

JOB LOCATION: COLUMBUS, OH (ONSITE)

EXPERIENCE: 8-10 YEARS

Managerial Responsibilities:

This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates.

• Managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.
• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Creates an inclusive team where members are treated fairly and respectfully.
• Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates and expects process knowledge, data-driven decisions, simplicity and continuous improvement.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Delivers clear and concise messages that motivate, convey the "why" and connects contributions to business results.
• Risk Manager: Leads and encourages the identification, escalation and resolution of potential risks.
• People Manager & Coach: Knows and develops team members through coaching and feedback.
• Financial Steward: Manages expenses and demonstrates an owner's mindset.
• Enterprise Talent Leader: Recruits, on-boards and develops talent, and supports talent mobility for career growth.
• Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results through effective team management, structure, and routines to ensure highly available, secure connectivity solutions and compatibility between systems.
• Write and maintain system documentation.
• Responsible for matching current technology with the needs of the company.
• Strong TCP/IP and SNA/APPN problem-solving and protocol skills, and a thorough understanding of Mainframe communication concepts and the ability to support mainframe connectivity design considerations.
• Knowledge of IBM zEnterprise server hardware
• In-depth working knowledge of TCP, UDP, ICMP communications and routing protocols
• Packet trace execution and analysis
• z/OS Communication Server Policy-Based Networking, and z/VM SSL Server configuration and support.
• 10-15 years in design, development, coordination and implementation of Mainframe network engineering activities within z/OS and z/VM.
• Strong knowledge of encryption technologies and Certificate management.
• Experience supporting z/OS session layer encryption technologies, including development and implementation of Network Configuration Assistant AT-TLS and IPsec policies.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in mainframe engineering
• 8-10 years of solid experience in z/OS engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mainview 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.
• ChangeMan 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.
• Good written and oral communication skills are required as the individual must interface with application developers, support teams, software vendors and management staff