Senior Mainframe Computer Operations Engineer
Dallas TX
Full Time Employment (1st Shift 06:30 AM to 03:00 PM CST)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- The Systems Engineering family is responsible for the entire technical effort to evolve and verify solutions that satisfy client needs.
- The primary focus is centered on reducing risk and improving the efficiency performance stability security and quality of all systems and platforms.
- The Systems Engineering role specializes in the analysis evaluation design testing implementation support and debugging of all middleware mainframe and distributed platforms tools and systems of the firm.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide Mainframe computer operations support for systems and applications in a 24/7 multiplex environment.
- Monitoring Z/OS operation systems batch jobs and applications in a multipleplex environments (Production QA PSE DEV and test sandbox)
- Provide eyes on glass support for all alerts that enters the Service Now and Splunk dashboards and mainframe consoles.
- Perform level 1 and 2 support for MQ & CICS issues and working with external/internal clients on MQ connectivity.
- Provide Major Incident Management and Technical Call support.
- Provide media storage support. Ship and receive media from offshore storage vendor.
- Create and maintain Knowledge Base Articles.
- Provide support on IPLs and other activities using HMC/BMC consoles.
- Provide batch scheduling support for Mainframe CAScheduler and Distributive Autosys job schedulers.
- Provide UNIX/LINUX support for auto operator commands thru SecuteCRT.
- Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements to standard processes and procedures.
- Provide support for migrations deployments implementation changes external/internal testing.
- Coordinate and participate in planned Disaster Recovery Testing
- Coordinate weekly Mainframe change activities (deployments upgrade migration installation)
- Responsible for all aspects of batch processing including the timeliness of systems availability.
- Coordinate and participate in planned Disaster Recovery Testing
- Support automation by making recommendations for optimizing and streamlining daily functions and batch cycles.
-
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 6 years of related experience.
- Strong Computer Operation background in largescale multiplex Mainframe environments
- Strong written verbal communication and presentation skills
- Strong knowledge of IBM z/OS JES2 MVS HMC VTAM NETVIEW TSO/ISPF Mainview
- Strong IPL knowledge using HMC BMC
- Working Knowledge of JCL
- Strong Knowledge of CA7/11/CA Scheduler and Autosys
- Strong Knowledge of Service Now and Splunk for alert management
- Strong level 1 and 2 support for MQ & CICS products.
- Proficient with Microsoft Software Product suites (Project PowerPoint Excel Word etc.)