Mainframe z/OS System Programmer: Plano, TX or Remote

[Deepak J]

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 Mainframe z/OS System Programmer

Location: Plano, TX or Remote

Rate: $52/hr c2c  
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
1.        Knowledge and experience in support for a complex Mainframe Environment
2.        Knowledge and experience in support for Mainframe migrations and LPAR/MIPS management
3.        Experience in Mainframe backup to and restore from tape
4.        Knowledge and Experience in Mainframe datacentre migration and design
5.        Experience in Install, configure and supporting Mainframe LPARS and MIPS
6.        Experience configuring and supporting mainframe restores
7.        Experience in Capacity and performance management
8.        Experience with Remote Administration of MIPS/LPARS
9.        Work with vendor partners to manage the agreed upon SLA's
Works with the vendor partners to improve the reporting and operations policies and procedures
Roles & Responsibilities
Responsible for Incident and service request on Mainframe technologies like zOS and upgrade projects and good knowledge on tool
Generic Managerial Skills, If any
•        NA
Key Words to search in Resume
Mainframe z/OS System Programmer
Mainframe System Programmer
z/OS System Administrator
MVS System Programmer
Pre-Screening Questionnaire
Q1 .What are the pre-requisites for z/OS upgrade to 2.5 ?
Ans :SDSF Migration and HFS to ZFS Conversion
Q2.What is the LOADxx search order?
Ans :SYSn.IPLPARM  where n to 0 to 9
Q3.Difference between Master catalog and User catalog?
Ans: “master catalog" stores the names of user catalogs, essentially acting as a high-level directory, while a "user catalog" contains the actual details and location information about individual data sets within a specific high-level qualifier (HLQ) managed by that user catalog
Q4. When a SMPPTS dataset is full what actions you can do?
Ans :
1)        Create a new file with bigger size
2)        Have multiple SMPPTS datasets and update in SMPE panel
Q5. What are the Issues encountered during the product upgrade in SMPE?
Ans : Started task may not come up or issue with panel
Q6. What are the Issues faced after the z/OS upgrade?
Ans : scan the syslog and find the errors, running the IVP jobs for all products and making sure they are functioning fine
Q7. Whether PARMLIB changes needed for z/OS upgrade?
Ans : PROGxx, BPXPRMxx etc
*What are Regulated Positions
"Regulated Positions” are those positions which requires TAG to recruit candidates with specific work authorizations viz., US Citizens (or) US Persons only as these may be regulated by any of the below listed per MSA.
- ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations).
- NERC CIP (NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection).
- NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission).
- Any other regulations as appropriate.