Senior Mainframe Computer Operations Engineer

Senior Mainframe Computer Operations Engineer

Location: Dallas, TX (1st Shift 06:30 AM to 03:00 PM)

This is a Full-time/Permanent Position with our Client (Visa sponsorship is not available for this role)

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide Mainframe computer operations support for systems and applications in a 24/7 multiplex environment.
• Monitoring Z/OS operation systems, batch jobs and applications in a multiple-plex environments (Production, QA, PSE, DEV and test, sandbox)
• Provide eyes on glass support for all alerts that enters the Service Now and Splunk dashboards and mainframe consoles.
• Perform level 1 and 2 support for MQ & CICS issues and working with external/internal clients on MQ connectivity.
• Provide Major Incident Management and Technical Call support.
• Provide media storage support. Ship and receive media from offshore storage vendor.
• Create and maintain Knowledge Base Articles.
• Provide support on IPLs and other activities using HMC/BMC consoles.
• Provide batch scheduling support for Mainframe CA-Scheduler and Distributive Autosys job schedulers.
• Provide UNIX/LINUX support for auto operator commands thru SecuteCRT.
• Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements to standard processes and procedures.
• Provide support for migrations, deployments, implementation, changes, external/internal testing.
• Coordinate and participate in planned Disaster Recovery Testing
• Coordinate weekly Mainframe change activities (deployments, upgrade, migration, installation)
• Responsible for all aspects of batch processing, including the timeliness of systems availability.
• Coordinate and participate in planned Disaster Recovery Testing
• Support automation by making recommendations for optimizing and streamlining daily functions and batch cycles.