Mainframe

Job Title : Mainframe Operator

Location : Harrisburg,PA (Mostly Remote With some Onsite)

Duration : 6 months

Type : Contract

Note : Virtual interview

Virtual interview

This position will be teleworking. Candidates must reside within reasonable distance around Harrisburg,PA

Please note that if staff is ordered back to the office the individual will also be required to come in.

The individual in this position will pick up their commonwealth-issued equipment from the 5th floor of The Keystone Building driving distance from The Keystone Building in Harrisburg, PA and badging could very well be done that first day too.

Please do not submit candidates from previously similarly released req #692368.

Work Hours : 8 : 00 AM 4 : 30 PM Monday Friday

Responsibilties :

This position is in the Automations Unit in the Office of Administration, TechnologyServices Office (TSO) Infrastructure and Economic Development (IED) DeliveryCenter, providing support for PennDOT, DCED, and PEMA and located in the Commonwealth Keystone building in Harrisburg.

Provide day-to-day technical support for all production workload scheduling and coordination for job execution across four platforms in two datacenters.

Have a working knowledge of current mainframe technology with emphasis on the z / OS operating system, IMS, DB2, VTAM, SDSF, ITOM, and JES2.

Consult / Participate in a joint effort with application development teams to understand business initiatives and provide technical analysis to ensure maximum

workflow on all platforms while supporting current methodologies and efficient production processing.

Receive change and incident requests through the BMC Remedy on-line intranet based system.

Positions in this unit have the responsibility for processing all change requests affecting the mainframe server production environments in the Remedy application.

• Coordinating and changing all RACF protected production libraries for program source code, executable load modules, JCL, IBM's TIVOLI Workload Scheduler / Controller (TWSC) and related procedures.
• Work as an analyst for the Remedy Service Management System providing coordination, analysis, and support for the review, routing, closure and quality

assurance for all requests for IT Services involving production migration, workload applications, naming convention standard, configuring timelines and implementation

of workflows, running and the decommissioning of legacy batch jobs as new platforms are implemented.

• Verify accuracy of each request for complete information, required approvals and enforce policies and procedures related to each request.
• Perform changes as requested or redirect requests requiring further clarification and contact requestor to obtain additional information when needed.
• Process Remedy exceptions and special job requests requiring unique or emergency handling. These include jobs to be run in the production environment

that are outside the normal processing schedule.

The complexity and nature of this work requires the individual to be receptive to the daily challenges provided by

these requests.

Ensure submitted change requests are complete and accurate and review

Remedy activity that includes requests, results and ensure all requests are handled within pre-determined schedules

Required Skills :

• Experience with scheduling Batch Processing jobs on mainframe and / or servers.
• Essential knowledge of primary mainframe systems with

emphasis on TSO, ISPF, JES2 and ITOM.

• Working with BMC Remedy Service Management System.

Last updated : 2024-11-19