Infrastructure Specialist - Mainframe

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Introduction
The infrastructure running industries like transportation, energy, insurance, banking, or healthcare is quickly changing as the world’s relationship with technology evolves. Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid approach. Our Infrastructure Specialists are responsible for keeping up with these latest changes and using their expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our customers and products.

Your Role and Responsibilities Specific Duties

1. Ability to Install, Upgrade and Migration of z/OS, z/VM, CICS.
2. Ability to conduct review and implementation of System Z changes related to z/OS, z/VM, CICS.
3. Ability to perform fault analysis and resolution of System Z problems to z/OS, z/VM, CICS.
4. Ability to perform z/OS System Programming for project implementation and resolution of System Z related problems.
5. Ability to train and guide junior on z/OS System Programming and z/OS Operation.

1. Solid understanding of z/OS services structure, JES concepts, Sysplex configuration, Unix System Services, Comm Server (VTAM, TCP/IP, System Catalog structures, and IODF/HCD).
2. Systems Programming experience in MVS or Z/OS with knowledge on:

• SMP/E
• DFSMS, DFHSM, IODF, IOCP
• JCL, Catalog Maintenance
• Z/OS Security (RACF)
• Z/OS Networking (VTAM, TCPIP)
• Z/OS Scheduling and Automation such as Control-M, TWS

• SKLM disk encryption
• Ability to Install, Upgrade and Migration Spectrum Control, Copy Service Manager
• Ability to Install, Upgrade and Migration DB2, IMS
• Ability to Install, Upgrade and Migration of MQ
• Ability to Install, Upgrade and Migration Cobol

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

1. Minimum 10 years’ experience working with z/OS System Programming and z/OS Operation.
2. Key technical person with hands-on experience in (Install and Migrate) for Mainframe technology refresh activities, in relation to z/OS System Programming and z/OS Operation. Experience includes:

• Installation and Migration from older generation to a later generation, such as from z10BC to z14, or from z13 to z15/z16.
• System Programming in building IOCP, revising IODF, migrating zCrypto keys, OSA and Comm Server (VTAM, TCP/IP)

• Installation and Migration from non-IBM to IBM Storage (EMC to DS8xxx, FS95xx) and IBM to IBM Storage Migration (DS8xxx to DS8xxx or FS95xx)
• System Programming activities such as IODF for storage (DS8k, vMAX, etc) mapping
• Data migration for storage volumes using TDMF / PPRC / zDMF tools.
• Spectrum Control skill and Copy Service Manager (CSM) paired replication.

• Installation and Migration from non-IBM to IBM VE (DELL to TS77xx) and IBM to IBM Storage Migration (TS77xx to TS77xx).
• System Programming activities such as IODF for VE, job copy or merge job from old to new volume, backup policies update, VE grid setup and configuration.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Refer to the Required Professional and Technical Expertise

Computer Software & Networking More than 10,000 employees

Founded in 1911 in the U.S., IBM – International Business Machines, is the world's largest IT and business solution provider. IBM is the only IT Company in the world, and also in China, to offer end-to-end solutions from hardware to software services and high-end consultancy. IBM’s services arm is the world's largest information technology and consulting service provider. To drive higher value for clients and address the growing demand for global delivery of IT services, IBM opened its Global Delivery Center (GDC) in China in 1999 in Shanghai. Over the past decade, it has become IBM's second largest Global Delivery Center worldwide. China GDC provides a broad spectrum of services, including consulting, systems integration, application services, maintenance, testing, solution management, business transformation outsourcing services and IT infrastructure services. It also supports leading package solutions, such as SAP, Oracle, Siebel, mainframe and e-business applications. China GDC provides services to clients worldwide across the locations of Shanghai, Dalian, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Wuhan and on the client sites. All the Global Delivery Centers located around the world comply with IBM’s global practices, processes and methodologies. In 2009, China GDC has successfully attained both ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 certifications. The ISO certification is another important milestone in the company’s continuous quality improvement efforts following its accreditation of Capability Maturity Model Integration Maturity Level 5 (CMMI 5) Version 1.2 by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in 2008. With the latest and highest international standard institutionalized across China Global Delivery’s sites, IBM continues its leadership in quality control in China’s application services outsourcing market.

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