Top Skills & Years of Experience:
1. Mainframe storage management - SMS/HSM, SKLM (min. 5 years)
2. Mainframe backup and recovery administration (min. 5 years)
3. Mainframe software upgrades and patching - (min 5 years)
Interview Process and Duration: 1 round
Duration of Position: 1 year
Remote, Hybrid, or On-site: Remote
Experienced mainframe Systems Programmer with a minimum of five (5) years advanced technical experience in one or more of the core technical requirements and related product support in a 24x7 operational environment. Experience should include software installation and configuration, version testing, debugging, installation of patches, direct technical vendor interactions, and disaster recovery.
Specific technical components and/or skills required for each of the Technology Domains are listed below.
Candidates experienced in mainframe storage management are preferred.
- Storage Management - DASD, VTL, physical tapes, SMS, HSM, SKLM, TLMS, Rocket DASD Backup Supervisor, capacity planning, and system backup and recovery.
- Mainframe Systems Programming Support - JES2, CICS, SMP/E, SMS, IBM PD Tools, IBM InfoPrint Server, MicroFocus ChangeMan, REXX, zSeries hardware.
- Mainframe Network Support - VTAM, TCP/IP, SNA, TN3270, FTP/SFTP, SSH
- Operating System Support - z/OS, UNIX, JES2, IBM Workload Manager, and monitoring tools.
- Analysis - SMF, RMF, SAS/WPS, MXG, and similar utilities.
Selected candidate will be expected to work occasional weekends, as the system maintenance window is alternating Sundays 05:00-07:00 ET.
Selected candidate may also be included in the after-hours on-call rotation.