What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mainframe System Engineer position at Maintec Technologies?
The Senior Mainframe System Engineer supports the mainframe infrastructure focusing on z / OS, 3rd party software installations and level 3 support in a multi-LPAR environment. The Senior Mainframe Systems Engineer is responsible for analysing, planning, designing, and documenting application installation and operations within a z / OS based mainframe. The Senior Mainframe Systems Engineer leads infrastructure planning, application support, infrastructure analysis and assessment, and infrastructure test and troubleshooting.
JOB FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES
- Skilled with installation, maintenance, and upgrade tuning of mainframe OS and other mainframe products
- Considered to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in regard to the mainframe OS, utilities and products
- Ability to develop and define technical direction / architecture for strategic planning and projects
- Storage administration skills highly desirable (DFHSM, DFDSS, DFSMS, IODF)
- Ability to update JES2 exits in Assembler
- Hands on experience with performance tuning / configuration management and updating WLM policies
- Proficient with Assembler programming language
- Install, setup and maintain mainframe system automation software
- Proficient with dump analysis and problem resolution
- Maintain change control practices and procedures for mainframe changes.
- 7 years of hands-on technical experience with mainframe, non-x86 legacy systems and with technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 for z / OS, Assembler, PL / I, Java, Rexx, flat / sequential files, GDGs, and VSAM.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience and / or knowledge of zSeries systems programming.
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