Job Description
DPP is seeking a senior Mainframe Systems Programmer for an opportunity in Columbia, SC. Candidates must be eligible to earn a low-level US security clearance.
Work arrangement:
Hybrid: at least one day per week onsite, and as needed.
W2 position; 12 months
Must be eligible to earn a low-level US security clearance, which requires a thorough background search and US citizenship.
Summary:
Resolving test and production issues that arise
Working on customer requests such as creating new queues, queue manager and changing queue depth
Working on a multitude of projects ranging from installing the latest release of MQ to configuring MQ on servers
Working with error reports and handling multiple tasks at the same time
Internal monitoring such as checking queue
Overtime, on call, weekends, and off-hours as needed once fully trained
Top skills:
Mainframe/host experience (required)
IBM z/OS MQ mainframe (required)
Experience creating/maintaining a queue manager and queues (required)
Nice to have:
CICS (desired)
IBM WebSphere MQ (desired)
Cobol (desired)
JCL (desired)
Unix and zLinux (nice to have)
Minimum required work experience:
6 years of IT work experience including varied systems programming experience.
Job/class description:
Write or debug programs to maintain and control computer systems software, such as operating systems, networked systems, and database systems. Provide technical and disaster recovery expertise for systems software.
Diagnose, isolate, and debug software problems and perform problem resolution. Identify issues that the vendor is responsible for and refer those issues appropriately.
Coordinate installation, testing, and maintenance of systems software. Schedule system downtime in a way that minimizes user impact.
Review customer requests, security patches, and audit requirements for additions or changes to systems, and evaluate feasibility to determine if/how to handle the request while maintaining an adequate/appropriate overall systems infrastructure. To determine if requested changes are possible, review system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
Cross train in all areas of systems programming in order to efficiently perform on-call rotation.
Provide technical and disaster recovery support for systems software.
Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Strong analytical and logical thinking skills.
Strong understanding of systems programming, graphical user interfaces, control languages, development, quality assurance, and implementation strategies of systems software.
Thorough understanding of currently utilized systems programming productivity tools and their use.
Ability to review and analyze systems software and recommend performance solutions.
Standard office equipment.
Work environment:
Fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24X7 to support the technical business needs of the customer.
Required education/equivalencies:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other job-related degree;
OR, Associates degree in CS, IT, or other job-related degree plus 2 years of work-related experience;
OR, 4 years job-related work experience (total 10 years without a degree)
Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Daniel at (url removed) to learn more about this position (#(phone number removed).
DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.
US Citizen: This role requires the ability to obtain a low-level US security clearance, which requires a thorough background search and US citizenship. Residency requirements may apply. EOE/AA/V/D
Job Tags
Full time, Work experience placement, 1 day per week,