Job Description
Position: Mainframe Admin
Location: Remote
Contract
Skill set Requirements
Mandatory:-
- Fully understand z/OS services structure, JES concepts, parallel sysplex/GDPS, catalog management
- PARMLIB configuration and JES customization
- Knowledge of JCL, REXX, CLIST and Modify Assembler EXITS
- Knowledge of z/OS HW, LPAR, HMC
- Knowledge in DFSMSdss encryption and decryption, Backup and restoration.
- RACF experience
- Knowledge of installing and supporting few commonly used ISV products like RMM, BMC products, Vanguard and Rocket software.
- Knowledge of USS management
- Capable of installing regular maintenance (RSUs)
- Supporting any hardware or software upgrade in the environment
- Capable of Installing/upgrading CICS and related products on a mainframe
- Maintain reliability, availability of CICS systems software
- Good knowledge in usage of transactions like CEMT, CEDA etc.,
- Good Knowledge of SMP/E, SQL, DB2 online and offline utilities, ZPARMS, DB2 logs and BSDS, DB2 Commands, DDF etc.
- Install and use performance monitoring tools and products(like SAS, MXG, CA-MICS, Strobe and the Omegamon products)
- Expertise in tuning and debugging performance problems for z/OS systems including application workloads
- Perform problem diagnostics and resolution. Monitor system performance and tune when required
- Well versed in storage capacity planning and configuration and should have good familiarity with typical z/OS application performance analysis
- Capable of z/OS Performance Analysis using various tools such as IBM's RMF, SMF and subsystem analysis tools
- Capable of Installing, Customizing and maintaining IBM and other ISV products related to Automations
Good to Have:-
- Experience in mainframe automation and Performance & Capacity Management will be an added advantage
- Experience in Customization of ISV/OEM products used for Automations and monitoring tools like Netview, OPS/MVS, SA z/OS, Tivoli Suite of monitoring and automation products, BMC AO, TEP, Control-O etc
- SAS Programming Skills, Retrofit SAS Code for MXG application post Product Upgrade.
Job Tags
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