Job Description:

Principal Operating Systems Programmer

The Role

The Principal Operating Systems Programmer is responsible for managing the data stored on disk and tape for our mainframe systems, and support the products that are used to manage and manipulate data including DFSMS, HSM, DSS, ACC, SRS, IDCAMS, Faver, and the IBM data utilities. Also provide support for data backup and recovery for disaster recovery and high availability. And provide some technical leadership to peers and business colleagues performing the same. On-call and tier 2 support to operational and business communities is a critical part of this role!

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and must have 10-12 years of progressive experience in mainframe technical support and at least 8-12 years in zOS mainframe support for the operating system in a system programming role.
• Basic technology and infrastructures: Storage systems, Tools, and their interfaces with z/OS, Data structures, databases, files, and I/O
• Business and IT functional knowledge, collaboration, and relationship management
• IT Strategy formulation, IT/Storage trends and new technologies
• Operational excellence, ITIL lifecycle management, TLM process for technology refresh
• Change management, Incident management, Problem management, Vendor relationship and partnership
• Expert reading and written communication, ability in computing literature of a highly technical nature. Problem solving, Flexibility and Adaptability, Innovation mentality. Team leadership in an agile framework.
• Advanced IBM zOS Mainframe Storage skills required.
• zOS replication solutions: GDPS, Global Mirror, XRC, Global Copy, PPRC, Flash Copy, Hyperswap
• Advanced understanding of Storage Administrator software tools: DTS ACC/SRC, DFDSS, DFHSM, FDR PAS, Extended Addressing Volumes, Control-M, Dino T-REX/HSM Adminisaurus/RTD (a plus)
• Complete understanding of VSAM Record Level Sharing (RLS) capabilities and applications
• Mastery of IDCAMS use access method services for system master and user catalogs.
• Understand the various types of VSAM structures, support for VSAM allocation and tuning.
• Advanced understanding of ICF Catalog structure, RLS enabled catalogs, and an ability to execute a Forward Catalog Recovery procedure in a live environment.
• Advanced understanding of IBM DS8K Storage platforms, IBM TS7700 family of Virtual Tape subsystems
• Understanding of new technologies such as SafeGuarded Copy, Pervasive Encryption, Remote Pair Flash Copy
• Possess expert problem-solving and debugging skills, and support incident triage (critical)
• Opening is a technical leadership position for a core operations team. Candidate will conduct themselves in a manner to encourage, direct, lead members of the team and peers in the organization

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