Senior z/OS Systems Administrator | Long Term Contract | Remote(EST/CST)
Two95 International Inc. Senior z/OS Systems Administrator | Long Term Contract | Remote(EST/CST)
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.comand 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.
We look forward to hearing from you at the earliest
Skills
As published by workable · 13 questions · 13 written answers
First name, Last name, Email, Headline, Phone, Resume
- 10+ years of hands-on SMP/E experience in enterprise IBM z/OS environments.
- 10+ years of hands-on REXX scripting experience, including development of automation for systems administration and operational tasks.
- Strong hands-on experience with IBM z/OSMF (z/OS Management Facility).
- Extensive experience administering and supporting IBM z/OS in large enterprise environments
- Strong knowledge of z/OS system architecture, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
- Experience installing and maintaining IBM and third-party mainframe software
- Extensive experience applying PTFs, APARs, maintenance packages, and software upgrades using SMP/E.
- Strong understanding of SMP/E CSI structures, zones, SYSMOD processing, HOLDDATA, RECEIVE, APPLY, ACCEPT, and RESTORE processes
- Strong knowledge of JCL, TSO/ISPF, UNIX System Services (USS), and z/OS utilities
- Ability to diagnose complex system problems using z/OS logs, dumps, system messages, and diagnostic tools.
- Strong understanding of mainframe change-management and production-control processes.
- . Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex technical