Professional Data Analyst

Role Mainframe Production Control Analyst
Location remote position Eastern or Central time zones preferred US citizens only.
Max Bill rate BR/hr

Important note Of utmost importance and worth emphasizing is the need to have general z/OS mainframe production experience especially with the BMC product ControlM.

The Production Control Analyst will contribute to the support of the NJ MMIS Project and upcoming new initiatives in an IBM zOS mainframe environment over multiple LPARs. This includes initializing new environments analysis testing running jobs and processes and utilizing expertise and based on the experience requirements listed below.

Key Requirements:

Mainframe production control activity experience including job scheduling using ControlM for z/OS and project code promotions using ISPW.

Strong experience with TSO/ISPF JCL VSAM CICS COBOL and SYNCSORT.

Ability to work independently from home while communicating and interacting remotely.

Experience using business tools including Teams SharePoint Office etc.

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or related field and/or 10 years of related experience in systems analysis in a mainframe environment.

Must have effective people skills good written and verbal communication skills professional level of diction and grammar ability to organize own work schedule manage complex projects and ensure that assigned tasks are complete by specified deadlines.

Ability to show initiative in ambiguous circumstances and adapt to changing priorities.

Ability to work outside normal business hours as needed and as part of an oncall rotation.

Experience with Medicaid/Medicare systems processing including Claims Provider and Member Eligibility. Managed Care and Prescription Benefits a plus.

Essential Job Duties:

Analyze plan and manage mainframe operational activities in development production and test environments.

Analyze develop test and operate file transfer workflows both internally and externally using various tools.

Responsible for ensuring overnight batch processing is complete so that Daily Online activities commence according to schedule. Monitor the execution of jobs and adjust production schedules for timely delivery.

Perform changes to schedules to ensure optimal use of mainframe resources.

Analyze operational issues and application abends analyze root causes derive solutions and take corrective actions following documented procedures.

Work closely with Programmers and Business Analysts to solve issues complete projects and deploy new functionality.

Interpret functional requirements technical specifications and application design documents to understand application interdependencies and job flows.

Identify areas of improvement and maintain documentation as per existing process.