Mainframe Systems Administrator
About The Position
A local Sioux Falls, SD insurance company is looking to bring in a Mainframe Programmer who is going to be supporting the organization from an administration perspective with IBM z/OS Mainframes, for system updates, disk management, backup and disaster recovery, and system/performance monitoring. This individual must be able to be efficient in an interruptive environment as there are a lot of requests from the dev team, managers, stakeholders, etc. They do have a on-call rotation as things pop up as they are a 24/7 shop but his team said on average if an issues comes up, it's a 10-minute call from the time they wake up to the time they fix the issue -- it's a 3-week rotation on average. Please note, this person will not be programming but may construct and edit JCL code but this role is not a programmer.
Requirements
- Regular IPL (Initial Program Load) cycles for maintenance.
- Apply PTFs (Program Temporary Fixes) and APARs for updates.
- Monitor WLM (Workload Manager) policies to ensure optimal resource distribution.
- RACF (Resource Access Control Facility)
- SDSF (System Displace and Search Facility)
- Capacity planning using RMF reports and predictive analytics.
- JES2/JES3 (Job Entry Subsystem)
Responsibilities
- system updates
- disk management
- backup and disaster recovery
- system/performance monitoring
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
