Mainframe Ops role

Company: Experis
Location: Sandy
Posted on: June 22, 2022

Job Description:

Title: MainFrame Operations role( Mainframe Console Operations )
Scope of Work to perform Mainframe Console Operations services
IT Skills o Familiar with enterprise ticketing system (Remedy).
o Monitoring LPARS and respond to system alerts
o Familiar with Splunk monitoring tool or equivalent
o Demonstrated troubleshooting, diagnose, and resolve problems.
o Familiar with IBM mainframe hardware - CEC, director, channel extender, DASD, tape.
o Demonstrates ability to interact with vendors - open/follow up on service calls.
o Demonstrated ability log in to multiple domains/systems.
o Demonstrated ability to perform basic scripting, run scripts/jobs, interpret/understand basic scripts.
o Demonstrated ability to perform basic command line skills, navigate Remote Desktop sessions, multitask within different environments simultaneously.
o Familiarity with Windows and z/OS required, Linux and z/VM preferred.
o Understanding of a Sysplex environment.
o Understanding of the IPL process and HMC.
o Understanding of JES including commands.
o Understanding of IOF and Sysview or equivalent software to view system/job output and logs.
o Understanding of the TSO/ISPF environment.
o Demonstrate ability to perform a stand-alone dump (SADump) or SVC console dump.
o Demonstrate ability to reply to WTORs.
o Familiarity with CMOD or an equivalent product used for output/report archival.
o Understanding of MQ components - queue manager, queue, channel, listener
o Familiarity with MQ management tools - MQ Explorer, MQ
o Demonstrate ability to view/terminate a DB2 utility
o Demonstrate ability to view/terminate a DB2 thread
o Understanding of a CICSPlex o Demonstrate how to stop/start a region
o Demonstrate how to start/purge/force a transaction

Batch Job Scheduling
o Understanding of ESP or and equivalent job scheduler
o Familiarity with JCL and scheduling jobs
o Demonstrate ability to work through space abends (SB37, SD37, SE37)
o Demonstrate ability to work in multiple OS environment
o Demonstrate ability to submit jobs, remediate failed jobs, investigate long running jobs
o Understanding of DFSMS
o Familiarity with VSAM
o Understanding of data mirroring (XRC, PPRC)
o Familiarity with basic networking concepts
o Familiarity with TPX o Understanding of business to business connections
o Familiarity with Netmaster or an equivalent product
o Familiarity with Outbound

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