[Hiring] Mainframe Storage Admin @Diverse Lynx LLC

Role Description

The Mainframe Storage Admin will be responsible for the installation, upgrades, maintenance, configurations, and troubleshooting of IBM MQ products.

• Expertise in administrating, alert setup, and monitoring the message process using tools like MQ explorer, Omegamon for MQ, and TEPS.
• Design the MQ architecture pattern for the message processing flow as per new application requirements.
• Define the MQ objects: queues, channels, process definitions, topics, etc.
• Execute IBM MQ utilities to handle MQ queue messages (backup, deleting particular records, etc.).
• Maintain and manage new pagesets & bufferpool according to application growth in MQ.
• Knowledge of MQ queue sharing and MQ clustering to handle queue managers and components.
• Strong knowledge of MQ queue manager creation/migration and daily health check and dead letter queue process automation.
• Good understanding of messaging interfaces and connections to IBM products (CICS, DB2, IMS) and third-party application servers.
• Perform MQ online monitoring and investigate MQ CPU usage using SMF statistics analysis.
• CICS TS v5.x, v6.x, CICSPlex - Install, Upgrade, Patch, Configure, and RSU Maintenance (including CPSM support).
• Understanding of a CICS MRO environment.
• Set traces (Aux and GTF) to aid vendors in problem management and determination.
• Produce and interpret CICS shutdown statistics to aid in problem determination and growth projections.
• Understanding of CICS dynamic storage areas and how to manipulate them for storage situations or future application growth.
• Create both transaction and system dumps (and port to vendors for analysis).
• RDO (resource definition online) - create any resource needed on CICS (e.g., transactions, programs, files, transient data queue, LSR groups, etc.).
• Create and support web services within CICS.
• Install and maintain Tivoli/Omegamon products, Broadcom Intertest/Symdump used to debug CICS programs, format transaction dumps, FileAid, Splunk.
• SDS – CAFC (CICS application file control) – install product and use for control of files, application lists, and group lists.
• Create new or modify existing CICS regions in support of new applications or CICS architecture re-engineering initiatives.
• Support Mainframe Message Transfer & Connectivity environments z/OS CONNECT.
• Performance and Tuning in a large Z/OS Environment.
• Nice to have knowledge with MQSeries and MQClients on distributed platforms.
• Nice to have knowledge of Mainframe zOS, JCL, VSAM, ISPF, and COBOL.
• IBM and ISV Vendor Coordination for Ticketing Incidents/Problems, SW downloads, Escalations.
• Provide 24x7 after-hours on-call support as required for products supported by the team.

Qualifications

• Experience in IBM MQ product installation, upgrades, maintenance, configurations, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of MQ queue manager creation/migration and daily health check and dead letter queue process automation.
• Good understanding of messaging interfaces and connections to IBM products (CICS, DB2, IMS) and third-party application servers.

Requirements

• Experience with CICS TS v5.x, v6.x, and CICSPlex.
• Ability to set traces (Aux and GTF) to aid in problem management.
• Understanding of CICS dynamic storage areas.
• Knowledge of performance and tuning in a large Z/OS environment.

Benefits

• Salary: $100K - $110K / Year + Benefits.

Company Description

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.