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This is Satish from DCTek Inc. If youre looking for new projects would Love to discuss about the below mentioned position. Can reach me directly at x 104. Thanks
Position z/OS System programmer
Location Remote USA
Duration 1year
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Troubleshooting technical issues
- Responsible for successful completion of Installation configuration and migration
- Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA
- Improves and maintains customer and employee satisfaction
- Perform problem determination followed by root cause analysis and documentation
- Implement changes to z/OS and installed SW followed by documentation
- Participate in analyzing planning and implementation of upgrades to z/OS and installed SW
- New products installation testing and customization
- Working with incident and change management tools
- Understand and implement specific customer requirements
- Perform root cause analysis
- Defining processes and ensuring that the processes are adhered to
- Responsible for strategizing a backup plan and test plan for failure scenario
- Monitoring and maintaining SLA requirements by the team members
- Planning Backup/Restoration Strategy for 24x7 operation support
- Testing / Auditing/processes as required from time to time
- Identify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updating
Skill set Requirements
Mandatory:
- Fully understand z/OS services structure JES concepts parallel sysplex/GDPS catalog management
- PARMLIB configuration and JES customization
- Knowledge of JCL REXX CLIST and Modify Assembler EXITS
- Knowledge of z/OS HW LPAR HMC
- IMS/MQ Series (Web Sphere MQ)
- RACF experience
- Knowledge of installing and supporting few commonly used ISV products like CAView Tape management tool (CA1) Scheduling tools (BMC Incontrol CA7) etc.
- Knowledge of USS management
- Capable of installing regular maintenance (RSUs)
- Supporting any hardware or software upgrade in the environment
- Capable of Installing/upgrading CICS and related products on a mainframe
- Maintain reliability availability of CICS systems software
- Good knowledge in usage of transactions like CEMT CEDA etc.
- Good Knowledge of SMP/E
- Install and use performance monitoring tools and products(like SAS MXG CAMICS Strobe and the Omegamon products)
- Expertise in tuning and debugging performance problems for z/OS systems including application workloads
- Perform problem diagnostics and resolution.
- Monitor system performance and tune when required
- Well versed in storage capacity planning and configuration and should have good familiarity with typical z/OS application performance analysis
- Capable of z/OS Performance Analysis using various tools such as IBMs RMF SMF and subsystem analysis tools
- Capable of Installing Customizing and maintaining IBM and other ISV products related to Automations