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