What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mainframe Systems Programmer & Storage Engineer - Remote position at Gandiva Insights?
Title: Mainframe Systems Programmer & Storage Engineer
Location: Dallas, TX or Remote
Duration: 12 Months
JD:
Primary Platforms: Operating System and Hardware Services
• Provide daily operational monitoring to verify system availability, performance, and workload completion.
• Respond to incidents and alerts impacting production services, ensuring rapid recovery and service continuity.
• Work closely with application and development teams to support planning, testing, and production readiness.
• Perform problem determination by reviewing system logs, job output, and diagnostic information.
• Implement changes following established change and release management standards.
• Support ongoing operational stability and 7x24x365 support coverage.
• Mainframe z/OS System Software administration which involves Installation and Customization including PARMLIB updates.
• Install all ISV (Independent Software Vendor) products like Systemware JHS, LRS VPS and Chicago Soft QuickRef and provide ongoing support.
• DASD and Tape Storage support, EMC DLM Virtual Tape support, Storage Administration using IBM RMM and SMS administration.
• Provide next level support for our Scheduler Team and troubleshoot Batch job failures and take ZOS on call support.