You may occasionally be required to travel for business.
Additional Locations:
This role can be based remotely in the United States.
Description and Requirements
"At BMC trust is not just a word - it's a way of life!"
We are an award-winning, equal opportunity, culturally diverse, fun place to be. Giving back to the community drives us to be better every single day. Our work environment allows you to balance your priorities, because we know you will bring your best every day. We will champion your wins and shout them from the rooftops. Your peers will inspire, drive, support you, and make you laugh out loud!
We help our customers free up time and space to become an Autonomous Digital Enterprise that conquers the opportunities ahead - and are relentless in the pursuit of innovation!
BMC Mainframe Services (BMS) has an exciting opportunity to grow our team in the US with the opening for a Senior z/OS Consultant. We are forecasting BMS to be the largest Services unit within BMC and are looking for the right people to help develop and grow our US-based practice.
The BMC Senior z/OS Consultant provides leadership on technical delivery engagements by implementing and delivering mainframe infrastructure projects. A Senior Consultant works closely with the Practice Lead (PL) and Project Management (PM) team to meet the approved Customer requirements. The Senior Consultant performs the technical hands-on software and configuration changes on customer systems. The Senior Consultant translates logical design into physical designs and contributes to detailed design documentation, as well as contributes to the development of procedures and standards within BMS.
The ideal candidate can be located anywhere in the mainland USA and must be available to travel when necessary.
Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
- Works interactively with all project staff, both BMC internal and Customer.
- Performs complex analysis of customer projects based upon the SOW and delivery deadlines. Ensures customer is prepared and ready for agreed start dates and that all environments are ready for project implementation.
- Performs and coordinates the Install, Configuration, Migration, and Implementation activities of all z/OS Software changes, adhering to customer software delivery life cycle, all change controls, and blackout periods.
- Contributes to Customer ready design documentation to support all Functional requirements, Technical Solution Design, Test Strategy, and Deployment Plans.
- Advises on updates to the Project or Service Schedule to the PM, PL, SA, or SDM.
- Recognizes customer requests that fall outside the scope of the SOW or any new opportunities and brings it to the attention of the PM/PL for further review.
- Successfully moves Customer into production on the target BMC solution, transitioning the project to closure with both the customer and BMC teams.
Required:
- 10+ relevant years of mainframe technical experience as a z/OS Systems Programmer.
- 3+ years working in Services or projects, preferably Customer facing in a professional consultative capacity.
- Expert experience in z/OS Operating System and Program Product installs, SYSPLEX, system configurations, upgrades, user mods/exits, in large complex environments. Strong experience with SMP/e, testing and deployment strategies, problem determination, and resolution. Architectural skills in SYSPLEX layout, system standard naming conventions, and software distribution skills.
- Solid experience in Mainframe Network/TCPIP/USS/SNA, RACF, SMS.
- Consultative skills with customers, contractors when driving deliverables and setting priorities.
- A self-starter, willing to work without a net with a proven ability to meet assigned timelines with high quality, complete deliverables in unsupervised, often remote, situations.
- Willingness to mentor, share ideas and knowledge with other colleagues promoting best practices.
- Demonstrable experience of deployment lifecycle across multiple environments (Test, Dev, QA, and Production).
- Demonstrated success in building key relationships in the past with Sales, Technical Support, Application Teams, and Product Engineering.
Preferred:
- US Security Clearance (desirable).
- Migration experience with Automation tools, Scheduling tools, Tape Management Data Center, Storage, and DR.
- Strong experience with install and configuration of OEM software products, BMC, IBM, and CA-Broadcom products.
Our commitment to you!
BMC’s culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You won’t be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!
If after reading the above, you’re unsure if you meet the qualifications of this role but are deeply excited about BMC and this team, we still encourage you to apply! We want to attract talents from diverse backgrounds and experience to ensure we face the world together with the best ideas!
BMC is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, age, sex, creed, color, religion, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy, disabled veteran, or status as a protected veteran. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, visit the accommodation request page.
BMC Software maintains a strict policy of not requesting any form of payment in exchange for employment opportunities, upholding a fair and ethical hiring process.
The annual base salary range represents the low and high end of the BMC salary range for this position. Actual salaries depend on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training, licensure, and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
The range listed is just one component of BMC's employee compensation package. Other rewards may include a variable plan and country-specific benefits.
At BMC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at/near the top of the range. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $108,525 - $180,875.
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