Senior z/OS Systems Administrator
- Role
- DevOps
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
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Core skills
Required skills
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: rehana.j@two95intl.com 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.
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What you'll do
- 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.
- Develop and maintain REXX scripts to automate z/OS administration, monitoring, reporting, maintenance, and operational processes.
What they require
- Analyze SMP/E environments, zones, CSI datasets, SYSMODs, and maintenance requirements.
- 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.
What people say about this company
3.5/ 5
- Employees appreciate the supportive work environment.
- Some reviews mention good work-life balance.
- Concerns about management and communication.