Yoh/Springfield, VAYoh has a contract to hire opportunity for a Mainframe System Engineer to join our client in Springfield, VA.
Ability to obtain a DHS Suitability Clearance is required as a condition for employment.
Job Responsibilities:
- Participates in the design and development of business and system architectures
- Works on highly complex architectural impact projects and directs implementation of the architecture for a single or multiple applications or system components
- Provides technical and systems consultation to internal clients and technical management to ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture
- Acts as a technical expert on the design and development of highly complex, Mainframe configuration on IBM Z/OS platform
- Reviews existing applications and suggest changes to improve the performance of the programs
- Develops procedures for routine administration including backup/restore, allocation, archival, shutdown, and startup.
- Works with management to develop enterprise system, database and storage management strategies to support organization needs.
- Provides recommendations for improving the environment, such as capacity thresholds, security gaps, patch levels, and hardware recalls.
- Analyzes the results of workflow plans, monitors the operating systems and recommends change to improve processing and utilization.
- Performs capacity analysis/planning, monitors and troubleshoots issues related to storage, databases or operating systems.
- Maintains and modifies backup and recovery procedures. Plans and recommends machine modifications or additional equipment to increase the capacity of the system.
- Works directly with users to resolve data conflicts and inappropriate data usage.
- Consults with and advises users on access to various Client/Server, Unix or Mainframe databases.
Job Qualifications:
- Very Good Knowledge with Mainframe DB2, MQ, CICS, and Cobol
- Experience with application/database tuning and performance improvement
- Very good knowledge of IBM Mainframe with application architecture/desig
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering
- Ability to obtain a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Suitability Clearance (Entrance on Duty (EOD))
- DoD Secret or Top Secret is a plus
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification a plus
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Recruiter: Michelle Mills Zalewski
Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.
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