Mainframe Infrastructure Architect

Tek Wissen provides a unique portfolio of innovative capabilities that seamlessly combines clients insights, strategy, design, software engineering, and systems integration. Our tightly integrated offerings are tailored to each clients requirements and span the services spectrum from Application Development/Maintenance, testing, IT Consulting & staffing for IT Infrastructure Management through Strategic Consulting and industry-oriented Business Process.

• Planning, configuration, ordering and implementation of all new Mainframe and Data Warehouse hardware. This includes DASD, Tape, pSeries and zSeries hardware along with cabling and data center infrastructure and the Windows/Linux servers used to support the environment.
• Work with and across the following teams - Hardware Planners, zOS programmers/IO Configuration, Server Administrators, Automations, and Data Center Facilities on new hardware installations.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations with the technical teams.
• Creates the annual and quarterly forecasts for hardware spending for the Target Account.
• Gathers all the hardware component configurations and initiates the process for hardware and software ordering.
• Supports the TKE and TKLM Servers and processes.
• Maintains software licenses for the pSeries software.
• Lead and participate in projects.

• Hardware Planning, Configuration and Implementation
• Network Management - HP Openview, Tivoli Netview on z/OS
• Hardware/Software Troubleshooting
• Strong Written and Oral Communications
• Hardware and Software ordering
• Software license management
• WWCT, Order Now, IRM and HRM Tools and processes