Senior / Lead Mainframe Systems Engineer (z/OS, RACF)

Senior / Lead Mainframe Systems Engineer (z/OS, RACF)

Hybrid - Reston, VA (Need local to client location or close)
(Second-round onsite / face-to-face interview required)

Contract-to-Hire
GC and USC

8-10+ years IBM z/OS Systems Engineering in a Sysplex environment with

strong RACF security administration , CICS TS, MQ, DB2, ISV installations, IBM System Automation, and Control-M batch scheduling.

Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's Degree required
(In lieu of a degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience may be substituted)
Experience
8-10+ years

supporting

IBM z/OS systems

in a

Sysplex environment
RACF Security Administration - 5-10 years

(Critical requirement)
z/OS Systems Programming - 5-10 years
CICS TS Systems Programming - 5-10 years
IBM MQ Systems Programming - 5-10 years
DB2 usage - 5-10 years

(Systems programming experience not required)
ISV production installation and support experience
Systems Automation experience (IBM System Automation)
Batch Scheduling experience (Control-M)
Strongly Preferred Skills
Sysplex and

ICF configuration and tuning

(experience de-coupling Sysplex environments is a plus)
Middleware integration experience with

AIX, WebSphere, LDAP, and network interfaces
Working knowledge of

TCP/IP networking protocols
Expertise with

IBM z16 hardware

and

Dell/EMC storage subsystems
Pervasive Encryption on z/OS
Ransomware protection and recovery solutioning

for mainframe environments
Java / J2EE exposure
DB2/UDB knowledge
Healthcare / Insurance industry experience

is a plus