Mainframe Z/os System Programmer

Tata Consultancy Services; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Salt Lake City is seeking a seasoned Mainframe z/OS System Programmer for hands-on BAU operations in a large enterprise. The role requires 10+ years of z/OS experience, including z15/z16 hardware, ISV tools, and DR planning. It is a pure technical hands-on role, not a team lead, with on-call responsibilities.

The position involves working with client SMEs, handling MI/P1 incidents, and supporting hardware and software upgrades to ensure high availability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on Mainframe z/OS experience.
• Experience in large Mainframe environments (≥5,000 MIPS).
• BAU service delivery for Mainframe OS.
• Experience with CA-ACF2 upgrade and Sailpoint-ACF2 integration.
• Pure technical hands-on role; not a team lead.
• On-call 24x7 support as part of BAU.
• Experience with DR drills and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Manage BAU Service Delivery for Mainframe OS.
• Hands-on ISV tools installation/upgrade/migration.
• Handle Major Incidents (MI) and Priority-1 tickets.
• Collaborate with client SMEs and peers on issues.
• Support Mainframe projects (HW/OS upgrades, ISV upgrades).
• Ensure 99.99% availability and meet SLAs.
• Contribute to problem RCA and change processes.

Skills

Mainframe

z/OS

JES2

RMF/SMF

SMP/E

JCL/Assembler

Rexx

Sysplex

DR planning

Tools

CA-ACF2

Job description

Job Description

Mainframe z/OS System Programmer

Minimum 10+ years of hands-on technical experience as a Mainframe z/OS

Prior experience working in a large Mainframe setup of minimum 5,000 MIPS and above.

Manage BAU (Business As Usual) Service Delivery for Mainframe OS

Hands on experience on ISV tools Installation, upgrade, migration for various vendor products

Hands on experience for CA-ACF2 upgrade and Sailpoint-ACF2 integration

This is for a pure Technical Hands-On role and not for a Team Lead Position

Work on Daily Basis with Client/Customer Mainframe OS-Storage SMEs/Peers

Work on MI (Major Incidents) / P1 (Priority-1) and lesser Tickets as a part of BAU Support

Work on Problem/RCA and Change/CMR Tickets during the weekends.

Provide 24 x 7 ON-CALL support as is the norm in BAU Service Delivery Role

Support Mainframe Projects (HW Upgrade, OS Upgrade, ISV Products upgrade etc...) as per needs.

Ensure Mainframe System Availability @ 99.99% and work towards meeting agreed SLAs

• Hands-on experience with z15/z16 Mainframe HW and Sysplex Setup
• z/OS v2.x,v3.x, JES2, DFSMS, VTAM, RACF/ACF2, TCP/IP, OMVS, RMF/SMF
• SMP/E, various ISV products, UserMods and Exits.
• IPL/POR procedures, various Mainframe Consoles
• Mainframe Tools - OMEGAMON, TEPS, Netview, SIEM
• Assembler, REXX, JCL and CA-OPS/MVS Automation
• IODF/IOCDS, HCD/HCM
• Mainframe Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning
• PARMLIB and PROCLIB concatenation, Memory Regions customization and maintenance
• Experience in Disaster Recovery setup and conducting DR drills.
• Experience in Mainframe MIPS Optimization, Software rationalization
• Experience with parallel sysplex environment and managing couple datasets
• Experience with OPSMVS automation tool

Salary Range- $95,000-$120,000 a year

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Location

Salt Lake City, UT

Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Engineer

ID

436021

Skills

Mainframe

Salary Range

$95,000 - $120,000