Hi We have following Mainframe Admin roles at Chicago, IL with one of our clients.
*Title of Position : Mainframe CICS & MQ Administration Level 3* *Location : Chicago, IL* *Duration : 12 months* *Summary of key responsibilities* - Develop high-level logical and physical design based Customer middleware architecture and functional requirements - Based on high-level design, provide updated middleware implementation proposal with cost and schedule estimates for Customer’s review and approval - Implement middleware infrastructure level configurations per Customer-authorized Change Orders - Establish and maintain infrastructure level configuration and system parameters in a consistent manner across like environments - Perform middleware installation, upgrade, patching and refresh - Implement all middleware system-level Changes (e.g., initialization parameters) - Maintain consistent middleware parameters and system settings across all like instances - Implement and administer appropriate middleware management Tools across all middleware instances *Years of Experience* - 8+ Years of experience in CICS & MQ on z/OS *Technical requirements* - Strong knowledge of CICS, CICSplex and SMP/E - Experience working with: Cobol / Assembler, VSAM, JCL, CA-Top Secret / RACF, CA-Intertest, IPCS, CICS Performance Analyzer, SAS, IBM Utilities and DB2, diagnostic tools such as Omegamon/CICS and Mainview for CICS - Proficiency in the maintenance of IBM CICS software - Skilled at troubleshooting problems in a CICS environment. - Strong dump analysis skills using IPCS - Expertise with all aspects of MQ including installation, operations, coding user exits, security, MQI, performance tuning, CA / Sysview - COBOL, C and REXX programming skills *Title of Position : Mainframe IDMS DBA * *Location : Chicago, IL* *Duration: 12 Months* Summary of key responsibilities Knowledge acquisition from incumbent on Mainframe service delivery Identify risk during transition, provide mitigation and track till completion Manage escalations and track Service Delivery and ensure SLA compliance including with vendors Review and update the SOP documents on regular basis Support on all in-flight and upcoming project activities Recommend and perform customer-approved database streaming and replication procedures Ensure completion of authorized Service Requests, Changes, Problem tickets Experience with database physical and logical design, query analysis and optimization Define and provide guidance for database creation, configuration, upgrade, patches and refresh requirements Recommend operating system and database performance monitoring, tuning and configuration changes Provide technical assistance and subject matter expertise to applications groups Provide database storage management and capacity management recommendations Define and manage database security and access permissions in consultation with customer *Years of Experience* • 7+ Years of experience in IDMS v17 & v18.5, DB2 v10, VSAM Database Administration on z/OS *Technical requirements* • Experience in IDMS v17 & v18.5 (Primary), DB2 v10, VSAM Database Administration on z/OS • IDMS, VSAM, DB2 internals, installation, upgrade, patching, configuration and operations • Logical and physical database design skills • Experience in SMPE and ISV tools installation and migration • Create and maintain database entities, including instances, databases, table spaces and tables • Experience in Data Sharing setup in Parallel Sysplex environment • Database DR, Cloning, Backup/Recovery, HA and Point In Time Recovery (PITR) expertise • Experience with Database ISV Tools and Products like OmegaMon and AdminTool • Proficiency in IDMS, DB2, VSAM Systems Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning • Application related performance tuning; Write, modify, and debug database specific SQL queries • DBA related utilities like Unload, Load, DSNJU003, DSNJU004,Reorg, Runstats, image copy • REXX, CLIST, JCL, JES and Assembler knowledge *Keywords:* *IDMS v17 & v18.5, DB2 v10, VSAM Data Sharing, Buffer Pool tuning, PITR* *Title of Position: Mainframe Zos Admin* *Location Chicago, IL Duration 12 Months* *Primary Skills * *Summary of key responsibilities* • Knowledge acquisition from incumbent on the mainframe service delivery • Documenting the AS IS processes and procedures of the ZoS administration • Set up of offshore operation for mainframe ZoS administration & mainframe service delivery • Build Relationship with customer and SMEs at customer’s site • Build Relationship with hardware vendors & support teams • Identify risk during transition and provide mitigation *Person Specification Essential* • Solid experience (7+ years) in delivery roles within IT Infrastructure • Experience in hardware maintenance/trouble shooting • Demonstrable track record of running / administering mainframe servers • Experience in working with US customers • ITIL v3 Practitioner *Technical requirements* • Experience with various of z / Architectures • Strong hands on IPL / POR procedures • Good Knowledge in ZoS , JES2 , TSO / ISPF , DFSMS ,VTAM, RACF and commands • Work experience in HMC console monitoring , master console monitoring and VTAM monitoring • Strong knowledge in RACF / ACF2 to provide User access privileges • Strong knowledge in IBM utilities – ADDRSU , FDR, IEBCOPY, IEBGENER • Experience in monitoring and administration tools –Omegamon, Mainview , SYSView • Experience in DASD storage management and tools – DFHSM, $AVRS and dispatch tools • Strong knowledge in REXX, CLIST, JCL , OMVS, TWS, CA7, OPC, Control-M, • Experience in disaster recovery setup and conducting DR drills. Secondary Skills 1. Good understanding of Incident, Asset, Problem and Change Management (ITIL) Thanks & Regards Jessie Parker -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Powerbuilder Assignments" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to powerbuilder-assignments+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to powerbuilder-assignments@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/powerbuilder-assignments. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.