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Mainframe Operator

  • Full Time, onsite
  • Pyramid Technology Solutions, Inc.
  • Hybrid, United States of America
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Job Role: Information Technology Mainframe Operator

Location: Downey, CA, Onsite

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Additional Information

Candidates must reside in the Southern California (inclusive of but not limited to Los Angeles County and/or Orange County) area due to hybrid schedule (onsite and telework) which is a requirement. During training period, candidates need to work onsite every working day. Work on different shifts (morning shift, swing shift, and graveyard shift) in 24/7 enterprise IT environment. Candidates must be fluent of speaking, reading, and writing in English.

Position Description

The Information Technology Mainframe Operator works under the direction of an Information Technology Systems Operations Supervisor who manages and oversees all aspects of work for the IBM mainframe systems. The Information Technology Mainframe Operator starts and stops system tasks, monitors the system consoles for unusual conditions, and works with the system programming and production control staff to ensure the health and normal operation of the systems. The Information Technology Mainframe Operator is also responsible for starting and stopping the major subsystems, such as transaction processing systems, database systems, and the operating system itself. These "restart operations" include performing an orderly shutdown and startup of the system and its workloads when it is required. The Information Technology Mainframe Operator communicates with system programmers, who assist the operator in determining the proper course of action, and with the production control analyst, who works with the operator to make sure that production workloads are completing properly.

Skills Required

The Information Technology Mainframe Operator will possess knowledge in decision making; organizational awareness; problem solving; oral communication and writing skills. The following technology skill sets are required to perform in this classification: IBM, Z/OS, CICS, NATURAL/SUPERNAT, IMS, DB2, ADABAS, ACF2, ENTIREX, SMP/E, ASSEMBLER/COBOL/REXX, CA SPOOL, JCL, CONTROL-M, IMS & DB2 BMC Tools, IMS DB/DC, VTAM, TCPIP, NETVIEW, HMC/HOD/IODF, Tivoli, MVM, JES2, ESF, Linux, Unix, p-Series, z-Series, & VTS.

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