Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer – IMS Physical

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $85k - $148k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🖥 Software Engineer

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Ensono

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1001 - 5000 employees

💼 Consulting

Consulting • Cloud Services • IT Services

Ensono is a managed service provider and expert technology advisor focused on enabling clients to navigate complex IT environments. Ensono offers services including mainframe-as-a-service, cloud migration, and IT infrastructure management, with a strong emphasis on modernizing legacy systems and optimizing IT operations. The company is recognized for its flexibility and allyship, providing businesses with the ability to adapt and evolve through solutions like Ensono Flex®. It specializes in both mainframe and cloud solutions, holding competency in AWS mainframe modernization and is a global Azure Expert MSP. Ensono acts as an ally, helping companies achieve better business outcomes through IT innovation and strategic technology advisement.

📋 Description

• Provide premium software support and services to Ensono mainframe clients relating to Mainframe IMS systems • Fulfill customer service requests for mainframe z/OS customers concerning IMS and related OEM software products • Provide primary support for reported IMS and related OEM software product problems • Provide support on a 24 x 7 x 365 basis across multiple time zones • Install OEM software products efficiently according to best practices and Ensono standards • Support customer migration services for IMS and related OEM software products • Assist project managers with newly acquired customer migrations and resolve technical hurdles • Execute tasks associated with customer disaster recovery plans in cooperation with Disaster Recovery Services • Manage schedules and resources for timely implementations • Follow ITSM change control procedures • Review new IMS versions and advise clients on their benefits • Consult with vendors regarding problems and questions • Perform disaster recovery of application objects • Use IMS commands related to ACB and FORMAT changes • Code and use IMS reorganization utilities including IBM, BMC, and CA tools • Identify and resolve performance issues • Perform online tracing using IMS TRACE commands and associated utilities • Install software using SMP/E • Extract information from IMS logs • Monitor database activity using DBRC

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required and/or equivalent work experience • 10+ years of professional experience in IMS for administration and systems programming support • Knowledge in best practices of software management, maintenance and documentation • Ability to configure and manage IMS in a parallel sysplex environment • Ability to develop innovation, strategies, processes and best practices in IMS systems programming • Experience troubleshooting and solving IMS system, database, and production database issues • Experience evaluating change requests and determining impact to assigned clients • Strong JCL skills • Database administration experience • Knowledge of IMS database organization using VSAM and OSAM access methods • Knowledge of HSAM, HISAM, SHISAM, HDAM, HIDAM, INDEX, and GSAM database organization types • Knowledge of logical databases including HALDB, PHDAM, PHIDAM, ILDS, and PSINDEX • Knowledge of Fast Path databases (DEDBs) • Database design and related utilities knowledge • DBD source coding and DBDGEN • PSB source coding and PSBGEN • Knowledge of secondary indexes, PROCSEQ=, PROCOPT=, path calls, bi-directional logical relationships, and Data Set Groups • CA and IBM tools for IMS are a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Days Off • Three health plan options • 401k with company match • Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts • Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement • Paid childbearing and paternal leave • Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding • Sabbatical leave • Wellness program • Flexible work schedule • Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance • Equity grant under the Associate Equity Appreciation Program