Lead Systems Engineer
Lead Systems Engineer
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22-07-2025
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22-07-2025
Job Description
Position: Lead Systems Engineer
Location: Baltimore MD #HYBRID
Duration: Contract to Hire
1) Video and 2) In Person interview
Skills needed:
- Recent Exp. working with Mainframe Cobol DB2 JCL CICS
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Migrating to AWS Cloud and needed strong AWS
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Python and some exp. in Non-Mainframes work.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the direction of the Manager/Supervisor of Data Center Operations responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. Day to Day Functions:
- Daily monitoring of IT infrastructure and applications as well as managing and maintaining the supporting technologies to ensure peak efficiency and reliability.
- Provide real-time monitoring for both Mainframe and Distributed systems in order to proactively detect and prevent service disruption.
- Responsible to diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems through resolution.
- Participate in Mainframes On-Call Rotation for Level-2 support and Preparation of RCA and Short-Term & Long-Term preventive actions
- Ensure proper procedures are followed to introduce changes and fixes into the operating environment and production libraries in order to ensure the lowest possible error rate.
- Provide timely notification of Level 2 system and application support teams as necessary. Independently works with system monitoring and diagnostic tools to ensure optimal performance of operating systems.
- Initiate and coordinate HealthCheck calls for problem identification and resolution.
- Track the Release Changes and Impacts to Operational Teams and update our Operational documentation accordingly
2. Scheduling Tasks:
- Create or alter new and existing jobs and job schedules on the mainframe Windows and UNIX environments using Scheduling package(s).
- Perform job restarts and file modifications with needed overrides and correct JCL syntax.
- Monitor the Scheduler queues to ensure job completion and/or error corrections have been performed.
- Update Scheduler Base Calendars to reflect current years processing and Holiday schedule.
- Contributes to the implementation of new technology and tools to increase productivity and performance with job scheduling.
- Support upgrades and new releases to applications platforms and the scheduling product(s).
3. Procedural:
- Develops updates and maintains operations systems manuals documentations policies inventories written procedures relative to installing configuration maintaining and using Operating Systems subsystems software scheduling and information ensuring compliance with Corporate security and audit regulations.
- Contributes to the establishment of SLAs and Metrics monitoring performance against requirements to ensure performance targets are met.
- Provide timely information for audit requests for Data Center Operations.
- Follow IT Operations guidelines for audit reply review and approval.
- Work with SDLC teams on upcoming projects and Prepare Operational support teams
4. Technology Consulting:
- Provide technical assistance to all customers; IT Operations Service Desk and Application Programming areas to leverage technology and resolve issues/problems.
- Provides 365x24x7 on call support for assigned products and services.
- Uses available resources to research resolve and recommend solutions for the complex and critical systems.
- Works with vendor technical support centers when troubleshooting product based issues.
- Work along with other IT engineers on day-to-day tasks and project Implementation Plans.
- Work with Tier-1/Tier-2/Tier-3 teams on Proactive and reactive actions on current and upcoming projects/applications
- Participates in Data Center Operations efforts for disaster recovery/business resumption initiatives and during Disaster Recovery Exercises.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise. Advanced
- Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships. Advanced
- Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC). Advanced
- Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems. Advanced
- Knowledge of programming languages AWS (e.g. JavaScript C Python etc.). Advanced
- Knowledge of Code quality and promotion practices Advanced
Abilities/Skills:
- Thorough knowledge of CA7 CICS DB2 BASICS DFHSM FTP HMC ISPF JCL JES2 NDM NET MON OPS MVS SAR TMON TIVOLI TPX AFP TSO Visio MVS Utilities CLIST and REXX.
- Base UNIX and Windows commands and structure.
- Knowledge of DB2 commands functions control tables and DB2 subsystems DB2 Stored Procedures and some understanding of data sharing.
- Strong CA7 skills to create and alter new and existing jobs and job schedules.
- Experience in meeting project deliverables on time with quality results.
- Strong organizational interpersonal and analytical skills.
- Capable in diagnosing and resolving complex problems using experience and standard tools and methods such as creating system dumps trace analysis and vendor support.
- Daily monitoring of IT infrastructure and applications as well as managing and maintaining the supporting technologies to ensure peak efficiency and reliability.
- Serve as backup for Shift Lead for a DCO monitoring shift and be responsible for completing the Shift Summary sheet for review and approval by oncoming shift DCO Lead
- Strong written and communication skills.
- Ability to maintain composure while working under pressure during major network and system emergencies.
- Proven ability to work within a team of technical and business professionals and work independently.
- Must be adaptable to change and able to coach less experienced staff.
- Knowledge to monitor and modify HSM and manage ICF catalogs. Understanding of DFSMS DFHSM IDCAMS VSAM TSM and ABARS concepts.
- Knowledge of Control-M scheduler is preferred since this is our enterprise Job scheduler Tool
- Knowledge of Datadog and Big Panda dashboards are preferred
Thanks & Regards
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LAXMAN
Team Lead - Talent Acquisition
KMM Technologies Inc.
CMMI Level 2 ISO 9001 ISO 20000 ISO 27000 Certified
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LAXMAN
Team Lead - Talent Acquisition
KMM Technologies Inc.
CMMI Level 2 ISO 9001 ISO 20000 ISO 27000 Certified
Employment Type
Full-time
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