ZOS Admin or mainframe admin with Zos—Remote

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Hi,

Please let me know your interest in below role.

Z/OS ADMIN

REMOTE

CONTRACT

 

General 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 24×7 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 CA-View, Tape management tool (CA-1), Scheduling tools (BMC Incontrol, CA-7) 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, SQL, DB2 online and offline utilities, ZPARMS, DB2 logs and BSDS, DB2 Commands, DDF etc.
  • Install and use performance monitoring tools and products(like SAS, MXG, CA-MICS, 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 IBM’s RMF, SMF and subsystem analysis tools
  • Capable of Installing, Customizing and maintaining IBM and other ISV products related to Automations

 

Good to Have:-

  • Experience in mainframe automation and Performance & Capacity Management will be an added advantage
  • Experience in Customization of ISV/OEM products used for Automations and monitoring tools like Netview, OPS/MVS, SA z/OS, Tivoli Suite of monitoring and automation products, BMC AO, TEP, Control-O etc
  • SAS Programming Skills, Retrofit SAS Code for MXG application post Product Upgrade.

 

Soft Skills/Other skills   

  • Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written). Customer facing.
  • Good documentation skills
  • Good working knowledge of MS OFFICE (Including MS Project and Visio)
  • Should have a good customer handling skills
  • Able to handle unforeseen situations
  • High level of acceptance
  • Can drive HCL’s value and its methodology

 

Years of Experience       

  • Total: 9 to 13 years of experience
  • Relevant: More than 9 years of experience in System Programming

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

 

Abirami RA

Lead Recruiter

VDart Inc

Phone : (470) 531-1739

Email ID: abirami.r@vdartinc.com

 


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