JOB 1
DB2 Systems SME Pod Lead – Band 9
Target title: Mainframe DB2 Systems Programmer SME / DB2 System Programmer Pod Lead
Experience:
- 15 years relevant experience stated in the JD.
- Technical requirement specifically calls for 14 years of Mainframe DB2 System Programming.
Must-have skills:
- Mainframe DB2 System Programming
- DB2 Monoplex / SYSPLEX
- DB2 Data Sharing
- DB2 subsystem installation/setup
- Standalone and Data Sharing environments
- DB2 backup & recovery
- Traditional image copy, FLASH, mirroring
- REXX / CLIST
- ISPF
- CICS / IMS integration with DB2
- CFRM policy / DB2 CF recovery
- Data-sharing locking
- SMP/E
- DB2 software migration and maintenance
- DB2 V9/V10/V11
- DB2 Health Check
- DB2 security / patch management
- DB2 traces, SMF, RMF, WLM
- z/OS & DB2 performance tuning
- DB2 Connect / IBM Data Studio
- DB2 Cloning Tool
- Problem debugging / vendor PMR process
JOB 2
z/OS Connect SME – Band 8
Target title: z/OS Connect SME / z/OS Connect System Administrator
Experience:
- 12+ years total
- 8+ years relevant, specifically z/OS Connect.
- The detailed requirement explicitly asks for 8+ years IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition.
Must-have skills:
- IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition
- Installation, configuration, customization and upgrades
- z/OS Connect runtime
server.xml- API provider/requester
- REST APIs
- JSON
- OpenAPI / Swagger
- Service archive deployment
- CICS
- IMS
- DB2
- MQ
- WebSphere Liberty
- RACF / SAF
- TLS / SSL
- Keyrings / keystores
- Certificate management
- z/OS System Programming/Administration
- SMP/E
- JCL
- JES2
- TSO/ISPF
- USS
- TCP/IP
- SDSF
- Production troubleshooting
- API performance/connectivity troubleshooting
- ITIL incident/problem/change/release management
JOB 3
z/OS Connect SME Pod Lead – Band 9
Target title: Senior z/OS Connect SME / z/OS Connect Pod Lead
Experience:
- 15+ years total
- 10+ years relevant stated in the opening.
- However, the technical requirement specifically requires 14+ years of IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition.
Must-have skills:
- IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition
- z/OS Connect installation/customization/configuration
- Runtime/server configuration
- API provider/requester
- REST APIs
- JSON
- OpenAPI/Swagger
- Policy management
- Service archive deployment
- CICS / IMS / DB2 / MQ
- WebSphere Liberty
- RACF/SAF
- TLS/SSL
- Certificate management
- SMP/E
- JCL
- JES2
- TSO/ISPF
- USS
- TCP/IP
- SDSF
- z/OS System Programming
- API troubleshooting
- Performance tuning
- Production support
- Incident/problem/change/release management
Important screening point: For this Band 9 role, I would screen specifically for 14+ years z/OS Connect, not merely 14+ years of general mainframe experience.
JOB 4
z/OS System Programming POD SME – Band 9
Target title: z/OS System Programming SME / z/OS System Programmer Pod Lead
Experience:
- 15+ years total
- 12+ years relevant z/OS System Programming.
Must-have skills:
- z/OS System Programming
- MVS
- JES2
- Sysplex
- LPAR
- HCD / IODF
- SMP/E
- z/OS upgrades
- RSU maintenance
- ISV product maintenance
- Vendor coordination
- Performance tuning
- Capacity planning
- Sev1/Sev2 incident management
- RCA
- Disaster Recovery
- DR drills/failover
- Sysplex high availability
- System automation
- Operational transformation
JOB 5
z/OS System Programming SME – Band 8
Target title: z/OS System Programmer SME
Experience:
- 10+ years total
- 10+ years z/OS System Programming.
Must-have skills:
- z/OS System Programming
- MVS
- JES2
- Sysplex
- LPAR
- HCD / IODF
- SMP/E
- z/OS upgrades
- RSU maintenance
- Patching
- ISV product maintenance
- L3 production support
- Sev1/Sev2 incident management
- RCA
- Disaster Recovery
- Failover validation
- System automation
- High availability
- ITIL/process improvement
JOB 6
z/OS System Programming SME – Band 8
Target title: z/OS System Programmer SME
Experience:
- 10+ years total
- 10+ years z/OS System Programming.
Must-have skills:
- z/OS System Programming
- MVS
- JES2
- Sysplex
- LPAR
- HCD / IODF
- SMP/E
- z/OS upgrades
- RSU maintenance
- Patching
- ISV product maintenance
- L3 production support
- Sev1/Sev2 incident management
- RCA
- Disaster Recovery
- Failover validation
- System automation
- High availability
- ITIL/process improvement
JOB 7
CICS SME Pod Lead – Band 9
Target title: Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer SME / CICS Pod Lead
Experience:
- 15+ years CICS Systems Programming.
Must-have skills:
- CICS Systems Programming
- CICS Transaction Server
- CICS-related ISV products
- z/OS
- Unix System Services
- SMP/E
- REXX
- Java
- VSAM
- CICS installation
- CICS upgrades
- CICS migration
- Release/change implementation
- Testing
- CICS troubleshooting
- Root Cause Analysis
- IBM & ISV product support
- P2V migration
- V2V migration
- P2P migration
Preferred: Assembler, COBOL, CICS, DB2, Banking/Financial Services, bachelor''s degree, strong troubleshooting/customer-facing skills.
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