System Programmer

Seeking a Senior Systems Programmer for an opportunity in Columbia, SC. Candidates must be eligible to earn a low-level US security clearance.

Job description:

• Day-to-day operations include supporting the Mainframe z/OS, updating JCL, and monitoring system logs via SDFS.
• Participate in disaster recovery exercises at least quarterly, reviewing the actions required to recover the z/OS and other applications as outlined in the runbook.
• Managing hardware/software support licenses, including submitting purchase requisitions.
• The Senior Systems Programmer should be a self-starter and already know how to maintain and support a mainframe system.

Top skills:

• z/OS, JCL, SDSF
• Dataset management

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of DASD (direct access storage devices) management
• z/OS HMC (hardware management console) management
• APF knowledge
• DB2, CICS, MQ, BMC mainframe applications

Job/class description:

• Write or debug programs to maintain and control computer systems software, such as operating systems, networked systems, and database systems. Provide technical and disaster recovery expertise for systems software.
• Diagnose, isolate, and debug software problems and perform problem resolution. Identify issues that the vendor is responsible for and refer those issues appropriately.
• Coordinate installation, testing, and maintenance of systems software. Schedule system downtime in a way that minimizes user impact.
• Review customer requests, security patches, and audit requirements for additions or changes to systems, and evaluate feasibility to determine if/how to handle the request while maintaining an adequate/appropriate overall systems infrastructure. To determine if requested changes are possible, review system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Cross train in all areas of systems programming in order to efficiently perform on-call rotation.
• Provide technical and disaster recovery support for systems software.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Strong analytical and logical thinking skills.
• Strong understanding of systems programming, graphical user interfaces, control languages, development, quality assurance, and implementation strategies of systems software.
• Thorough understanding of currently utilized systems programming productivity tools and their use.
• Ability to review and analyze systems software and recommend performance solutions.
• z/OS, JCL, SDSF, Dataset management.
• Strong communication and troubleshooting skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45.00 - $51.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Z/os: 4 years (Required)
• JCL: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Columbia, SC (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $45 - $51