Senior zSystems Automation/GDPS engineer

Senior zSystems Automation/GDPS Engineer

Senior zSystems Automation/GDPS engineer responsible for designing, coding and implementing crucial Operations automations code and tasks.

Responsibilities

• Generate OPSMVS and Netview/SA rules and scripts that replace manual operator commands.
• Create system monitoring rules and scripts to monitor system messages and conditions to allow appropriate responses by Operations and support teams.
• Design code to generate automatic Service Now tickets. Successfully implement requests within SLA timeframes.
• Assist in GDPS software installation and GDPS script coding and maintenance in support of the current and future Rapid Recovery/Disaster Recovery processes.
• Serve in an “on call” rotation, which could include weekend commitments.

Required Experience

1. 10+ years of experience in providing automation solutions via the OPSMVS and Netview/SA products

2. 15+ years of hands-on experience in the use of TSO, ISPF and SDSF

3. 15+ years of hands-on experience in the use of zOS operations commands

4. 10+ years of experience with the zOS operating system, including JES2, RACF, and other base systems.

5. 10+ years of experience with OPSMVS REXX and rules coding and with Netview/SA REXX and rules coding, specifically as it relates to GDPS

6. 5+ years of experience using the appropriate API code for functions such as generating Service Now incident tickets

7. 10+ years of experience with GDPS installation and script coding for purposes of Disaster Recovery and Rapid recovery scenarios.

Required Skills

Automation Additional Skills: Engineer

This is a high PRIORITY requisition.