Mainframe System Engineer

• Job Title: Mainframe System Engineer
• Location-Seattle, Washington (Initial Remote)
• Position type: C2H
• Rate: Open

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 7 years of experience and/or knowledge of zSeries systems programming.