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Mainframe Architect

ICONMA

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Excellent understanding of System z architecture
  • Excellent experience with z/OS version upgrades
  • Experience in building Mainframe LPAR and OS Upgrades
  • Knowledge on VTAM, TCPIP, ACF2 and GDPS

Responsibilities

  • Incident Management / Problem Management by performing problem analysis and resolution implementation
  • Support maintenance release and major OS upgrades
  • Process client requests for system software modifications
  • Monitor / Tune system performance and work with performance engineering and capacity teams

About the company

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ICONMA

Management Consulting

We provide Professional Staffing Services & Project-Based Solutions for a broad range of Fortune 500 organizations. ICONMA is a certified Woman-Owned staffing company and was founded in 2000. ICONMA’s corporate headquarters is in Troy, Michigan, and has 15+ locations worldwide. What makes ICONMA stand out in a fiercely competitive industry? *We provide integrated, full lifecycle services across a broad range of business and technical platforms. *No single company can duplicate our full range of staffing and permanent recruiting services nationwide. *Proven track record of attracting and retaining exceedingly skilled professional workers in a highly competitive market. SERVICES OFFERED Staff Augmentation (Contract, Contract to Hire, Direct Hire, Single Source) Data Analysis Project-Based Services & Solutions Hire Train Deploy Service Model Offshore Staff Augmentation Payroll Services AREAS OF EXPERTISE - Information Technology - Engineering - Business Professional - Accounting/Finance - Admin/Clerical/Call Center - Healthcare/Clinical/Scientific - Marketing/Creative mail linkedin@iconma.com Phone (888) 451-2519 Website http://www.iconma.com

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryManagement Consulting
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Mainframe Architect for their Remote location.
 
Responsibilities:
  • Incident Management / Problem Management by performing problem analysis and resolution implementation
  • Support maintenance release and major OS upgrades.
  • Process client requests for system software modifications
  • Review system indicators (logs, dumps, error) logs for pro-active management of system problems
  • Work with operations to monitor, maintain and IPL systems to improve consistency and availability
  • Monitor / Tune system performance and work with performance engineering and capacity teams
  • Ensure availability and performance objectives, as required by clients and management, are maintained for operating systems and for system software components
  • Implement appropriate tools and processes to automate repeated tasks
  • Manage various license codes for infrastructure software.
  • Capable of planning and supporting Disaster recovery exercises
  • Performance tuning & Development of operational procedures
  • Implement changes as needed to support other towers and day-to-day operations.
  • Work with IBM and other Independent Software Vendors on a regular basis
  • Provide regular management reports / analysis to senior management team regarding Incidents, Changes and requests
 
Requirements:
  • Excellent understanding of System z architecture
  • Excellent experience with z/OS version upgrades (Advantage if experience 3.2 upgrade or above)
  • JES2/JES3 migration experience
  • Experience in building Mainframe LPAR and OS Upgrades
  • Knowledge Catalog management, IBM system utilities
  • Knowledge on VTAM, TCPIP, ACF2 and GDPS
  • Installation of patches and fixes
  • Installation and maintenance of ISV products, REXX, RMF, SMF
  • Installation and customization of z/OS and related IBM or other ISV software;
  • Extensive experience with providing performance and tuning using monitoring tools (f. ex. z/OS Performance Monitor or other tools);
  • DIRMAINT administration – RACF/Top secret/ACF2 administration;
  • REXX knowledge - SSI knowledge;
  • Ability to support network configuration and maintenance (Real TCP/IP stack, VSWITCH, TCPIP tools in z/OS, etc.);
  • Solid skills in z/Linux system cloning and configuration including memory and file system allocation;
  • System parameters/parmlib maintenance
  • Managing incidents on z/OS related issues
  • z/OS performance monitoring and reporting
  • Capable of planning and supporting Disaster recovery exercises
  • Performance tuning & Development of operational procedures
  • Experience with system indicators (logs, dumps, error) logs for pro-active management of system problems
  • Installation and maintenance of ISV products (For z/OS)
  • Ability to work with Developers in fixing issues
  • Extremely familiar with IBM z/OS Upgrade
  • Experience in Coordinating with Vendor to complete the upgrades
  • Planning, installation, customization of z/Linux and guest operating system
  • Ability to perform dump and restore of system data.
  • Responsible for tolerating PTF maintenance for ISV products
  • Access management - onboarding and access provisioning
Top Skills:
  • z/OS System upgrades
  • Product Upgrade
  • JES2/JES3 migration experience
  • 14.00 Years of Experience
Skills: 
  • Category                                 Name                                                   Required         Importance     Experience
  • IaaS:Mainframe Services          Mainframe security adm - RACF           Yes                  1                     
  • IBM                                         IBM Mainframe Utilities                      Yes                  1                     
  • Platforms and OS                     z/OS                                                     Yes                  1                     
  • Software Skills J                       ES2                                                      Yes                  1                     
  • Tech                                        ISV                                                      Yes                  1                     
 
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