Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer

Senior Technical Recruiter at Bull City Talent Group

BCTG's direct client is looking for a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer to oversee the engineering, operations, and planning of the mainframe, IBM z/OS operating system software and all other IBM and third-party software. Also responsible for providing senior technical expertise and direction to JR resources and third-party consultants including application developers and technical resources. The individual in this role will help to plan and oversee mainframe technical project execution, server engineering skills, and technical resource deployment to ensure quality outcomes.

• Essential Duties & Responsibilities Function as the subject matter expert for the mainframe platform to provide technical expertise and support to infrastructure, applications and third-party teams.
• Lead the planning, installation, configuration, customization, and testing of IBM z/OS and all third-party mainframe software packages such as Top Secret, CA-1, CA-Disk, BMC AMI Storage, Endevor, MIM, VPS, and various associated products.
• Perform CICS administration.
• Job Trac application administration.
• Drive capacity planning and resource optimization for the mainframe, storage and tape management systems.
• Ability to evaluate specifications and features of new products, performing cost comparisons, feasibility and cost benefit analysis, performance, compatibility and testing to make recommendations.
• Mentor less experienced Mainframe System Administrators including assigning work, reviewing work for adherence to standards, and providing technical guidance.
• Assist with the overall disaster recovery planning and annual testing for the mainframe and storage replication services.
• Identify and plan for the use of new technologies and capabilities including Linux and cloud-ready capabilities to improve optimized use of the mainframe platform.
• Perform performance data collection, analysis, and the tuning of the z/OS operating system and associated applications.
• Develop standards and procedures that support current and future operational needs with a focus on continuous improvement and automation on the mainframe environment.
• Work closely with the corporate IT leadership to develop and implement new technology and solutions.
• Assist with the planning and delivery of all major software upgrades, system maintenance activities, technical patching and hardware refresh initiatives for the mainframe environment.
• Manage and drive IT service delivery and management disciplines with the mainframe and data center operations teams including incident, change and problem management.
• Review technical requirements and solutions to ensure that mainframe security requirements are addressed and are in line with corporate standards.
• Provide engineering and support of the enterprise scheduling packages including the training and development of process documentation for the scheduling and data center operations teams.
• Assist the client security team with the provision of system and application access to mainframe hosted applications.
• Work closely with manufacturing and distribution locations to install, configure and support printer hardware and software administration.

Experience Required Required Length & Type of

Experience:

• 10+ years of technical experience in engineering and supporting a large, complex mainframe and open system environment.
• 5+ years of providing technical leadership and engineering assistance to experienced and junior infrastructure engineers and administrators.
• Hands on, proven experience installing IBM mainframe hardware, operating systems and major third-party software vendors including CA, BMC, LRS and Information Builders.
• Experience in designing, implementing and operating enterprise-wide mainframe and server infrastructure in a highly virtualized and dynamic environment.
• Experience planning for and executing large, complex projects including major hardware architecture changes, hardware refreshes, major software version upgrades and global consolidations across multiple sites.
• Experience delivering and supporting services that are used across large organizations with international, 24 x 7 support needs.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Expert-level knowledge of IBM z/OS operating system administration, performance tuning, installation, upgrade and patching.
• Strong knowledge and technical skills in IBM mainframe hardware including hardware installs and upgrades, firmware and module patching and lifecycle planning.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of IBM mainframe storage and tape management systems including storage replication technology.
• Deep knowledge in CICS administration.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of mainframe security, CICS and workload management tools and methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of Job Trac administration.
• Knowledge of database concepts in Mainframe, particularly in IDMS database administration.
• Ability to plan for and execute third-party software patching and upgrades on the mainframe to resolve…