What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Programmer Z/OS - Remote position at NR Consulting LLC?
Job Description
Job Title: Systems Programmer Z/OS
Work Location: Remote
Position Type: Contract with possible extension
Duration: 12 Months
Required skills:
Client is a leading property insurer of the world's largest businesses, providing more than one-third of FORTUNE 1000-size companies with engineering-based risk management and property insurance solutions. FM Global helps clients maintain continuity in their business operations by drawing upon state-of-the-art loss-prevention engineering and research; risk management skills and support services; tailored risk transfer capabilities; and superior financial strength. To do so, we rely on a dynamic, culturally diverse group of employees, working in more than 100 countries, in a variety of challenging roles.
Responsibilities:
This systems programming position is responsible for supporting and maintaining the layered products on the IBM mainframe as well as providing assistance to the mainframe application programmers.
z/OS system programming skills.
CA Products experience is must
Installation, upgrade, configuration, and troubleshooting/problem resolution of IDMS and transactional (CICS) systems, as well as application programming languages (COBOL, PL1, FOCUS). DB2 knowledge a plus
Installation, upgrade, configuration, and troubleshooting/problem resolution of third party layered products including application debugging tools, output and data management software utilities, and interactive development environments
Interaction with both internal and external resources that include the associated I.S. application teams, I.S. infrastructure teams, corporate Service Desk, business teams, and hardware/software vendors
Provide support to the mainframe application developers/programmers in implementing systems and resolving issues
Provide on-call support as needed
Qualifications:
Associates degree or equivalent experience required
8 years in Information Technology with 5 years in an enterprise mainframe environment
Sound knowledge of CICS running on z/OS including installation, upgrade configuration, backup/restore and recovery processes.
Familiarity with the IBM mainframe operating system, z/OS
In-depth knowledge of a wide variety of CA products including ROSCOE, INTERTEST for CICS, SPOOL, VIEW, DELIVER, DRAS, IDMS and LIBRARIAN.
Also, knowledge of other 3 rd party products such as FILEAID, XPEDITER, VISION BUILDER, and FALCON.
Demonstrated knowledge & experience with programming languages, specifically including COBOL.
Fundamental knowledge of FM Global's business processes
Solid interpersonal and business relationship skills, including the ability to work independently or on a team
Sound verbal & written communication skills
Organizational & planning skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize activities, and project manage mid to large scale efforts
Salary : $70 - $75
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