Sr system mainframe engineer Dallas Tx ref

Sr System Mainframe Engineer - Dallas, TX

Experience Level: Mid-senior
Experience Required: 5 Years
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Function: Information Technology
Industry: Financial Services
Compensation: $61,000 - $70,000
Total Position: 1
Relocation Assistance: No

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As a member of the Enterprise Production team, the Associate Computer Operation role is responsible for providing technical support for various applications and systems within Mainframe operation environments.

We work closely with our Enterprise Infrastructure teams and our internal business clients to resolve and advance technical support incidents where necessary.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Support applications by providing monitoring, application, and system support for DTCC’s Production, QA, PSE, DEV, and test environments.
2. Provide 24x7 support for event monitoring, incident triage, and critical issues.
3. Provide support to all environments on a shift basis, handling any activity for any environment as required.
4. Provide access administration for application access to various Production, QA, PSE, DEV, and test environments and applications.
5. Provide lead management support in maintaining the host operating system on Mainframe, Linux/UNIX, and Windows environments.
6. Provide oversight on IPLs, MVS console activity, and HMC activities.
7. Provide support and assistance with Autosys jobs/boxes, mainframe scheduling activities, and auto operator commands on UNIX/LINUX servers.
8. Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements to standard processes and procedures.
9. Contribute to projects by executing task deliverables and ensuring permit-to-operate (PTO) guidelines are met.
10. Provide support for change management approval and execution for data center services.
11. Perform level 1 and 2 support for Mainview MQ & CICS products.
12. Disaster recovery experience a plus as participation in disaster recovery tests is required (done on weekends).

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Knowledge of CA1/7/11/CA Scheduler and JCL.
2. Distributed Autosys Scheduler.
3. Knowledge of IPLs using HMC.
4. Mainview MQ & CICS products.
5. Knowledge of Windows OS and UNIX / LINUX OS a plus.
6. Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills.
7. Working knowledge of IBM z/OS, JES2, MVS.
8. Experience in working in a mainframe operation environment.
9. Working knowledge of VTAM, TSO/ISPF, and Service Now.
10. Alert management using Service Now and Splunk dashboards.
11. Strong background in large-scale, multi-sysplex environments.
12. High level of problem-solving and decision-making skills.
13. Responsible for all aspects of batch processing, including the timeliness of online availability.
14. Support the Major Incident Management teams.
15. Support automation by making recommendations for optimizing and streamlining daily functions and daily batch cycles.
16. Coordinate weekend activities for testing and installation of all system and application hardware and software changes.
17. Proficient with Microsoft Software Product suites (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.).

ABOUT: DTCC safeguards the financial markets and helps them run efficiently, in times of prosperity and crisis. We are uniquely positioned at the center of global trading activity, processing over 100 million financial transactions every day, pioneering industry-wide, post-trade solutions and maintaining multiple data and operating centers worldwide. Our employees are driven to deliver innovative technologies that improve efficiency, lower cost, and bring stability and certainty to the post-trade lifecycle. DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements, favoring openness and giving people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.