Mainframe z/OS & IBM LCM Administrator

TechDigital Group; Connecticut; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group is seeking a skilled professional to administer the Rocket Life Cycle Manager (LCM) across multiple environments including DEV, TEST, and PROD. The role requires excellent experience with IBM z/OS operating systems and tasks like configuring workflows and managing versioning of components.

Key responsibilities include working with the security team to implement access controls, supporting production migrations, and ensuring system stability. Strong skills in System z architecture are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of System z architecture.
• Excellent experience with IBM z/OS operating system.
• Experience in building Mainframe LPAR and OS Upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Administer Rocket Life Cycle Manager (LCM) across multiple environments (DEV, TEST, PROD).
• Configure lifecycle processes, workflows, and approval mechanisms.
• Maintain application hierarchies, systems, and library structures.
• Manage versioning of components and maintain baselines.
• Support rollback/backout to previous stable versions.

Skills

IBM LCM

z/OS System Programming / Administration

Mainframe JES3 Operations & Incident Management

Job description

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

• IBM LCM
• z/OS System Programming / Administration
• Mainframe JES3 Operations & Incident Management

Job Description/ Responsibilities

• Administer Rocket Life Cycle Manager (LCM) across multiple environments (DEV, TEST, PROD)
• Configure lifecycle processes, workflows, and approval mechanisms
• Maintain application hierarchies, systems, and library structures
• Manage versioning of components and maintain baselines
• Support rollback/backout to previous stable versions
• Create, manage, and promote change packages as deployable units
• Work with security team to implement role based access controls
• Support production migrations, release failures, and package issues
• Excellent understanding of System z architecture
• Excellent experience with IBM z/OS operating system
• Experience in building Mainframe LPAR and OS Upgrades
• Installation of patches and fixes
• System parameters/parmlib maintenance
• Knowledge of managing JES3 subsystem.
• Managing incidents on z/OS related issues
• z/OS performance monitoring and reporting