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Job Title - Technical Specialist (Mainframe Expert)
Location - Raleigh, NC
Duration - 12 Months
Onsite - Monday to Friday
Requirement
This position is ideal for an experienced mainframe professional with a strong background in IBM z/OS and related technologies. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting, maintaining, and optimising the client''s mainframe infrastructure while working closely with application development and infrastructure teams.
Key Technical Requirements:
- Strong experience with IBM z/OS operating system
- CICS administration, support, troubleshooting, and debugging
- DB2 administration and SQL programming
- IMS
- JCL (Job Control Language)
- Endevor configuration and release management
- Elixir
- Strong understanding of SQL performance tuning and optimisation
- Experience working with DB2 tools and utilities
- Knowledge of IBM MQ and middleware technologies is highly preferred
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical expertise and administration for IBM z/OS mainframe environments.
- Support configuration management and release management activities using Endevor.
- Administer and troubleshoot CICS environments while collaborating with application developers and infrastructure teams.
- Analyse complex SQL queries and recommend performance improvements and cost-saving solutions.
- Support DB2 databases using industry-standard tools and utilities.
- Diagnose and resolve production issues across multiple mainframe technologies.
- Ensure system stability, availability, and adherence to enterprise standards and best practices