Job Description :
The Senior Engineer in this role will have at around 5 to 9 years of experience.
The role will be responsible for z/OS systems programming, design, configuration, and support of a large enterprise class zSeries mainframe environment in a leading financial services company.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
Act as primary support and subject matter expert for z/OS operating system, host network, and system components; provide direct technical support as needed in the planning, coordination, installation, implementation and testing of releases, upgrades, or changes to z/OS operating system, network, and component software.
Primary support for assigned ISV products.
Support for CPU hardware including planning and coordination of microcode/firmware upgrades, troubleshooting efforts with the vendor and other hardware support such as IOGEN requests.
24×7 on call 3rd-level support for an enterprise-wide z/OS platform systems and ISV products.
Diagnose z/OS system, network, and product issues and follow up with root cause analysis.
Analyze performance issues.
Support for technical consultation and inquiries from the other IT technical teams.
Support for new product installation and evaluation as needed
Can act as the technical lead on internal team projects or participate on project teams that impact the z/OS platform.
Participate in Disaster Recovery planning and tests as scheduled by Technical Continuity.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Skills:
5-10 years’ experience with z/OS systems programming
Experience with z/OS, JES2, Unix System Services, SMP/E, HCD
Experience with the following network technology/systems: SNA, TCPIP, AT/TLS
Desired Skills (Preferred not required):
Working knowledge of the following software products maintained and supported by the team: MAINVIEW SRM, AUTOOPERATOR, COBOL for z/OS, Application Performance Analyzer (APA), MVS Quick-Ref, CA Common Services (CCS), CA-Copycat, CA-Datacom/AD, CA-SPOOL, CA-7, CA-11,CA FAVER, CA NetMaster, CA PDSMAN, CA SYSVIEW, CA TPX, CA Endevor, CA
VANTAGE, CA TLMS, Connect:Direct, DP TECHNICIAN, RRDF, FDR/ABR/CPK, FDRPAS, Catalog Recovery Plus, DUMPMASTER, INSYNC, VIEW DIRECT, VANGUARD INTEGRITY, WLM, SASITRM, SAS, MXG, OMEGAMON suite, SCRT, JCL
Check, Hitachi BCM
REXX, RACF, DFSORT, DFSMS, HMC familiarity, SNMP, SMTP, FTP, z/VM