Mainframe Systems Operations Engineer
Core
Monitor and manage IBM z/OS production environments, ensuring high availability, stability, and operational excellence for enterprise clients.
Role type
Mainframe Systems Operations Engineer
Builds
Production workloads and batch processing for banking, retail, and other enterprise sectors
Domain
Mainframe operations (IBM z/OS)
Required skills
IBM z/OS operations, JCL, REXX, Assembler, batch processing, incident management, root cause analysis, system startup/shutdown procedures, workload automation tools (CA-7, Control-M, TWS)
Preferred skills
Batch job failure analysis, operational improvement coordination, severity assessment, stakeholder communication, independent production support
Technologies
IBM z/OS, IMS, CICS, DB2, IDMS, CA-7, Control-M, IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS)
Responsibilities
Monitor and manage IBM z/OS production environments; Perform console monitoring, IPL support, and daily operational activities; Troubleshoot batch processing issues related to JCL, scheduling, datasets, and job execution; Investigate and resolve production incidents and perform root cause analysis; Execute startup, shutdown, recovery procedures for subsystems like IMS, CICS, DB2, and IDMS; Support enterprise workload automation tools and manage job dependencies
Seniority
Mid-level (3-5 years experience)