Mainframe z/OS and Mainframe Storage Admin

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

z/OS
mainframe storage admin
mainframe administrator
z/OS mainframe admin
z12/z13/z14/z15
Sysplex
z/OS v2.x
RACF/ACF2
RMF/SMF
Tivoli SA Automation
PARMLIB and PROCLIB concatenation

Job Details

Title of Position : Mainframe z/OS and Mainframe Storage Admin

Location: Clinton, NJ for Onsite

Job Description

JD Title: Mainframe z/OS Administrator (Level-2.5/3)

Summary of key responsibilities

Minimum 10+ years of hands-on technical experience as a Mainframe zOS & Mainframe Storage Admin

Prior experience working in a large Mainframe setup of minimum 5,000 MIPS and above.

Manage BAU (Business As Usual) Service Delivery for Mainframe OS/Storage in a Technical Capacity

This is for a pure Technical Hands-On role and not for a Team Lead Position

Work on Daily Basis with Client/Customer Mainframe OS-Storage SMEs/Peers

Work on MI (Major Incidents) / P1 (Priority-1) and lesser Tickets as a part of BAU Support

Work on Problem/RCA and Change/CMR Tickets during the weekends.

Provide 24 x 7 ON-CALL support as is the norm in BAU Service Delivery Role

Support Mainframe Projects (HW Upgrade, OS Upgrade, ISV Products upgrade etc ) as per needs.

Ensure Mainframe System Availability @ 99.99% and work towards meeting agreed SLAs

Years of Experience

Minimum 10+ years of hands-on technical experience as a Mainframe zOS Admin

Technical requirements

  • Hands-on experience with z12/z13/z14/z15 Mainframe HW and Sysplex Setup
  • z/OS v2.x, JES2, DFSMS, VTAM, RACF/ACF2, TCP/IP, OMVS, RMF/SMF
  • SMP/E, various ISV products, UserMods and Exits.
  • IPL/POR procedures, various Mainframe Consoles
  • Mainframe Tools OMEGAMON, TEPS, Netview, SIEM
  • Assembler, REXX, JCL and CA-OPS/MVS, Tivoli SA Automation
  • Tivoli SA knowledge is very important
  • IODF/IOCDS, HCD/HCM, Mainframe Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning
  • PARMLIB and PROCLIB concatenation, Memory Regions customization and maintenance
  • Experience in Disaster Recovery setup and conducting DR drills.
  • Experience in Mainframe MIPS Optimization, Software rationalization