Title: Z/os System Administrator
Location: Remote
Type: Long Term Contract
Rate: $Open/hr.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Install, configure, maintain, and support IBM z/OS operating systems and related system software.
- Perform z/OS upgrades, maintenance, system modifications, and lifecycle management.
- Provide advanced administration and troubleshooting of z/OS environments.
- Use SMP/E (System Modification Program/Extended) extensively for installation, maintenance, upgrades, PTFs, APARs, HOLDDATA processing, and management of IBM and third-party software.
- Analyze SMP/E environments, zones, CSI datasets, SYSMODs, and maintenance requirements.
- Develop and maintain REXX scripts to automate z/OS administration, monitoring, reporting, maintenance, and operational processes.
- Identify manual processes that can be improved through REXX-based automation.
- Administer and support IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF).
- Configure and maintain z/OSMF services, workflows, plugins, and system management functions.
- Utilize z/OSMF for system management, configuration, monitoring, and automation.
- Perform system problem determination, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex z/OS issues.
- Monitor system performance, availability, capacity, and overall system health.
- Work with operations, application, storage, network, security, and database teams to resolve mainframe infrastructure issues.
- Participate in system upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery testing, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- Maintain system documentation, operating procedures, configuration standards, and technical runbooks.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other mainframe systems administrators.
- Participate in production support and on-call activities as required.
Benefits
If Interested please send your updated resume to:[email protected]and include your rate/Salary requirement along with your contact details with a suitable time when we can reach you. If you know of anyone in your sphere of contacts, who would be a perfect match for this job then, we would appreciate if you can forward this posting to them with a copy to us.
We look forward to hearing from you at the earliest
Skills Required
- IBM z/OS systems administration experience
- Installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrades, and lifecycle management of z/OS environments
- Extensive SMP/E experience, including PTFs, APARs, HOLDDATA, zones, CSI datasets, and SYSMODs
- REXX scripting and automation for z/OS administration and operations
- IBM z/OS Management Facility administration, configuration, services, workflows, and plugins
- Complex z/OS problem determination, root-cause analysis, and troubleshooting
- System performance, availability, capacity, and health monitoring
- Experience supporting system upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery testing, and production operations
- Technical leadership and mentoring of mainframe systems administrators
- Participation in on-call support activities
What We Do
Two95 International Inc., is a global technology firm specializing in enterprise solutions that evolves over BPM, Mobility, Cloud, Analytics, E-commerce & Social Business. Our client base includes several Fortune 500 and mid-market companies across industries and varying geographies. With vast knowledge and knowhow of 20 years in the IT field, we have been chosen as INC500 fastest growing company in North America in 2013. With the accolade of being ranked 11th in Human Resources by INC500, we have also been nominated as the 3rd fastest growing company in South Jersey by SJBM. We are ranked among the Top 20 IT Companies in New Jersey based on the year-on-year growth for the last 3 years. With a seasoned team of highly qualified personnel, our offices are located in New Jersey, Canada and India.
