Mainframe Network Admin

JD Title : Mainframe z / OS System Programmer – L3 – 7+ years of experience

Title of Position : Mainframe Network Admin

Location : Bangalore, Hyderabad,Chennai,Mumbai,Pune,Indore,Cochin,Delhi,Noida,Kolkata

Summary of key responsibilities

Minimum 7+ years of broad and in-depth hands-on technical and design / architect level experience in Mainframe z / OS

Experience in a multi-site (multiple Data Center) Mainframe shop of minimum 2,000 MIPS and above.

Work with Client / Customer, OEM & ISV Vendors, Business Partners related to all aspects of the Mainframe Platform.

Support various Mainframe Software (both IBM and OEM / ISV products evaluation, High Availability, Disaster Recovery etc.

Derive realistic Mainframe SLAs and design / propose architecture meeting those SLAs goals

Mainframe Licensing, TCO and ROI planning and decision making.

Years of Experience

Minimum 7+ years of hands-on technical and Architect experience on the Mainframe Platform as a whole (HW, SW, NW, OS and Security)

Technical requirements

Mainframe Data Center Architecture (Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, MGM, 2 / 3 / 4 site GDPS & GDDR)

Conversant with both IBM and EMC HW and Replication methodology. Hitachi optional.

Mainframe Data Center Physical Planning and Design

Experience in IBM z14, z15 & z16 Mainframe HW and Parallel Sysplex / GDPS-GDDR Setup

Experience in both IBM and EMC Disk and Tape Storage hardware, software and replication.

z / OS v2.x, JES2 / JES3, DFSMS, SNA / VTAM & TCP / IP, RMF / SMF

Mainframe Tools–SIEM (Q-Radar), z / OS-SA or CA-OPS / MVS Automation

Mainframe DB2, MQ, CICS, WAS, Control-M

Mainframe Security ACF2

Mainframe Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning

Experience in Disaster Recovery setup and conducting DR drills.

Experience in Mainframe MIPS Optimization, Software rationalization

Hands-on experience with Hitachi VSP 5500, IBM DS8000, IBM TS7000 etc.

IBM-Metro / Global Mirror, Copy Services, EMC-SRDF, EMC-GDDR

Flash Copy, BCV-SnapVX, zDP, Safe Guarded Copy (SGC)

Setup and Manager Mainframe DC Storage Replication

Mainframe Software Rationalization

Mainframe Modernization and Exit strategies

Mainframe Performance Tuning – BP tuning, zIIP, SMT