Immediate need for a talented Senior Systems Programmer . This is a 12+ Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Columbia, SC (hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 23-36462
Pay Range: $55 - $65/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: - Maintaining and support the SC FEP DR Mainframe environment to include keeping track of equipment and software maintenance, troubleshooting issues, customer requests via emails, participating in meetings, and procurements, Participate in the disaster recovery exercises.
- Write or debug programs to maintain and control computer systems software, such as operating systems, networked systems, and database systems.
- Provide technical and disaster recovery expertise for systems software.
- •40% Diagnose, isolate, and debug software problems and perform problem resolution. Identify issues that the vendor is responsible for and refer those issues appropriately.
- •35% Coordinate installation, testing, and maintenance of systems software. Schedule system downtime in a way that minimizes user impact. •
- 10% Review customer requests, security patches, and audit requirements for additions or changes to systems, and evaluate feasibility to determine if/how to handle the request while maintaining an adequate/appropriate overall systems infrastructure.
- To determine if requested changes are possible, review system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
- •10% Cross train in all areas of systems programming in order to efficiently perform on-call rotation.
- •5% Provide technical and disaster recovery support for systems software.
Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Manager needs candidates with true installation, configuration & maintenance on the z/OS platform, not just application / programming experience.
- Experience with installing, configuring, administering, troubleshooting, and IPL z/OS platform.
- 6 Years IT work experience including varied systems programming experience.
- Experience with installing, configuring, administering, troubleshooting, and IPL z/OS platform.
- JCL experience.
- Strong analytical and logical thinking skills.
- Strong understanding of systems programming, graphical user interfaces, control languages, development, quality assurance, and implementation strategies of systems software.
- Thorough understanding of currently utilized systems programming productivity tools and their use.
- Ability to review and analyze systems software and recommend performance solutions.
- Education:-Required Education: Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Information Systems, or other job related field or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree.
- Required Work Experience: 6 Years IT work experience including varied systems programming experience.
Our client is a leading Health Insurance organization 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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