Mainframe Engineering Lead

Years of Experience

Minimum 10+ years of hands-on technical and Architect experience on the Mainframe Platform as a whole (Data Center, HW, OS, Storage, DB, MW, Networking, DR / BCP, Scheduling and Batch)

Technical requirements

• Experience in leading a Team of Mainframe SMEs, mid & junior level employees in providing Mainframe services to Global Clients
• Experience in IBM z15, z16 & z17 Mainframe HW and Parallel Sysplex / GDPS-GDDR Setup
• Experience in both IBM and EMC Disk and Tape Storage hardware, software and replication.
• z / OS v3.x, JES2 / JES3, DFSMS, SNA / VTAM & TCP / IP, RMF / SMF
• Mainframe Data Center Architecture (Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, MGM, 2 / 3 / 4 site GDPS & GDDR)
• Mainframe DB2, IMS, IDMS, MQ, CICS, WAS, CA7, CA11, CA1, OmegaMon, BMC AMI suite, Rocket Software Zeke, Zara, Zena.
• Mainframe Security RACF, ACF2, Top Secret
• Mainframe Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning
• Experience in Disaster Recovery setup and conducting DR drills.
• Conversant with both IBM and EMC HW and Replication methodology. Hitachi optional.
• Mainframe Data Center Physical Planning and Design
• Mainframe Tools–SIEM (Q-Radar), z / OS-SA or CA-OPS / MVS Automation
• Experience in Mainframe MIPS Optimization, Software rationalization
• Hands-on experience with IBM DS8K, IBM TS7K, IBM CyberVault, EMC-VMAX / PowerMax & DLm HW
• IBM-Metro / Global Mirror, Copy Services, GDPS, EMC-SRDF, EMC-GDDR
• Flash Copy, BCV-SnapVX, zDP, Safe Guarded Copy (SGC)
• Setup and Manager Mainframe DC Storage Replication
• Mainframe Modernization and Exit strategies

KEYWORDS : GDPS, Sysplex, z15, z16, z17, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, MGM

Exp Range : 10 To 15

Location : Chennai / Bangalore / Hyderabad