Senior Db2 Systems Programmer

Demonstrated knowledge and fully proficient in the use of TSO and ISPF

Demonstrated knowledge of z/OS, primary operations console operations and commands

Demonstrated understanding of JCL and ability to create and modify JCL job streams

Demonstrated understanding of z/OS dataset configurations and the ability to properly allocate various dataset configurations

Experience working with all types of z/OS file types and file systems Including PDS/PDSE and VSAM

Has responsibility and capability to work multi-platforms including z/OS, LINUX, and Windows

Practical understanding of SMPE and how to use it

Experience with zFS including allocation and related Unix commands to manage the space

Experience working with ITSM processes including Incidents, Change and related processes

Familiarity with Configuration Manager a plus

Ability to work independently

Interprets policies and applies experience

Ability to work as a team player in both a partner role and mentor as appropriate

Experience working with Vendors to create/manage support tickets including describing the issues, gathering, packaging and uploading documentation and follow up as needed

Fully proficient on use of enterprise z System monitoring tools o Omegamon o Mainview o TMON o MXG o Splunk

10+ years of mainframe systems experience, with specific concentration in the Db2 Software Administration/PLM area, working in a large z Systems environment: o Multiple Parallel SysPlex configuration o DB2Plex o CICSPlex o Multiple physical z Systems machines o Multiple Production LPAR environment o General Processors / zIIP Processors

Proven ability to cover the 24x7 on-call rotation o Available for the on-call frequencies based on team size o Ability to work in an atmosphere with heightened pressure and visible to all levels of Leadership o Ability to work effectively in an Incident 'War Room" scenario partnering with other teams on the initial root cause determination o Ability to follow all processes and procedures in this environment

Proven ability to o Break complex topics into meaningful pieces of information o Sort through large amounts of data to assess for relevancy o Seek out multiple sources to gather information o Identify cause and effect relationships between known and unknown variables o Evaluate quality processes and seeks opportunities to streamline o Consider the customer experience, business impact and solution objective when managing risks and development and design of solutions o Pro-actively identify patterns in issues and research root-cause to improve overall quality o Holding self-accountable for meeting high performance standards and agreed upon commitments o Taking responsibility for outcomes of actions and decisions o Identify and analyzes options and selects course of action based on best fit with desired outcomes o Monitor and analyze multiple systems and researching/proposing solutions to issues

SME-level knowledge of the installation/administration/support process starting with SMP/E through the removal of software components