Mainframe Systems Engineer (zOS Parallel Sysplex, USS & REXX)

Norfolk Southern•Atlanta, GA

32d•Hybrid

About The Position

Norfolk Southern is seeking a highly motivated self-starter as a Mainframe Systems Engineer to oversee and administer our corporate mainframe environment. As a Mainframe System Engineer, you will be supporting a Parallel Sysplex mainframe environment, performance monitoring, tuning, collaborating with third party hardware providers in designing solutions to produce high availability environments.

Requirements

4 years experience with mainframe z/OS internals, z/OS Parallel Sysplex, Unix Systems Services (USS) or SMP/E.
4 years experience with mainframe hardware, software and third-party installation support.
Experience mainframe capacity planning and performance tuning.
Experience writing test scripts and performing testing verifications.
Experience with mainframe application development IDE build and run tools.

Nice To Haves

Unix System Services and zOS operating system
Experience with z/OS internals, TCP IP/VTAM, TSO/ISPF, REXX
Maintain and operate within a Parallel Sysplex environment including sharing of DASD.
Knowledge of Infrastructure software solutions, (ex. Zeke, Zebb, ISPW, TMON, JCLPrep, QuickRef, SAS, CICS, IBM utilities)
Maintain a Coupling Facility environment.

Responsibilities

Conduct software installation, product support, and zOS administration in sysplex environment.
Install, maintain, and support mainframe infrastructure and software.
Monitor and manage mainframe performance.
Use, configure and provide support of storage subsystems and infrastructure.
Coordinate with hardware and software vendors for support and future project work.
Create comprehensive documentation, conduct thorough testing, and follow defined change control processes.
Provide support for mission critical application infrastructure and products.
Communicate with end-users, application programmers, co-workers, managers, and other stakeholders.
Participate in team rotational on-call support.
Writing test scripts and performing testing verification of product deliverables.