Mainframe Systems Engineer for our client in Milwaukee. Location: Milwaukee (7800 W Brown Deer Road)
Duration: 6 Month Contract USC,GC ONLY !!! Foot Locker is seeking a self-driven, highly motivated I.T. professional responsible for the administration of physical and virtual servers running IBM z/OS based operating systems. Must haves: • 2+ years of experience as a ZOS/OMVS System Administrator • Advanced knowledge of IBM zSeries hardware *Essential Duties and Responsibilities:* • Install, configure and maintain ZOS operating systems and associated system program products on the enterprise server. • Design, installation, setup and maintenance of SYSPLEX LPAR’s including Coupling facilities and policies. • Configure and maintain IBM AIX Hardware Management Consoles(HMC) • Provide operational and technical support of IBM zSeries Systems • Create programs or scripts in a ZOS environment utilizing Assembler, REXX, OMVS scripting • Maintain ZOS Operating Systems Lifecycles • Create and maintain security best practices by providing patch management and other security standards • Maintain Storage management through DFSMS • Maintain disaster recovery plan and insure accurateness through annual offsite tests • Plan, document and implement changes per change management guidelines • Recommend and implement techniques to improve productivity & increase efficiencies • Proactively evaluate and recommend new solutions • Establish and maintain reporting metrics to identify trends • Remain on the forefront of emerging technologies and provide innovative ideas • On a rotational schedule, provide on call support for business applications and infrastructure tools *Required Experience: * • Associates Degree in Computer Science, Business and/or equivalent IT experience • 2+ years of experience as a ZOS/OMVS System Administrator • Advanced knowledge of IBM zSeries hardware • Ability to automate and monitor system activities through Health Checker and various automation tools • Knowledge and experience supporting a common scheduling package, preferably BMC’s Control-M • Working knowledge of security management, ability to guide others on RACF techniques and administration • Ability to support JES2 and associated site specific exits. • Knowledge and experience of VTAM, knowledge with configuring OSA cards desirable • Understanding of general networking methodologies • Knowledge of Agile methodologies is a plus • Experience with operations and technical support of IBM Enterprise Server hardware. • Experience providing technical support for IBM DB2, IMS databases. • Experience supporting virtual tape libraries – IBM TS7720 *Thanks and Regards,* *Manu Priya* *Sr. Technical Recruiter* *IDC Technologies* *1851 McCarthy Boulevard, Suite 116|Milpitas, CA , USA, 95035* *408-459-5794 [Direct] I **manu.pr...@idctechnologies.com* <manu.pr...@idctechnologies.com> *www.idctechnologies.com* <http://www.idctechnologies.com/> *Note: **Due to high volume of calls, I may miss your call, email is the better way to reach me.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "International SAP Projects" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to international-sap-projects+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to international-sap-projects@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/international-sap-projects. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
