Key Facts

Remote From:

Ohio (USA)

Full time

Expert & Leadership (>10 years)

English

Hard Skills

z/OS Performance Analytics Disk Cloning Incident Management Net Tcp Protocol Stack Open VSwitch Availability Management

Roles & Responsibilities

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

Requirements:

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

ICONMA

Human Resources, Staffing & Recruiting

About ICONMA

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 type: Large

Industry: Human Resources, Staffing & Recruiting

Founded: 2018

Company size: 1001 - 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