Engineer Lead, Software – SA for ZOS Senior Administrator

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Job Description

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun. 

About the Team:

The Mainframe Automations and Monitoring team is responsible for all Mainframe automation packages, and system health and availability monitoring. FIS standard automation packages are SA for ZOS, OPSMVS, and Omegamon.  The support is across multiple physical mainframe locations consisting of many LPARs in various configurations, which include stand-alone and parallel sysplex environments.  We are looking for a motivated self-starter who is anxious to step in and contribute while expanding your technical knowledge and skills.

About the role:

The Engineer Lead, Software – SA for ZOS Senior Administrator is a senior level member of a z/OS operating system and operating system components team.  The team supports several physical environments consisting of multiple z/OS environments/systems, including a mix of stand-alone LPARs and parallel sysplex LPARs, in a large and diverse high availability environment.  Duties to include:

•         Self-starter

• Analyze environments and issues, and develop automated solutions.
• Provide leadership, assisting less experienced people, and as a backup to the manager.
• Provide on-call support on a rotating basis.
• Provide weekend and off-shift support as needed for sensitive changes and upgrades.
• Interact effectively with team members and other FIS teams around the world.
• Interact effectively with IBM & colleagues, maintaining knowledge and improving the automation & monitoring environment.
• Interact effectively with IBM to debug and improve the automation and monitoring software.
• Provide knowledge transfer and other training to coworkers and other groups as needed.
• Write, maintain, and document PIPE, REXX and Assembler code.
• Standardize automation wherever possible, across 2 sites - approximately 20 sysplexes/65 LPARs (currently).
• Update SA policy, where possible based on 'best practices'.
• Perform System Automation (SA) and NetView upgrades.
• Write 'help' procedures in NetView HELP panels.
• Integrate SA with Omegamon.
• Develop TEPS-Omegamon situations for the mainframe.
• Convert from other automation tools as needed.
• Document team procedures.
• Omegamon experience is desirable, but not required.
• OPSMVS experience is desirable, but not required.
• Any ISPF dialog experience is a plus.

Education:

• College Degree or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

• 8-10 years working in the administration of  SA for ZOS; OPSMVS automation and Omegamon knowledge are a plus.

What you bring: 

• Possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including a vocabulary and style which permits the conveyance of technical information clearly, concisely and unambiguously.  
• Be able to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences in a group presentation setting.
• Have a demeanor and communications style which is commensurate with client facing communications.
• Be self-motivating and able to work in a fast-paced environment and work on multiple tasks - completing those tasks within the given timeframe
• Be able to function as a team member in a multi-group, multi-team member environment
• Be able to use Microsoft PC products like MS-Word and MS-EXCEL
• Have operations or programming experience in a z/OS environment, including experience with JCL, DFDSS, and other utilities
• Have experience with developing and executing test plans and verification scripts

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