Mainframe z/OS System Administrator / System Programmer

Summary of key responsibilities

Minimum 5-7+ years onwards of BOTH broad and in-depth hands-on technical and design/architect level experience in Mainframe z/OS

Experience in a multi-site (multiple Data Center) Mainframe shop of minimum 5K MIPS and above.

Worked with Client/Customer, OEM & ISV Vendors, Business Partners related to all aspects of the Mainframe Platform.

Support various Mainframe Software, both IBM and OEM/ISV products

Mainframe High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Derive realistic Mainframe SLAs and design / propose architecture meeting those SLAs goals

Mainframe Licensing, TCO and ROI planning

Years of Experience

Minimum 5-7+ years upto 30 years of hands-on technical and Architect experience on the Mainframe Platform as a whole (HW, SW, NW, OS, ISV, Storage and Security)

Technical requirements

IBM z15, z16 & z17 Mainframe HW and Parallel Sysplex/GDPS-GDDR Setup

JES2/JES3, DFSMS suite, SNA/VTAM & TCP/IP

PARMLIB, PROCLIB, RMF/SMF, SMP/E, HCD, HCM, IODF, Dumps & Traces

Install/Upgrade/Patch/Configure ISV Products from Broadcom CA, BMC, Rocket SW, Software AG, LRS, Precisely etc…

zOS Upgrades, HW Refresh, DC LPAR & Data Migration

SIEM (Q-Radar), z/OS-SA (System Automation), CA-OPS/MVS Automation

Security ACF2, RACF, Top Secret, zSecure Suite, Mainframe zCrypto, Digital Certificates

OmegaMon, BMC AMI Suite MainView CA View, basic knowledge on SAS, Strobe, APA

IBM and EMC Disk and Tape Storage hardware, software and replication.

Mainframe Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning, Buffer Pool Tuning,

MIPS Optimization, zIIP Offload, SMT

Mainframe Data Center Architecture (Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, MGM, 2/3/4 site GDPS & GDDR)

IBM and EMC HW and Replication GDPS, GDDR methodology. Hitachi optional.

Experience in Disaster Recovery setup and conducting DR drills, RTO, RPO.

Knowledge on Mainframe DB2, IMS, MQ, CICS, WAS, BMC Control-M, TWS, CA7, CA-ESP

Mainframe Data Center Physical Planning and Design