Immediate need for a talented Mainframe Systems Programmer. This is 12+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in U.S(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job Diva ID: 26-22200
Pay Range: $55 - $60 /hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Lead for Mainframe Platform (z/OS, Dell Storage, IMS, DB2, RACF, CA JobTrac) to govern operations, changes and sustainability upgrade projects.
- Interface between Our teams and Managed Service Supplier for issue resolution & change coordination.
- Accountable for governance and oversight on contractual SLAs and key metrics.
- Perform technical review, validation, coordination and compliance assurance for Vendor Managed and business requested Mainframe infrastructure changes (maintenance and sustainability upgrades)
- Execute risk management controls, Baseline Security Compliance activities and audit support, involving technical review and execution of z/OS, IMS, DB2 and zSecure subsystems, involving RACF security.
- Work as client side - technical SME for Mainframe infrastructure subsystems, to hold Managed Service Provider accountable to deliver on the changes and contracted services
- Requires detailed knowledge of z/OS, IMS and DB2 subsystems and RACF security services
- Flexibility for unscheduled engagement to lead & drive major incident resolutions & planned after-hour releases.
- Perform root cause analysis with corrective and preventive measures.
- Communicates and Influences effectively.
- Identifies technical risks to planned system upgrades and works toward implementing mitigations to those risks.
- Reviews completion and implementation of system upgrades and/or enhancements and makes recommendations to management on opportunities for improvement.
- Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system problems.
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Key Skills: Z/OS, Db2, IMS, RACF
- Hands on technical expertise supporting Z/OS environments.
- Candidate should have strong mainframe programming and system experience, with mortgage/financial/ Banking service experience
- 5+ years of hands on experience in mainframe infrastructure engineering
- Knowledge of z/OS architectures and z/OS internals
- Knowledge of the zSecure tool and its is own language, Carla, for customization a plus
- Knowledge of mainframe security and RACF
- Knowledge of mainframe security related to supporting audits & findings in reference to BSCs, key managements a plus
- Knowledge of IBM Mainframe System - JCL, CICS, SQL, z/OS, DB2, IMS, VSAM, XML, TSO/ISPF, zconnect
Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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