JPMorgan Infrastructure Engineer III - Mainframe IMS 

United States, New Jersey, Jersey City 

280454112

Job responsibilities

• Works in partnership with mainframe z/OS system programming teams to install and maintain a secure and healthy Mainframe IMS environment
• Installs, migrates, and configures IMS v15.3 & 15.4
• Uses IMS performance and monitoring tools to perform Buffer Pool Tuning and IMS dump analysis
• Uses Software Management Program/Extended (SMP/E) target/distribution libraries tp develop automated maintenance jobs and scripts accurately
• Works with IMS database administrators to triage, mitigate and permanently resolve day-to-day production issues
• Manages IBM software maintenance by running SYSMOD reports, managing HIPER and system vulnerability fixes and responding to HOLDDATA actions required
• Performs on-call duties within on on-call shift rotation across a global and diverse team, providing daily turnover and management updates in collaboration with IBM & BMC
• Enhances and automates maintenance processes using REXX, CLIST scripting skills
• Applies technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to projects of moderate scope

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 3+ years applied experience
• 5+ years of IBM IMS v15 systems programming experience in a mainframe z/OS operating system
• Experience with z/OS ISPF, SMP/E, JCL and JES2
• 5+ years of using Software Management Program/Extended (SMP/E) to build product packages and target/distribution libraries; ISV installations and problem solving tools
• Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Deep knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments
• Deep knowledge of one specific infrastructure technology and scripting languages (e.g., Scripting, Python, etc.)
• Drives to continue to develop technical and cross-functional knowledge outside of the product
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with IBM IMS tools and product suites
• Experience with IMS-to-IMS replication and IMS CDC replication