Mainframe Sysadmin

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I've got a large railway firm with a mainframe sysadmin opening. Remote, with quarterly travel.

Job Title: Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer

Work Type: Full-Time

Interview Process: 1-2 Interviews

Job Description:

Seeking a Mainframe Systems Engineer to oversee and administer the corporate mainframe environment for one our large customers. 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

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of experience with mainframe hardware and software support
• 4+ years experience with mainframe third party software installation and support
• 4+ years 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

Additional Preferred Skills:

• 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 environment.
• Familiarity with support of Unix System Services and zOS operating system