Mainframe Production Control and Scheduling

Job Title : Mainframe Production Control and Scheduling

Location : Anchor IL

Duration : 12months

Job Description;

• Monitoring the Console for the outstanding messages SMF Dumps Tape related Issues Buffer Shortage and Spool

Maintenance Initiator issues contention Console connectivity and other issues.

• Monitoring the jobs in mainframe console based on daily guidelines.

• Monitoring the Spool Volume at regular intervals.

• Monitoring CPC capacity in RMF.

• Pausing batch jobs to avoid 100% spool utilization.

• Taking dump and recycling the Online regions and Started Tasks.

• Changing the service class priority of jobs based on request.

• Start/Stop the started tasks (ST) through SSM as per request.

• Working with MVS JES commands.

• Ability to investigate job sysouts.

• Cancelling jobs Online regions & TSO Users through Console.

• Varying the tape drives online/offline.

• To Monitor Mainframe Console for System/Application Critical Messages and Provide the fix as per procedures and/or escalate

to the System/Application Owner.

• Follow the escalation process to notifying the Engineering Team for Regions/Started Task abends and other issues by creating

assigning the Incident ticket to the appropriate team/groups.

• Ensure the System and Regions/Tasks availability Ontime after Maintenance.

• Participate in Conference calls / Bridge calls for priority issue.

• IPL Shutdown/Startup of LPARS as per schedule and Monitoring using Console and HMC.

• RMF Monitoring CPU Usage of the boxes.

• IMS Starting and Stopping databases Refreshing messages in IMS regions.

• CICS Recycling CICS regions Enabling and Disabling transactions Purging/Killing transactions Performing new copy

request

• Printers Fixing printer issues reactivating JES2/VTAM printers

• Spool Management Monitoring the spool volumes at regular intervals Monitoring input queues Escalation to application

teams.

• DR (disaster Recovery).

Batch Operations:

• Monitoring production batch jobs through Scheduling Tool in Mainframe.

• Monitoring Daily & Weekly Batch Cycles for completion.

• Coordinating and managing application restarts via JCL changes or restart procedures as per document.

• Debugging JCL Errors Space issues & Fixing job abends/failures in Production System.

• Initiate and coordinate with Production Scheduling team on nightly batch schedules.

• Interfacing with application teams for adhoc requests (i.e. restarts reruns demand schedules/triggers Holds Cancel

Adding Conditions) via Scheduling tool.

• Analyzing Late Jobs Long running jobs and looping jobs.

• Queue Monitoring Health Check.

• Modifying and executing the JCL temporarily from override library.

• Performing Adhoc Scheduling Request.

• Maintaining SLA with Incidents changes and Service requests as agreed with customer

• Create incident reports for job abnormalities consistent the Incident Management Process. Produce daily batch

production report summary. Produce monthly metrics on batch job executions abend rates etc.

Scheduling :

• Add/Delete/Update Jobs using Scheduling Tool

• Documenting batch requirements from application clients

• Provide Primary Support for Scheduling activities on ControlM

• Maintain and review batch job schedule as per user requirements.

• Integrate Batch Deployment process with new/upgraded tool.

• Updating and creating Scheduling calendars as per user requirements.

• Create and Maintain Event Triggers.

• Update new day Process jobs when new schedules are created.

• Participate in DR Activities and provide Batch changes as per Customer requirements for DR.

• Provide 24*7 oncall support.

• Document Process and procedures and update periodically.

• Represent the Scheduling team during Weekly CAB DR and Time change activity calls.

• Handle Transition Calls and Migration project calls

• Handle Customer Audits on a Quarterly Basis

• Provide Support for validations during Product Upgrades and Patches.

• Provide Permanent Solution to incidents occurring regularly and help in Problem Determining.

• Conduct RCA (Root Cause Analysis) of major impacting service incidents

• Participate in major incident management providing operations continuity status updates and client communications

Monitoring the Console for the outstanding messages, SMF Dumps, Tape related Issues, Buffer Shortage, and Spool Maintenance, Initiator issues, contention, Console connectivity and other issues