z/OS Admin

🔹 Fully understand z/OS services structure, JES concepts, parallel sysplex/GDPS, catalog management
🔹 PARMLIB configuration and JES customization
🔹 Knowledge of JCL, REXX, CLIST and Modify Assembler EXITS
🔹 Knowledge of z/OS HW, LPAR, HMC
🔹 IMS/MQ Series (Web Sphere MQ)
🔹 RACF experience
🔹 Knowledge of installing and supporting few commonly used ISV products like CA-View, Tape management tool (CA-1), Scheduling tools (BMC Incontrol, CA-7) etc.,
🔹 Knowledge of USS management
🔹 Capable of installing regular maintenance (RSUs)
🔹 Supporting any hardware or software upgrade in the environment
🔹 Capable of Installing/upgrading CICS and related products on a mainframe
🔹 Maintain reliability, availability of CICS systems software
🔹 Good knowledge in usage of transactions like CEMT, CEDA etc.,
🔹 Good Knowledge of SMP/E, SQL, DB2 online and offline utilities, ZPARMS, DB2 logs and BSDS, DB2 Commands, DDF etc.
🔹 Install and use performance monitoring tools and products(like SAS, MXG, CA-MICS, Strobe and the Omegamon products)
🔹 Expertise in tuning and debugging performance problems for z/OS systems including application workloads
🔹 Perform problem diagnostics and resolution. Monitor system performance and tune when required
🔹 Well versed in storage capacity planning and configuration and should have good familiarity with typical z/OS application performance analysis
🔹 Capable of z/OS Performance Analysis using various tools such as IBM's RMF, SMF and subsystem analysis tools
🔹 Capable of Installing, Customizing and maintaining IBM and other ISV products related to Automations

Good to Have:-
🔹 Experience in mainframe automation and Performance & Capacity Management will be an added advantage
🔹 Experience in Customization of ISV/OEM products used for Automations and monitoring tools like Netview, OPS/MVS, SA z/OS, Tivoli Suite of monitoring and automation products, BMC AO, TEP, Control-O etc
🔹 SAS Programming Skills, Retrofit SAS Code for MXG application post Product Upgrade.

Soft Skills/Other skills:
🔹 Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written). Customer facing.
🔹 Good documentation skills
🔹 Good working knowledge of MS OFFICE (Including MS Project and Visio)
🔹 Should have a good customer handling skills
🔹 Able to handle unforeseen situations
🔹 High level of acceptance

Years of Experience:
🔹 Total: 9 to 13 years of experience
🔹 Relevant: More than 9 years of experience in System Programming