Z/OS Programmer

Daily Duties/Responsibilities

• Z/OS OPERATION
• Z/OS SUPPORT INCLUDING PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
• PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE MAINFRAME INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MEET SLA EXPECTATIONS.
• COLLABORATE AND LIAISE WITH OTHER UNITS AND SERVE AS A TECHNICAL RESOURCE AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
• SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT IN UPGRADE OF OPERATING SYSTEMS TO NEW RELEASE
• SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT IN UPGRADE OF THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS TO NEW RELEASES
• CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS REQUIRED.

Required Skills
I. WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF:
a. Z/OS OPERATION
b. JES2 OPERATION AND INTERNALS
c. Z/OS SECURITY (RACF)
d. Z/OS NETWORKING (VTAM, TCPIP)
e. Z/OS SCHEDULING, AUTOMATION
f. SMP/E SOFTWARE
g. RMF
h. SMF
i. SMS
j. WLM
k. JCL
l. GRS
m. VSAM
n. TSO
o. 3RD PARTY SOFTWARE
p. ASSEMBLER
q. CATALOG MAINTENANCE
II. PROGRAMMING SKILLS:
a. SYSTEM EXIT DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
b. UTILITY AND TOOLKIT SKILLS
c. IDMS
d. SYNCSORT
e. RMM
Soft Skills Required

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS (WRITTEN AND ORAL), ADAPTABILITY, SELF-MOTIVATION, PROBLEM SOLVING, ANALYTICAL THINKING, TIME MANAGEMENT, ABILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY IN A STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT, CUSTOMER FOCUSED, DETAIL ORIENTED, TEAM PLAYER
Preferred Skills

• ASSEMBLER
• REXX
• SAS
• SMP/E
• SMF
• SMS
• RMF

Required Education:

10+ Years of progressive experience in Mainframe technical support & sytems programming