Systems Programmer

Introduction

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration.

You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your role and responsibilities

* Administer multiple z/OS systems (system, security, storage) including experimental changes and roll-back, system issue recovery, and System user administration, onboarding, and requests.

* Work with development on product architecture, design, deployment, management, update strategies.

* z/OS product packaging and deployment development (JCL, REXX, shell script, C, HLASM for SMP/E packaging (release and service))

* z/OS host product testing configuration and verification

* Product support (level
3) for z/OS host product parts

Required education

Associate's Degree/College Diploma

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* z/OS sysprog skills: z/OS operating system management, RACF security management, ISMF/SMS storage management

* z/OS subsystem skills: CICS, Db2, IMS, MQ administration

* z/OS scripting: JCL, REXX, Python, Ansible

* z/VM sysprog skills: z/VM operating system, DIRMAINT managment, network management

* zLinux (Ubuntu / Red Hat) admin skills: OS management, disk management, network management

Preferred technical and professional experience

* zOSMF setup and configuration.

* z/OS middleware, product, and application install and upgrade: planning, installing and managing Z Systems, and applications in transaction managers.

* Automation:
Developing and managing Terraform, Ansible, and Python. REXX. CList. Job Card (JCL)

* z/OS Systems Programming, Storage and Security administration,

* IBM Z Linux virtualization

* z/VM and KVM based hypervisors

* Linux on Redhat Open Shift.

* JES management. RACF Security, MFA for z/OS.

* Familiar with JavaEE Application Server administration, and security.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it.

In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to…