Senior z/OS Systems Programmer

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🕒 March 31

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

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Initiate Government Solutions, LLC.

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51 - 200 employees

🏛️ Government

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🏢 Enterprise

Government • Healthcare Insurance • Enterprise

Initiate Government Solutions, LLC is an IT services provider specializing in offering comprehensive Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions primarily for the federal sector. They focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, and the modernization of federal information systems using best practices including ISO and CMMI standards. As a certified women-owned small business, Initiate Government Solutions has been serving the industry, as well as federal, state, and local governments since 2007. Their expertise extends to healthcare informatics, data analytics, migration of data solutions, applications and operations, and management consulting. They aim to address the most challenging healthcare IT issues with creative and innovative open-source solutions.

📋 Description

• Provide timelines and milestones required for implementation or upgrade of the IBM mainframe platform to meet government established project deadlines • Use required software tools, including IBM System Modification Program/extended (SMP/e), IBM system utilities (including IEBGENER (generalized copy utility), IEBCOPY (utility to copy, compress, merge partitioned data sets), IDCAMS (access method services), to create, populate, update and configure required datasets and parameter libraries and members to successfully implement software installations and upgrades on the IBM mainframe platform • Create and deliver detailed installation/upgrade documentation, using government specified software and processes and formats. This documentation will include detailed dataset names, configuration parameters, and installation/upgrade procedures used to install/upgrade the IBM mainframe OS, software or hardware • Use IBM SMP/e to successfully receive and apply z/OS software and other related software on an IBM Mainframe • Create, define and manage system and user catalogs on the IBM Mainframe platform • Diagnose and resolve IBM z/OS system abends and abnormal operating environment problems using system logs, and other available logs and documents • Create, populate, secure and troubleshoot IBM z/OS USS (UNIX Systems Services) file systems and mount points • Manage the USS environment on an IBM z/OS mainframe platform • Create/update and debug z/OS parameters using government processes and procedures and requirements (aka PARMLIB) • Plan, create and update accurate, detailed documentation for IBM z/OS mainframe platform software/hardware installation/upgrades • Use IBM z/OS mainframe job processing to analyze and debug batch processing issues • Use IBM z/OS mainframe communications products, including Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

🎯 Requirements

• Five years' experience supporting COOP in an IBM mainframe ACE with the ability to ensure system availability during a disaster recovery or simulation • Must possess one of the following required certifications: A+ CE CCNA Security Network +CE SSCP • Ability to support customers across multiple time zones • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Excellent analytical and organizational skills • Active Secret security clearance • Ability to maintain a Secret security clearance • Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship due to clearance requirements

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care • matching 401K and profit sharing • paid time off • training time for personal development • flexible spending accounts • employer-paid life insurance • employer-paid short and long term disability coverage • an education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification • employee recognition • referral programs • spot bonuses • other benefits that help provide financial protection for the employee and their family