Minimum 10+ years of broad and in-depth hands-on technical and design/architect level experience in Mainframe z/OS.
Experience in a multi-site (multiple Data Center) Mainframe shop of minimum 2,000 MIPS and above.
Work with Client/Customer, OEM & ISV Vendors, Business Partners related to all aspects of the Mainframe Platform.
Support various Mainframe Software (both IBM and OEM/ISV products evaluation, High Availability, Disaster Recovery etc.
Derive realistic Mainframe SLAs and design / propose architecture meeting those SLAs goals.
Mainframe Licensing, TCO and ROI planning and decision making.
About the Role
Technical requirements:
- Mainframe Data Center Architecture (Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, MGM, 2/3/4 site GDPS & GDDR)
- Conversant with both IBM and EMC HW and Replication methodology.
Hitachi optional. - Mainframe Data Center Physical Planning and Design
- Experience in IBM z14, z15 & z16 Mainframe HW and Parallel Sysplex/GDPS-GDDR Setup
- Experience in both IBM and EMC Disk and Tape Storage hardware, software and replication.
- z/OS v2.X, JES2/JES3, DFSMS, SNA/VTAM & TCP/IP, RMF/SMF
- Mainframe Tools–SIEM (Q-Radar), z/OS-SA or CA-OPS/MVS Automation
- Mainframe DB2, MQ, CICS, WAS, Control-M
- Mainframe Security ACF2
- Mainframe Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning
- Experience in Disaster Recovery setup and conducting DR drills.
- Experience in Mainframe MIPS Optimization, Software rationalization
- Hands-on experience with Hitachi VSP 5500, IBM DS8000, IBM TS7000 etc.
- IBM-Metro/Global Mirror, Copy Services, EMC-SRDF, EMC-GDDR
- Flash Copy, BCV-SnapVX, zDP, Safe Guarded Copy (SGC)
- Setup and Manager Mainframe DC Storage Replication
- Mainframe Software Rationalization
- Mainframe Modernization and Exit strategies
- Mainframe Performance Tuning – BP tuning, zIIP, SMT
Hiring Locations
Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad