Sr. z/OS 3rd Party Software Support Technician

DDC IT SERVICES LLC; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life and disability coverage

Retirement plan with company match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Educational assistance

Job summary

Diné Development Corporation (DDC) seeks an experienced Sr. z/OS 3rd Party Software Support Technician to plan, implement, sustain, and guide IBM System z/OS third-party software.

You will support mission-critical mainframe environments, install software, troubleshoot, and ensure compliance with change management. Responsibilities include initiating vendor calls, applying SMP/e, managing lifecycles, and providing technical consulting across a parallel sysplex.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7–10 years z/OS experience.
• Active Secret clearance required for role.
• IAT-II certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, sustain and provide guidance for z/OS third-party software installations and upgrades.
• Coordinate with vendor for prerequisites and change procedures.
• Manage software lifecycle for assigned products in SMP/e.
• Apply z/OS software using SMP/e and interpret outcomes.
• Create/update datasets and parameter libraries for installations.
• Use system logs and traces to diagnose ABENDs on z/OS mainframes.
• Provide internal/external customer support on features and incidents.
• Ensure resources and shared storage are available for installs.
• Follow Change Management and CAB policies; participate in releases.

Skills

z/OS planning

Troubleshooting

Maintenance planning

Lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math

Tools

IBM SMP/e

IEBGENER

IEBCOPY

IDCAMS

Job description

DDC-ITS is seeking an experienced Sr. z/OS 3rd Party Software Support Technician to plan, implement, sustain, and provide technical guidance for IBM System z/OS third-party software, utilities, upgrades, and maintenance activities. This role supports mission-critical IBM mainframe environments and requires expertise in software installation, lifecycle management, troubleshooting, performance support, and systems integration within a parallel sysplex environment. The successful candidate will work independently and collaboratively to ensure software products remain secure, compliant, stable, and aligned with organizational change management processes.Responsibilities:Plan, implement, sustain and provide technical guidance for product installations, upgrades, and maintenance to include IBM System z/OS 3rd party software/utilities.Initiate calls to the vendor to ascertain proper prerequisite software levels, report problems and receive follow-through procedures.Assist in the management of the technical life cycle of the z/OS software product, package, or subsystem assigned.Use IBM SMP/e to successfully receive and apply z/OS software on an IBM Mainframe. This requires experience interpreting SMP/e output messages to resolve software installation issues and requirements.Use required software tools, including IBM SMP/e, IBM system utilities (including IEBGENER (generalized copy utility), IEBCOPY (utility to copy, compress, merge partitioned data sets), IDCAMS (access method services), to create, populate, update and configure required datasets and parameter libraries and members to successfully implement software installations and upgrades on the IBM mainframe platform.Use system logs, create and interpret system traces and dumps, job output, and monitoring tools to diagnose and resolve IBM z/OS product abends on the IBM z/OS mainframe platform.Provide customer support (internal and external) on questions and incidents relating to the software maintained on the mainframe systems, to include changes, upgrades, new and discontinued features, and known problems.Ensure that all system resources required for software installation is available for successful implementation. Ensure shared storage resources and the tools used to manage resource sharing are properly maintained.Provide technical, engineering, and consulting services/support in running software products in a parallel sysplex environment.Ensure installed software products are compliant with the current mainframe OS.Ensure new release/version analysis is performed outside of the production environment before deployment to production environments.Initiate release processes based on an approved Release Management Change Advisory Board (RMCAB) change request for new Mainframe products and upgrades to existing products.Develop test plans, test cases, and test data for each release test effort. Test plans will include security compliance, functional, integration, performance, and regression testing to detect and resolve flaws that may impact the security, integrity, and stability of the product.Coordinate with other system programmers and managers whenever the installation of a software product interfaces with another software product and will require changes to, or have an impact on, the other software. Contractor shall determine the impacts and risks to changes requested before change implementations are performed.Ability to work in a team environment and share developed solutions for approval and implementation.Adhere to, and participate in this organization’s Change Management and CAB policies and procedures.Work independently, conduct research, and provide training for lower level employees.Qualifications:Years of Experience: 7-10 yearsEducation Level: Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or MathClearance Requirements: SecretCertification Requirements: IAT-IIAbout UsDiné Development Corporation (DDC) is a Navajo Nation–owned family of companies that provides government agencies and commercial organizations with high-quality IT, professional, environmental, and research and development services. DDC is dedicated to empowering the Navajo Nation and the communities we serve.BenefitsEligible full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, retirement savings with company match, and paid time off. Additional benefits include voluntary supplemental benefits, access to an employee assistance program, and educational assistance with tuition reimbursement.Equal Opportunity & Compliance StatementThis contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing information about compensation, or any other basis prohibited by law.We participate in E-Verify.DDC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact Recruiting for assistance [e-mail]