ICONMA · 1 week ago
Lead mainframe z/OS Systems Engineer
Reston, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$84.85/hr - $87.12/hr
8+ years expICONMA is a Health Insurance company seeking a Lead mainframe z/OS Systems Engineer for their Reston, VA/Hybrid location. The role involves leading the analysis, design, development, and implementation of mainframe systems engineering activities, while working to improve and optimize services for internal and external customers.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Lead and participate in the analysis, design, development, and implementation of mainframe system engineering activities
Work with existing mainframe managed service provider to improve and optimize services to internal and external customers and improve resiliency and availability of the z/OS mainframe platform
Analyze and recommend improvements to the scalability and resiliency of applications and systems running on Z platform
Provide hands on technical support for incident assessment and resolution for restoration of service
Qualification
Required
Support problem Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Solid leadership and hands on technical experience
Good project management and ability to provide technical guidance to diverse teams
Internal drive, intellectual curiosity, ability to learn, and desire to help the customers succeed
Strong technical skills as well as good business acumen
Comfortable working with all levels of the organization
Infrastructure engineer with a minimum of 8-10 years experience supporting IBM zOS Systems in a SYSPLEX environment with the following skills:
RACF -Security Administration 5-10 years experience
ZOS – Systems Programmer 5-10 years of experience
CICS TS –Systems Programming 5 -10 years of experience
MQ – 5-10 years Systems Programming
DB2 – 5-10 years usage , doesn't have to be at Systems Programming level
ISV Production installation experience
General Systems Automation support (IBM System Automation)
General Batch Scheduling support – Control-M
SYSPLEX and ICF configuration and tuning. Experience in de-coupling Sysplex environment is a plus
Experience with Middleware interfaces such as AIX, WebSphere, Networks, LDAP is preferred
Working knowledge of network communication protocols (TCPIP)
Excellent knowledge of hardware infrastructure of IBM z16 and Dell/EMC storage subsystems
Pervasive encryption on z/OS
Ransomware solutioning for mainframe
Java/J2EE
DB2/UDB
Preferred
Experience with Middleware interfaces such as AIX, WebSphere, Networks, LDAP
Benefits
Health Benefits
Referral Program
Company
ICONMA
ICONMA: Your Partner in Global Staffing Solutions and Digital Transformation ICONMA is a globally recognized, Woman-Owned staff augmentation and technology consulting firm.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Claudine George
Founder and CEO of ICONMA, LLC
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