OBXtek Inc.
OBXtek is an award winning Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing information technology and management services to the federal government. As the prime contractor on over 85% of its work, OBXtek is a leader in its field and has a robust corporate infrastructure that provides support for all of its programs. OBXtek has realized exceptional growth over the last four years and has been awarded prime contracts with 10 federal agencies. This growth is a result of providing customers with successful project execution and quantifiable results, responsive customer service, timely recruiting, quality assurance/quality control and competitive pricing.Solid Financial Resources and low Employee Turnover (5%)
Job DescriptionThe primary purpose is to ensure immediate response to problem situations and effective resolution of all real and potential outages. Problem Determination and Resolution
Purpose: Support two or more mainframe systems and all attached peripheral devices and connectivity to all devices. Software and devices include:
- Multi Image Manager (MIM),
- Top Secret,
- z/OS MVS,
- JES3 functions,
- Central Processing Units (CPUs),
- Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD),
- Automated Cartridge Systems (ACS),
- Virtual Tape Systems,
- cartridge tape drives,
- coupling facilities,
- network devices,
- ESCON and FICON directors, and
- configuration charts of the SSC facility.
Activities:
- Identify and resolve problems on a complex large-scale mainframe including its peripheral equipment and network hardware and software.
- Analyze and immediately develop solutions relative to systems software, computer hardware, or application program problems.
- Provide technical direction and input on the isolation and resolution of hardware and software problems.
- Monitor performance levels of large-scale systems and network complexes to ensure system resource availability.
- Interface with SSA software components to resolve application and Operating Systems (OS) problems.
- Work directly with vendors, software technicians, and facilities personnel to maintain the highest level of processing possible.
- Research and gather information to support problem resolution using COMM dumps, stand-alone dumps (SAD), JES3 dumps, LOGREC, OPSLOG, RMF and SYSLOG information.
Skills/Experience:
Monitor WebSphere MQ and Application Server to identify/isolate problems.
Monitor systems utilizing various monitoring tools including Omegamon/Omegaview, Tivoli ITCAMS, CICSplex, and ABEND Aid to identify/isolate problems.
Monitor DB2, Oracle, and IDMS database subsystems to identify/isolate problems
Recommend dynamic changes to CICS region setting to correct or contain CICS problems
Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
We maintain prime contracts with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Social Security Administration, Veterans Affairs, Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of Agriculture, General Services Administration, Peace Corps, National Guard Bureau, and Department of Labor.
