What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
- Mainframe Support Engineer
- Mainframe - COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2.
- REXX, Endeavor, OPC scheduler, Autosys, Maestro.
Job Description/ Responsibilities
Batch Scheduling & Operations:
• Overall 7-9 years of experience in mainframe engineering, batch job scheduling and monitoring batch jobs
• Design, develop, and maintain batch job schedules using IBM Scheduler (OPC), Autosys, and Maestro.
• Monitor daily batch processing cycles, ensuring timely and successful completion.
• Troubleshoot and resolve scheduling and batch job failures, collaborating with application development and infra operations teams as needed.
• Review job dependencies and optimize workflows to prevent bottlenecks and improve performance.
• Document batch job workflows, schedules, and operational procedures.
Technologies:
• Mainframe batch application support or development knowledge to fix batch issues with good hands-on skills on Mainframe - COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2.
• · REXX, Endeavor, OPC scheduler, Autosys, Maestro.
Mainframe Engineering:
• Support and maintain mainframe environments, ensuring batch jobs run efficiently and reliably.
• Perform regular health checks and performance tuning for mainframe batch processing.
• Participate in mainframe upgrades, migrations, and disaster recovery testing as required.
Collaboration & Support:
• Work closely with application, infrastructure, and operations teams to coordinate batch job changes and deployments.
• Provide on-call support for critical production batch cycles and address incidents promptly.
• Offer technical guidance and knowledge transfer to junior team members and peers.
Continuous Improvement:
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, reduce errors, and improve overall system efficiency.
• Stay updated with the latest mainframe technologies, scheduling tools, and industry best practices.