Job Description

Position: Mainframe Admin(production Support)

Location: Columbus OH or Remote

Job Details: Long Term Contract

Job Details:

Must have expertise in 1 of the 3 following disciplines:

- Mainframe networking

- Performance and capacity reporting and planning

- BMC MainView installation and customization

Job Description and Requirements for Mainframe Engineer III

Brief Description:

The Mainframe Engineer III candidate must have experience in one or more of the following disciplines: z/OS installation and customization, storage management, hardware configuration, networking, performance management and capacity planning, or ISV installation and customization in a Parallel Sysplex environment. The candidate must be able to complete work on time in an ever-changing and complex environment and take direction from leaders and managers. Mentoring required in this role so mentoring skills and experience are desired. This position is part of a team that and the candidate must be willing to embrace being a team player.

Detailed Description:

This candidate will be filling an experienced systems mainframe engineer position. The candidate must have the following skills:

• Advanced or expert level SMP/E experience.
• Debugging and tuning experience.
• Creation of detailed documentation of procedures and practices.
• Change control in a regulated environment.
• Develop, document, and deliver pre- and post-implementation impacts of zSeries hardware and software.
• Recognize areas of improvement leading to elimination of reoccurring issues and reduce mean time to recovery.
• Provide technical direction and education to programmers, analysts and technical support associates.
• Provides 24x7 on call support within a team rotation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 5-10 years of solid experience in z/OS engineering

Preferred Qualifications (candidate should have some of the following):

• MainView installation, maintenance and customization.
• z/OS and zSeries hardware networking configuration.
• Performance and capacity reporting with zPCA and/or SAS/MXG and/or Intellimagic.
• zOSMF product installation and deployment.
• Experience with TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with storage management.
• Performance management with WLM.
• Reporting and planning with zPCA and/or SAS/MXG
• Independent Software Vendor installation and maintenance
• z/OS installation, customization and maintenance.
• Coupling Facility updates.
• ChangeMan Administration.
• Managing multiple tasks and delivering on committed target dates.
• Coordinates with application programmers and users to determine symptoms and ensure accurate problem resolution.
• Knowledge of banking industry business processes a plus.

Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by law.

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