Mainframe Engineer - Remote (East Coast)
12 months with temp to hire potential
On-Call and weekend availability required
Remote within traveling distance of Atlanta, GA for quarterly meeting.
Job Description
Opportunity for 2 highly motivated self-starters as Mainframe Systems Engineers to oversee and administer corporate mainframe environment in an Enterprise environment
The successful candidate will be proficient working in and supporting a Parallel Sysplex mainframe environment, be familiar with mainframe performance management and tuning, work well with vendors and hardware providers, ramp up quickly on large projects, work independently to understand business needs, and design solutions to produce high availability environments
The candidate’s primary responsibilities will include software installation, product support, and zOS administration
The candidate’s secondary responsibilities will include working in the Sysplex environment including both hardware and software support duties, execution of projects to implement new hardware and software, and on-call support
Responsibilities
Install, maintain, and support mainframe infrastructure and software
Monitor and manage mainframe performance
Coordinate with hardware and software vendors for support and future project work
Create comprehensive documentation, conduct thorough testing, and follow defined change control processes
Provide support for mission critical application infrastructure and products
Effectively communicate with end-users, application programmers, co-workers, managers, and other stakeholders
Demonstrate a high level of initiative and attention to detail during daily operations
Skills Required
Minimum of 4YR’s experience with mainframe hardware and software support
Minimum of 4YR’s experience with mainframe third party software installation and support
Minimum of 4YR’s experience with Cobol, JCL, and JES2
Experience with mainframe capacity planning and performance tuning
Experience writing test scripts and performing testing/verification of products/deliverables
High level of initiative and attention to detail
Familiarity with mainframe application development (IDE) build tools
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent customer support skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skills Preferred
Assembler and REXX experience is a plus
Familiarity with various Infrastructure software solutions, change management, scheduling, performance monitoring, etc. (ex. Zeke, Zebb, ISPW, TMON, JCLPrep, QuickRef, SAS)
Experience using, configuring, and providing support of storage subsystems and infrastructure
Experience with maintaining and operating in a Parallel Sysplex environment including sharing of DASD
Familiarity working with and maintaining a Coupling Facility
Familiarity with support of Unix System Services and zOS operating system
Familiarity with ITIL based ticketing system from a user perspective for change, incident, and problem management
Education
4-yr College Degree preferably Information Systems or Computer Science or 6-8 years of experience in the field
Additional Information
All candidates are encouraged to apply, but many positions require a strict drug and background check by our customers.
F2OnSite supports and adheres to all state laws regarding background checks.
This position requires specific work hours to be adhered to. Typically the work hours are not flexible, so you must be able available to work during those hours.