Z/os Systems Engineer / Programmer

Bank of America Bank of America · Banking · Chandler, AZ

This role is for a z/OS Systems Engineer/Programmer responsible for tool and service designs, infrastructure tool integration, and deployment automation. Key responsibilities include maintaining lifecycle currency, supporting upgrades and patching, and providing technical support for the Mainframe Services z/OS Platform Engineering. The role involves software development for efficiency improvements and on-call incident response.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provides subject matter expertise and consulting services on a range of technologies and assists Technical Analysts and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
  2. Assists with translating business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
  3. Assists in the evaluation of reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purpose
  4. Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
  5. Conducts on-site evaluations of third-party products being considered for firm adoption

Skills

Required

  • SMPE -Configure SMPE,Order Software, Install Software.
  • Assembler Programming - Analyze svcdump, logrec diagnostic data.
  • zOSMF - Install software release upgrades using dialogs, Build software maintenance workflows.
  • IBMLINK – Order software, Create IBM problem ticket, Research IBM software issues.
  • RACF -Develop software security.
  • SYSPLEX - Configure Coupling Facility policies.
  • HMC -Configure server , Configure monitor server Ops (IPL Profiles), Configure HMC security.
  • Debug Tools – Analyze diagnostic data.
  • EREP - Analyze logrec diagnostic data.
  • GTF – Capture diagnostic data.
  • IPCS – Analyze scvdump diagnostic data.
  • SLIP – Capture diagnostic datra.
  • Rexx Programming - Develop, maintain system exits, utilities.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
  • COBOL programming Configure COBOL compiler, LE runtime
  • Java programming Configure Java runtime
  • HCD Configure server, devices (gens)Windows Install client/server software
  • HMC Configure server

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years of experience as a system programmer and experience in providing technical support for Mainframe Services z/OS Platform Engineering and related IBM Z hardware support.