Hiring Mainframe Consultant/Programmer
Abhinav Mohanty
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Role: Mainframe Consultant/Programmer
Location: Must be on site 5 days a week. Can be in Plano, TX or Columbus, OH or Jersey City, NJ. Can mix and match with 1 in one location and 1 in another location.
Client: JPMorgan
Job Description:
Job details from the director:
“I have 2 spots to fill. 1 is for a Mainframe MQ Systems Programmer (must be fluent in Mainframe access and MQ). This is a 12-month engagement. 2 is someone on the mainframe with tuning knowledge of MQ. This is a 6-month engagement or until my budget is exhausted.”
Here are the 2 spots I am looking to fill with contractors and the skills needed:
1 year contract:
Looking for as much of these items as we can get:
• In-depth experience with IBM MQ/IIB functionality, design, integration, and implementation.
• Performing MQ and IIB systems programming in a zSeries operating system environment involving maintenance.
• Provide MQ administration support to multiple applications.
• With analysis, plan, MQ upgrades to new version and apply maintenance. Experience with installation, maintaining, and implementation of z/OS and ISV software .
• Understanding Queue Manager, queues, channels and other MQ objects.
• Add queue managers to clusters, queue sharing group for load balancing and failover.
• Provide technical expertise throughout the software lifecycle including design, implementation, and delivery.
• Understanding cloud, virtualization, APIs, and modern software languages.
• Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages: Python, Java, Go, JCL, REXX, PERL, PHP, JYTHON, zOSMF Workflows, J2EE, MVC, JDBC, Servlets, Ansible.
• Understanding or have experience with agile and lean philosophies.
• A Plus is knowledge of tuning MQ using SMF or other reporting.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with clear communication.
• Ability to collaborate with different roles to achieve common goals
• Understanding of RACF/ACF2 security.
• Understanding SYSPLEX technology
• Must be work well within the team.
Second contractor:
6-month contract or until my budget is depleted:
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Roles and Responsibilities: |
• MQ Bufferpool tuning • MQ Pageset tuning and rationalization for efficient placement of Queues • MQ CF tuning/resizing and Queue placement • Cognos knowledge to create reporting using JPM tools for MQ reporting • Knowledge of SMF and ability to create MQ reporting based off this data for long term monitoring and tuning • MQ Qdepth analysis and trending to see when Queues may need to be resized
Bonus items if knowledgeable in: • zOSMF scripting to automate MQ builds • MQ Certificate knowledge to consolidate Certificate usage |