Consultant - Mainframe Developer

<p>This position is for a Senior Mainframe developer who will be primarily accountable for ensuring a highly available mainframe system. This results-oriented job requires a solid understanding of mainframe sub-subsystems in a large scale parallel sysplex IBM Enterprise environment. </p><p><b>ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:</b></p><p> 1. Monitor the health of the CICS/MQ environments and help troubleshoot issues to determine root causes </p><p>2. Support the IBM Z Mainframe z/OS environment using ISPF/SDSF, COBOL JCL, DB2, CICS and third-party utilities </p><p>3. Provide stable and secure mainframe sub-system support </p><p>4. Use performance reports/metrics to identify process/availability improvement opportunities </p><p>5. Conduct change inspections; determine associated risks and readiness for implementation <br />6. Available to work a flexible work schedule that would include infrastructure releases</p><p><b> EXPERIENCE Required : </b></p><p> 6 to 9 years of relevant experience · </p><p>Experience in mainframe technology mentioned below: </p><p>1. COBOL </p><p>2. DB2 Databases </p><p>3. CICS </p><p>4. SQL </p><p>5. JCL </p><p>6. VSAM Preferred </p><p>7. Teradata Databases </p><p>8. MQ Series </p><p>9. MQ Visual Edit <br /></p><p>10. IBM UrbanCode Deploy </p><p>11. TS02 Corporate Code Tables </p><p>12. Batch Checkpoint/Restart</p><p>13. CATS (Change Automation for Transaction Series) </p><p>14. FTP for Batch and Online </p><p>15. SPUFI 16. IBM Load/Unload (Utilities) </p><p>17. IDCAMS <br /></p><p>18. QMF (DB2 Query Management Facility) </p><p>19. IMS </p><p>20. BMC (Mainframe Middleware Administrator) </p><p>21. Hicore / Browse tables in data space </p><p>22. IBM VisualAge Interspace</p>